Sunday Reads - The Best of Politics, Economics, & Ideas

Four varied but interesting reads.

• Hong Kong: In China’s Shadow. (Nat Geo)

Hong Kong is a floating city. [...] increasingly this city of over seven million inhabitants floats on a growing sense of unease, a discomfort that stands in direct opposition to the heady, auspicious days when Hong Kong was one of Asia’s great business capitals.

• Grit is good. (Project Syndicate)

• The long road to Zanskar. (BBC) 

• India’s lust for gold is pushing the country deep into debt. (WaPo)