The Economist - USA (2021-07-17)

The Economist July 17th 2021 5

Contents

Contents continues overleaf

On the cover

The world this week

8 A summary of political

and business news

Leaders

11 America and China

Biden’s flawed strategy

12 South Africa

Rule of lawlessness

12 Cuba

The mask slips

13 Climate change

Carbon and capture

14 Doping in sport

A cloud of suspicion

Letters

17 On Sweden, abortion, gun

rights, state pensions,

Belgium

Briefing

18 America’s China policy

Pushing back

United States

21 Joe Biden’s agenda

22 The flight from Austin

24 Baseball’s popularity

24 Drug pricing

26 Competition policy

28 LexingtonAnti-vax

conservatism

The Americas

29 Protests in Cuba

30 The crisis in Haiti

32 Bello amlo’s referendum

Asia

33 Japan’s Olympic mess

34 Making the games safe

35 BanyanSri Lanka’s

Rajapaksa raj

36 Covid-19 in Indonesia

China

37 Independent publishing

38 Nationalism v lgbt

39 ChaguanTurning inward

Middle East & Africa

42 South Africa burning

43 Struggle for Sudan

44 Flashpoint at al-Fashaga

45 Seething Jordan

45 Israel and China

Joe Biden is determined that
China’s rise should not displace
America: briefing,page 18.
The strengths and flaws of his
strategy: leader,page 11.
Chinese companies are
adapting to a more hostile
global climate—and are
thriving,page 55.The race to
the Moon today differs in
important ways from the first
time,page 52.Five books on
China,page 71

South Africa on the brink The
worst unrest since apartheid
underlines the fragility of the
Rainbow Nation: leader,
page 12,and analysis, page 42

Assessing theeu’s carbon tariff
In principle carbon border taxes
are a good idea. In practice they
could be a gift to protectionists:
leader, page 13 and Free
exchange, page 66. This could be
painful: Charlemagne, page 49

Cuba revolts against the
revolutionThe best way to help
Cuba’s protesters is to lift the
American embargo: leader,
page 12,and analysis, page 29

Sport, drugs and supershoes
As athletes arrive in Tokyo for
the Olympics, doping is still
common. The system needs
reform: leader, page 14,and
analysis, page 67

JohnsonSometimes

solecisms can reveal

linguistic ingenuity,

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