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TikTok’s Chinese parent is scrambling to hang on to its hit app

America threatens to ban ByteDance’s most valuable digital property—or seize it

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China v America: Trade without trust

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The best-run cities of America’s Midwest offer lessons in recovery

How to revive and thrive

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Asia

Even as India urbanises, caste discrimination remains rife

Cities are segregated, and inter-caste marriages are vanishingly rare

Europe

Spain’s King Felipe is distancing himself from his father

Headlines about ex-king Juan Carlos’s finances and lovers embarrass the monarchy

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China

Chaguan: A hit TV drama in China asks hard questions about right and wrong

Its moral code is messy

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Week in charts: All aboard for Mars

Rethinking economics • Europe’s deal, America’s disunity • Midwestern heft • Tanzania’s book-cooking

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Why we speak Starbucks

How brands use language to create tribes

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Is there life on Mars?

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The EU’s leaders have agreed on a €750bn covid-19 recovery package

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With oil cheap, Arab states cannot balance their books

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Empty stadiums have shrunk football teams’ home advantage

Officiating bias disappears without fans, but clubs still play better at home

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In context: China v America

Leaders

Trade without trust

The West still has to find a way to do business with Chinese firms

Briefing

America’s war on Huawei nears its endgame

In Europe, however, there exists a mixed response to the Chinese telecoms-equipment giant

Europe

Angela Merkel’s soft China stance is challenged at home

China

A Sino-American bond, forged by Chinese students, is in peril

Special report: The Midwest

A region with outsized punch

America’s Midwest matters out of proportion to its size, says Adam Roberts

The urban prairie

For the region to prosper, its bigger cities must flourish

Separate, downtrodden

The region has particular problems with segregation and policing

America’s Mittelstand

Advanced manufacturing can thrive, as Grand Rapids shows

From rustbelt to brainbelt

How higher education can drive prosperity

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