The Economist Asia Edition – July 27, 2019

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JULY27TH–AUGUST2ND 2019 Britain’snewprimeminister Heatwavesandclimatechange Microsoft’slessonsforothertech giants Liberal Canada ...

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The EconomistJuly 27th 2019 3 1 Contents continues overleaf Contents The world this week 5 A summary of political andbusinessnew ...

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The EconomistJuly 27th 2019 5 1 The world this week Politics Boris Johnsontook over as Britain’s prime minister from Theresa May ...

6 The EconomistJuly 27th 2019 The world this week Business America’sJusticeDepartment announceda broadantitrust reviewofthemarke ...

Leaders 7 I t is thelovetriangleofglobalpolitics.Sincethesecondworld war, China, Russia and the United States have repeatedly sw ...

8 Leaders The EconomistJuly 27th 2019 “D o you lookdaunted?Doyoufeeldaunted?”askedBoris Johnson of the crowd of Conservative Par ...

The EconomistJuly 27th 2019 Leaders 9 1 I n recentdaysheatwaveshaveturnedswathesofAmericaand Europeintofurnaces.Despitetheaccomp ...

10 Leaders The EconomistJuly 27th 2019 2 The shock of intervention would probably take the dollar lower—for a while, at least. B ...

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12 The EconomistJuly 27th 2019 Lettersarewelcomeandshouldbe addressedtotheEditorat TheEconomist,TheAdelphiBuilding, 1-11 JohnAda ...

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14 The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) is seeking highly qualifi ed candidates for the following senior leaders ...

TheEconomistJuly 27th 2019 15 1 T he palace of officersin Dushanbe, the capital of the former Soviet republic of Tajikistan, act ...

16 BriefingRussia and China The EconomistJuly 27th 2019 2 1 the ministry restaurant’s wall. The chef can be seen in his entourag ...

The EconomistJuly 27th 2019 BriefingRussia and China 17 2 1 tional law. It was...the West that used its temporary omnipotence to ...

18 BriefingRussia and China The EconomistJuly 27th 2019 2 for 14% of its total reserves, even though the yuan is not fully conve ...

TheEconomistJuly 27th 2019 19 1 F ollowing a dismalwinter you can’t count on a good summer, yet Tsai Ing- wen is making hay. Ear ...