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Chinese stock-market maniacs may have gone overboard this year, but they aren’t the first. charles dickens nailed the sensibility 143 years ago

Russian kids call it Ulitsa Sezam, Bangladeshis Sisimpur, and in New Zealand Sesame Street programs include segments in Maori. Since being launched in 1969, Sesame Street has become one of the longest-running shows in US televison history, and by combining education with entertainment, has taught children in 120 countries their alphabets, arithmetic and the virtues of kindness and tolerance. The show has won 118 Emmy awards and never stopped pushing the envelope on what kids ought to know. This year, nonprofit producer Sesame...

A little flirting goes a long way. That’s a lesson for you, Hong Kong