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Asia

India and China exchange their first border gunfire in 45 years

The Asian giants are locked in a dangerous stand-off over Himalayan territory

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How to end the perilous Indo-Chinese border spat

Europe

Turkey’s strongman, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, takes to the world stage

He is posing as the voice of Muslims everywhere and of the global South

Highlights
By Invitation

Tedros Adhanom on why vaccine nationalism harms efforts to halt the pandemic

Going it alone will perpetuate the economic and health crisis—for all

China

Schools in China are trying to make pupils’ lives easier

Why do some parents object?

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Europe

Charlemagne: The contradiction at the heart of the European Commission

Are the people in charge of the EU’s bureaucracy politicians or technocrats?

Daily chart

Americans’ view of black-white race relations hits a 20-year low

But they have been dismal for some time

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Back to the drive-in

The pandemic has put the future on fast-forward, with one notable exception: the drive-in cinema

The Economist’s coverage of the coronavirus

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America’s ugly election: How bad could it get?

September 5th 2020
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Leaders

Why is Wall Street expanding in China?

Britain

Competence matters, and Johnson hasn’t got it

Business

What is Prosus, Europe’s consumer-internet star, for?

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Air pollution is returning to pre-covid levels

This bodes ill for respiratory health

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In context: Japan after Abe

Leaders

How Abe Shinzo changed Japan

He not only reshaped the economy and foreign relations—he also paved the way for future reforms

Asia

Abe Shinzo has left an impressive legacy

But his successor has a mountain to climb

Finance & economics

Did Abenomics work?

Books & arts

A timely, comprehensive biography of Abe Shinzo

Special report: Dementia

As humanity ages the numbers of people with dementia will surge

The world is ill-prepared for the frightening human, economic and social implications

The search for a cure for dementia is not going well

But behavioural changes can reduce the risk of developing it

The big question about dementia care is who is going to do it

The best care is “people-centred”, ie, labour-intensive

Might dementia tourism to lower-wage economies become a trend?

It will remain a niche market; but shows how the best care needs a lot of carers

No country has found a sustainable way to finance dementia care

And most have not even tried

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