Day 1,361: straddle, ring-fenced

Where possible, businesses that straddle both sides of the cold war, such as TikTok—accused of spreading Chinese misinformation—should be ring-fenced, sold or spun off, not be forced to close.

Why the China-US contest is entering a new and more dangerous phase

Artwork of the day 
An anthropophagus-vegetarian or the two sides of a medal
Kukryniksy
Original Title: Людоед-вегетарианец, или две стороны одной медали
Date: 1941; Moscow, Russian Federation
Style: Socialist Realism
Genre: caricature

Word of the day 
straddle: to sit or stand with your legs on either side of something
ring-fenced: protected and only able to be used for a particular purpose

Quote of the day
“Sometimes we feel we straddle two cultures; at other times, that we fall between two stools.”
― Salman Rushdie, Imaginary Homelands: Essays and Criticism 1981-1991