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Articles in this issue: Politics this week Business this week KAL’s cartoon Covid-19: The American way China’s power: Dragon strike State aid in Europe: A €2trn loophole Global tourism: Summer break Masks and covid-19: Face it Letters to the editor: On Bolivia, bio-weapons, covid-19 research, food, “The Leopard” Covid-19 in America: 100,000 and counting Cyber-defence: Policing the Wild West The Mashpee Wampanoag: To lose your land twice Google and China: Everything in moderation Troubled universities: College blues Lexington: Black America in peril Brazil: Losing the battle Mexico: The mystery of the missing mummies Bello: Forwards and backwards North Korea’s economy: Running out of juche Universities in Australia: Bye degrees India and China: Mountain claimers Sexual minorities in Myanmar: Aygay angslay Banyan: Take these broken wings Hong Kong’s freedoms: Rule by fear Chaguan: “Wolf Warrior” fantasies Wars in Africa: Are mercenaries no longer taboo? Where dead men vote: Burundi’s sham election Lebanon’s crisis: Devaluation gardens Ping don’t cheque: Dial it up Iran: The revolution will be televised State aid: The visible hand Covid-19 in Germany: The virus detectives Espionage pacts: To your good stealth Viral couture: Paris masked Eastern Europe’s economies: Into the trough Charlemagne: The benefits of Brexit The Brexit negotiations: Every man to his island Puppies: Barking mad Dominic Cummings: Ill-advised Education: Back to school, sort of Carmaking: The Lotus position Carmaking: Assembly without assembling Summer holidays: On the beaches Bagehot: I love the sound of breaking rules Travel after covid: Lonely planet Chinese tourists: Still grounded Chinese diaspora Inc: High-wire act Asian business dynasties: Godfathers depart, too Information technology: AI manoeuvres Energy companies: Don’t worry, it’s all under control Bartleby: From BC to AD Carmaking: Kiss and make up The grooming business: Things get hairy Schumpeter: The warehouse king Private equity (1): More money, more problems Private equity (2): From locusts to honey bees Monetary policy in China: The thin red line Buttonwood: The inflation bug A change of plan: China's growth target Carmen Reinhart: No fear of floating Economic statistics: Crisis measures Free exchange: A political economist Move fast, mend things: Softening the blow Covid-19 and face masks: We interrupt this transmission... Antifouling technology: Keelhaul that ’bot! Not yet, but soon: Crew Dragon is postponed Recycling: Crackle, pop, snap Artistic posterity: Still lives Power in America: Clash of the titans European history: A breed apart The story of a cult novel: Perish and publish Johnson: They can feel it all over Home Entertainment: Damn fine coffee Home Entertainment: Will to power Economic data, commodities and markets Bogus academia: Garbage in Antonio Bolívar: The wisdom of the forest Global news and current affairs from a European perspective. Best downloaded on Friday mornings (GMT)