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The twins separated by foreign adoption, plus the ancient allure of isolationism

Published 8 months ago
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The world is experiencing a profound break from the orthodoxy of globalisation. President Donald Trump and his MAGA movement didn’t invent isolationism - the concept goes back to ancient Greece. So what's the appeal of self-sufficiency, from a nation-state level down to the individual? Plus, a story of changing polices and attitudes to children in China -  a journalist tracks down a stolen child, and reunites twins who grew up separately in China and Texas.

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