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Articles in this issue: Politics this week Business this week KAL’s cartoon The Chinese model: Xi’s new economy Belarus: The sham of it American politics: What Kamala says about Joe Microfinance: Credit where it’s due Britain’s economy: Grey v growth Letters to the editor: On elderly care, technology, Lyndon Johnson, choral singing, journalism China’s hybrid capitalism: Blooming for the glory of the state Belarus’s bogus election: The gentle revolution Russia and the Baltics: Hacker alert Germany: The ballooning Bundestag Bike gangs: Sleazy riders Charlemagne: The other villain Economic policy: A grey and stagnant land GDP: Crash Exam results: A level playing field? Migrants in dinghies: A rather small invasion Fighting covid-19: Local heroes Farm labour: Ripe for reform Feminising the Foreign Office: Who runs the world? Bagehot: A certain idea of Britain Tunisia: Ten years after the revolution Lebanon after the blast: Taking a fall Nigeria: Hair from everywhere Ivory Coast: Triumph of the gerontocrats Tanzania: Courting the big man Kamala Harris: Groundbreaking and predictable Economic stimulus: Prolonging the pain Looting in Chicago: Smash and grab Au-pair wars: Essential or exploited? The decennial census: All flaxen was his poll Lexington: Flag-rapping Mexico: A new kingpin on the block Bolivia: Democracy deferred The Arctic: A shortened shelf life Development in Cambodia: Service economy Indonesia’s environment: For peat’s sake NIMBYism in Japan: Anti-anti-missile systems Eating ant eggs in Laos: Jungle caviar Banyan: A one-family state WeChat in America: The big unfriending Repression in Hong Kong: In the party’s sights Chaguan: Being blind and young in China America’s State Department: The dereliction of diplomacy Sino-American commercial relations: Endgame More Sino-American decoupling: The nuclear option Bartleby: Labour’s lost love Saudi Aramco: Trial by fire Juggling profits and purpose: Profits v purpose Airbus A380: Superjumbo problems Schumpeter: The new dividend royalty Economic convergence: Club class Turkey’s currency turmoil: Not at this rate Tax transparency: Hands off, Uncle Sam Gold in India: Financial alchemy Blended finance: Seeking scale Free exchange: Conscious uncoupling Raising the floor: What harm do minimum wages do? Space warfare: A legal void Quantum mechanics: A flutter in time Palaeontology: Not guilty? Zoology: Rules of attraction Images of covid-19: Decent exposure People power: Beginner’s luck Espionage: The Führer’s man in Manhattan Brazilian literature: Dead man’s blues Economic data, commodities and markets US presidential election: The old college try Leon Fleisher: Right hand, left hand Global news and current affairs from a European perspective. Best downloaded on Friday mornings (GMT)