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Asia
Clan associations must change to survive
3 min read
Warming relations between America and China bode ill for Japan
5 min read
But what is getting done?
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A handpicked article read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist
09:30
He suggests he is bargaining with China over weapons sales to the island
4 min read
The country’s collapsing cities could benefit from plans to redraw the electoral map
The software engineer and sci-fi writer wants to use AI to reshape politics
Overdevelopment threatens many Himalayan states
Energy-shocked countries are determined never to be hostage again
Sara Duterte’s political career hangs in the balance
Billionaire founders are bankrolling their efforts
Business
The boss of Reliance wants to transform his conglomerate into a tech giant
7 min read
