Reading selections for the weekend of September 1, 2017.

China's attempt to pivot away from zero COVID following widespread protests raises questions about citizen demands and government receptiveness. 

The North Dakota governor is a candidate for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination.

Last week, Nigeria’s House of Representatives urged the Nigerian federal government to declare a state of emergency on the rising incidence of ritual killings in the country. Following a motion by its Deputy Minority Leader Toby Okechukwu, the country’s lower legislative chamber also called on the inspector general of police, Usman Alkali Baba, to “take urgent steps to increase surveillance and intelligence gathering with a view to apprehend and prosecute (sic) all perpetrators of ritual killings in Nigeria.”

The U.S. Coast Guard marks 232 years of service.