What’s that terracotta army really up to?
'Yellow peril' fever and politics goes back-to-school - read Mick Hume's columns in The Times (London).

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Wednesday 5 September
‘Remember when “Back to School” meant a new pair of shoes and pencil case for the children? Now it means an entire backpack of new laws, rules and proposals from the politicians…’
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