Subject: Editors' Picks: China's freelancers, and what the stabbing of a presidential candidate could mean for Brazil
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Date: Fri, 7 Sep 2018 16:04:30 -0500 (CDT)

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EDITORS' PICKS

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09/07/2018

Welcome to Editors’ Picks, FP’s daily round-up.

Today, we look at the tensions between everyday workers and increasingly powerful tech platforms in China’s booming gig economy, how the stabbing of a divisive presidential candidate could reconfigure politics in Brazil, and why Israel has waded deeper into the conflict in Syria.

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SOMEWHERE IN SYRIA: Israel has fully joined the battle—but it’s not clear it can achieve any of its goals there, especially when it comes to rolling back the influence of Tehran, Jonathan Spyer writes.

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"VINO VIXEN": Mari Stull, a wine blogger-turned-Trump appointee, is the subject of two investigations into allegations of reprisals and bullying at the State Department, FP’s Colum Lynch and Robbie Gramer report.

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BEYOND BOLSONARO: Whether Jair Bolsonaro wins or loses, his campaign and the aftermath of the knife attack that hospitalized him will change Brazilian politics well beyond October’s election, Eduardo Mello writes.

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DRIVING DIVISION: China’s gig economy is opening up old wounds between party and people, Viola Rothschild writes.

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PAPER JAM: It appears the Pentagon and CIA both have been defying or slow-walking Trump’s more militant impulses, almost since the start of his presidency, FP’s Michael Hirsh writes.

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