Subject: Editors' Picks: How the U.S. State Department only wants pro-Trump "Women of Courage," and the dramas aggravating China's censors
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Date: Thu, 7 Mar 2019 16:20:09 -0600 (CST)

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03/07/2019

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

Today, we look at how dramas that draw on the imperial courts of China’s past are running afoul of the country’s censors, why Russia’s efforts to project power in the Baltic Sea should be taken with a grain of salt, and how anti-Trump tweets resulted in the U.S. State Department revoking a Finnish journalist’s “Women of Courage” award.

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FINN-ISHED: Finnish investigative journalist Jessikka Aro was set to receive a “Women of Courage” prize from the U.S. State Department for her reporting on Russian troll farms. But that was before officials read tweets critical of the president on her timeline, Reid Standish and FP’s Robbie Gramer report.

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TRIPLE THREAT: U.S. airstrikes targeting al-Shabab have tripled under the Trump administration, driving increasing numbers of Somalis from their homes, Amanda Sperber reports.

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MOSCOW'S MISSILES: Russia’s missile capabilities in the Baltic Sea region are not nearly as dangerous as they seem, Robert Dalsjo, Michael Jonsson, and Christofer Berglund write.

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PALACE INTRIGUE: In China, hit shows like the Story of Yanxi Palace and another hit drama, Ruyi’s Royal Love in the Palace, have been abruptly canceled. It’s the latest reminder that the country’s dragnet of cultural censorship is ever growing, Audrey Jiajia Li writes.

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MILORAD VS. THE MEDIA: Bosnia has a thriving media sector, but those who refuse to become mouthpieces for the government are increasingly finding themselves in exile or under police protection, Dariusz Kalan reports.

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