The Economist - UK (2022-05-28)

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Asia

47 Taiwan’s chip worries

48 America and South Korea

49 Thai politics

49 Indonesian songbirds

50 Australia’s election

50 Indian exams

51 BanyanAbe’s Japan

China

52 Rumours about Xi

53 A leak from Xinjiang

53 Youth unemployment

54 Crooked bankers

55 ChaguanThe

intergenerational divide

International

56 Sanctions-busters

beware

Business

58 Switzerland’s business

bonanza

60 A dispatch from Davos

60 Broadening Broadcom

61 BartlebySmall gestures

62 A plant-based food fight

63 Schumpeterbasf’s

gas troubles

Finance&economics

64 Chinese markets

65 Biden’s Asian deal

66 Wall Street loves housing

67 Battered bonds

67 Carbon markets

70 Free exchangeTrading

with the frenemy

Science&technology

71 Searching for et

73 The Kharkiv gene bank

74 An outbreak of

monkeypox

Culture

75 The birth of civilisation

76 Scent and sensibility

77 The dark allure of Naples

78 An ode to the bicycle

78 Pirates ahoy!

79 Back Story “Top Gun”

flies again

Economic&financialindicators

80 Statistics on 42 economies

Graphicdetail

81 Stimulus cheques buoyed retail investors’ favourite stocks

Obituary

82 Lawrence MacEwen, laird of Muck