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Almost without notice, a Chinese-owned cargo ship slipped through the Strait of Hormuz, a global shipping choke point of the Iran war, on Sunday. For our Beijing correspondent, Ann Scott Tyson, its passage was a metaphor for China鈥檚 patient approach to Iran. 鈥淏eijing鈥檚 hands-off posture,鈥� she writes, 鈥渋llustrates its pragmatic, flexible approach to foreign policy, designed to diversify its partnerships and maximize its opportunities globally, while avoiding binding commitments.鈥�

In another body of water, Boston Harbor, we found a success story: the return of shellfishing after a century. We detail the work that went into cleaning up the harbor, and what it means for coastal communities.聽