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本期文章: Politics this week Business this week KAL’s cartoon America and China: Biden’s new China doctrine Cuba: The mask slips South Africa: Rule of lawlessness Climate change: Carbon and capture Doping in sport: A cloud of suspicion Letters to the editor: On Sweden, abortion, gun rights, state pensions, Belgium America’s China policy: Pushing back Infrastructure year: Joe Biden’s mystery train Lone-Star politics: Texodus Drug prices: Blowing the inheritance Baseball’s waning popularity: Pastime Competition: Anti-trust in me Lexington: The anti-vax delusion Cuba: A revolt against the revolution Haiti’s crisis: Après Moïse, le déluge? Bello: A Mexican show trial? The Tokyo Olympics: Rings on the ropes Making the Olympics safe again: No fun and games Banyan: Rajapaksa raj The pandemic in South-East Asia: The next covid catastrophe Independent publishing: The small print Gay rights: Patriotism and prejudice Chaguan: Turning inward South Africa: Jacob’s looters Sudan: Unlikely bedfellows Al-Fashaga: The most dangerous place in the Horn Jordan: Courting trouble Israel and China: The enemy of my friend Germany: Auf Wiedersehen, Amerika! Moldova: An anti-corruption party triumphs Viticulture: The grapes are off Greece: Electric island Charlemagne: A less than jolly green giant House-building: Blot on the landscape The new NIMBYs: Eco-warriors Foreign aid: The final cut Climate costs: Pain now, gain later Northern Ireland: Closure denied Road haulage: Driving: a hard bargain Heritage: Red in tooth and claw America, China and the Moon: The eagle and the rabbit China Inc abroad: Inconspicuous expansion Space tourism: The finite frontier Staffing firms: Work in progress Big law: White shoes are made for earnin’ Bartleby: Different pitches Schumpeter: Superpower surge Fintech: The funding frenzy Wall Street: Fat and happy The European Central Bank: Promises, promises Inflation in America and Britain: Sticker shock Welfare and work: Make it pay The IMF: Every little helps Buttonwood: Margin call Free exchange: At the coalface of climate policy Sport and drugs: Still doped up? Sports equipment: Getting a leg up Communism in China: Party on Deep seas: Beyond blue Johnson: Death nails and foul swoops South African fiction: The family plot Odd couples: The love song of J. Maynard Keynes Economic data, commodities and markets Long covid: Fitbit for purpose Esther Bejarano: Songs against hate Global news and current affairs from a European perspective. Best downloaded on Friday mornings (GMT)