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Commentary Do you remember the “Life of Julia,” the campaign ad the Obama administration put out in 2012? It was a mix of consolation and creepiness. A girl named Julia is portrayed at several stages of her life; in every stage, the government is taking care of her—and at pretty much each stage, that’s it,…


China Notifies Mekong River Neighbors It Is Holding Back Waters

BANGKOK—China has notified downstream neighbors it is holding back the Mekong River flow at a hydropower dam on the waterway’s upper reaches for 20 days, as part of a new data-sharing pact, the Mekong River Commission (MRC) and Thailand said on Wednesday. The statements came a day after a new U.S.-backed monitoring system said China…