China’s battle to breathe

This is a war where you can’t even see your own enemy.” These are the words of the Chinese journalist Chai Jing in her documentary about air pollution, Under the Dome. Released in February 2015, the film was viewed online more than 150 million times in three days before it was removed by the government. The enemy that…

Editorial: the occasional power of protest

It is a truth universally acknowledged that where students go, protest follows. Or maybe it’s the other way round. Regardless, Cambridge has not been short of either recently. First, it was the Fresher’s Festival. Along with hundreds of other student societies, Cambridge Students for Life (CSFL) manned a small stall in the hope of recruiting…