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Our cover this week wishes America a happy 250th birthday. We have a host of articles in our
weekly issue
reflecting on the milestone. In one we
calculate how much
a 4th of July cookout will cost this year—and explain what might be pushing up the BBQ bill.
Another big anniversary this week: on July 1st the Chinese Communist Party marked the 105th anniversary of its founding. But the celebrations were overshadowed by a troubling incident in the heart of Beijing, when a plane crashed into CITIC Tower, the capital’s tallest building. It was an embarrassing and unusual security lapse. The government is trying to
hush it up.
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