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2021

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Generation Xi

Young Chinese are both patriotic and socially progressive. That mix is already changing their country, says Stephanie Studer, our China correspondent


2020-2000

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Asset Management

The asset-management industry is at last sorting the quacks from the true specialists, argues John O’Sullivan

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The world economy

The covid-19 pandemic will accelerate change in the world economy. That brings both opportunity and danger, says Henry Curr

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Business and climate change

Climate change is about to upend the corporate world. Firms must react fast, says Guy Scriven

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Dementia

Nowhere in the world is ready to cope with the global explosion of dementia, writes Simon Long

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The Midwest

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

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The new world disorder

Seventy-five years ago the world’s leaders designed the peace even as they fought the war. Today’s leaders need to do something similar, says Daniel Franklin

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International banking

Geopolitics and technology threaten America’s financial dominance. And now the covid-19 pandemic is precipitating a split, says Matthieu Favas

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South Korea

South Korea is going through deep social, economic change. But the transformation is still fragile, and covid-19 is not helping, says Lena Schipper

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Africa

Rapid economic and social change will give the continent a bigger role in world affairs, says Jonathan Rosenthal

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The data economy

A deluge of data is giving rise to a new economy. Ludwig Siegele asks how it will work

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China's Belt and Road

The Belt and Road Initiative revives memories of China’s imperial tributary system, says Dominic Ziegler

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Housing

Since the second world war, governments across the rich world have made three big mistakes, says Callum Williams