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The world according to Xi
Even if China’s transactional diplomacy brings some gains, it contains real perils
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The great balancing act
Central banks face an excruciating trade-off between financial instability and high inflation
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A half-victory
Emmanuel Macron’s sensible pension reform came at a heavy political cost
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Play to your strengths
Why the EU should resist the temptation to subsidise
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Reforming the British state
The machinery, structure and output of government all need fixing
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Storm forming
As gaming grows, it is eating the media
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Intransigence mixed with emollience
DUBAIThe clerical regime wants a detente with its neighbours, but not with America
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Breathing space
PARISEmmanuel Macron’s government survives, but his troubles are not over
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Remote-control war
KYIVAnother way to strike deep into Russia
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Land of cold wars
HELSINKI AND SUOMUSSALMIThe border with Russia is hostile again
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The Kaiser’s family gives up on its stuff
BERLINA failed Hohenzollern attempt to win over the public
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The cucumber Saudis
The Dutch discover the perils of being a farming superpower
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Repairing the Rolls-Royce
A tumultuous decade has weakened Britain’s civil service. Can it be fixed?
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End of the clown show?
Boris Johnson now provides more theatre than threat
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Censory deprivation
The nervousness of British publishers is rotsome for free speech. But change may be afoot
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No longer shining so bright
BAGHDAD, BEIRUT AND NAJAFAfter decades of expansion, Shia Islam is on the wane
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Is the long trauma over?
BAGHDADBaghdad is more or less peaceful, but corruption and misgovernment prevail
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Not now, son
KAMPALAYoweri Museveni controls the country. But can he control his son?
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Breaking the cycle
JOHANNESBURGDrugs to protect girls from catching HIV may curb the epidemic
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Stormy whether
NEW YORK AND WASHINGTON, DCCases against the former president are piling up
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Breaking news
MIAMI BEACHSpring break is an economic nightmare for the hottest host cities
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An Apache battle in Arizona
Mining, religious liberty and environmentalism collide in the Copper State
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Delta veld
NEW YORKWhite South African migrants become entangled in an old southern story
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White-noise power
PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLANDAnti-Semitism in America is becoming flashier, louder and rarer
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Ageism
LOS ANGELESHow young Americans see China
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Getting over Iraq
After 20 years America is struggling to recover from the war’s bitter lessons, at home and abroad
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NAFTA 3.0
SAN LUIS POTOSÍ AND VAUGHAN, ONTARIOAs the United States pulls away from China, it needs its neighbours
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Under a bodhi tree
DELHI AND TOKYOFear of China has made India and Japan close. They could be much closer
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The hungry people’s republic
SEOULKim Jong Un prefers weapons to well-nourished people
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Death on the Darling
SYDNEYClimate change and mismanagement imperil Australia’s biggest river system
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Keep your Kalashnikovs
South Korea looks sets to become the region’s new weapons-maker of choice
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Nothing bad to see here
ISTANBULChina wants the world to forget about its persecution of the Uyghurs
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Freedoms and failures
GENEVAChina may face more embarrassment over its human-rights record
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Furry animals, deadly virus
BEIJINGChina has not done enough to halt the trade in wild animals
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Bring our bears home
Chinese nationalists are up in arms over the treatment of pandas
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China’s cheapest city
Pressures of modern life explain why some are moving to a sleepy ex-mining town
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Seizing the opportunity
MOSCOWChina’s president went to Moscow not as a peacemaker, but as an opportunist
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How TikTok broke social media
Whether or not it is banned, the app has forced its rivals to adopt a less lucrative model
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The cost of legal admission
MUMBAIIndia loosens restrictions on foreign lawyers. Sort of
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No Yeezy answers
BERLINCan Adidas ever catch up with Nike?
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Caution is a headwind
Every setback is an opportunity for Europe’s biggest airline
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A digital gold mine
MUNICHProcess mining will help automate business long before chatbots do
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Time management
Flexible working is about schedules as well as locations
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The Barbie paradox
Today’s supply chains are neither near-shore nor off-shore. They are both
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The roar gets nearer
WASHINGTON, DCPolicymakers face two nightmares: persistent inflation and market chaos
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Don’t unleash the zombies
WASHINGTON, DCRegional banks are holding up. Policymakers must not intervene prematurely
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United Banks of Switzerland
UBS saves Credit Suisse, if not the firm’s bankers
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Collateral damage
Why markets can never be made truly safe
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The battle for Europe’s soul
The EU readies its response to America’s protectionism
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The missing half-trillion
How the Federal Reserve drained America’s banks of deposits
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The other nuclear energy
CULHAMFusion power is coming back into fashion. This time it might even work
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The coast is cleared
LAMUHow history is told can depend on who is paying, as a restored museum on a Kenyan island shows
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Down the Mexican way
MEXICO CITYPulque demonstrates the allure of booze made by hand
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The lives of others
Nuance trumps moral clarity in a revisionist history of East Germany
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Luck be a lady
A triumphant production of “Guys & Dolls” holds lessons for the future of theatre
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New platforms, old habits
Online daters are less open-minded than their filters suggest
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Good vibrations
Jacqueline Gold, builder of the Ann Summers empire, died on March 16th, aged 62
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Ready, player four billion
As video games move from teenage distraction to universal pastime they are following the same path as other mass media, says Tom Wainwright
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The new streaming wars
Streaming subscriptions have revolutionised music and television. What will they do to gaming?
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Mouse, keyboard, action
Video games are getting more expensive to make, but cheaper to play. Why?
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Finish him!
Classification borrowed from the film industry is adapting to resemble that of social media
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Game and watch
Broadcasting gameplay has become a big business
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Super Mario diplomacy
Gaming is a growing source of soft power, influence—and perhaps espionage
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The YouTube of gaming
Do-it-yourself games are taking off just as DIY video did
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It’s only a game
Video games are becoming platforms for more than play