1. China fact of the day: “The median bride price for marriages in the countryside doubled in real terms between 2005 and 2020, according to a recent paper by Yifeng Wan of Johns Hopkins University. Prices in urban areas are rising, too. A bride price of 380,000 yuan would indeed be steep in Guangdong province, where the median was about 42,000 yuan when last estimated. But it would look a bit less outrageous in neighbouring Fujian, where 115,000 yuan is the norm.” (The Economist)
2. Our first sense of what Denisovans looked like (NYT).
3. Business leaders are leaving Britain.
6. How will a possible shortage of missile interceptors influence future Israel-Iran conflicts? A short analysis by o3 pro.
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