The Economist - UK (2022-04-02)

6 Contents The Economist April 2nd 2022

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Volume 443 Number 9290

Asia

47 Afghanistan’s

misogynist rulers

48 Pokémon in South Korea

48 Asia’s stranded Russians

49 China in the South Pacific

49 Indonesia’s palm­oil crisis

50 BanyanJapan v Russia

China

51 Tension with Europe

52 Vaccinating the elderly

53 A Tibetan star’s suicide

53 Hong Kong’s top court

54 ChaguanAn anti­media

backlash

International

55 The war online

Business

57 The influencer business

58 App­store wars

59 Shanghai shuts down

60 Outsourcing 2.

61 BartlebyManagerial

trolleyology

62 Vietnam Inc goes global

63 SchumpeterOf war and

wokery

Finance&economics

64 The natural­gas standoff

65 Russia’s unwanted oil

66 Rupee­rouble trade

67 ButtonwoodBond yields

68 Russia’s economy

68 Surging food prices

69 Taxing the ultra­rich

70 Free exchangeThe

dollar’s dominance

Science&technology

71 Energy­scavenging

sensors

72 Anti­anti­tank weapons

73 The earthworm invaders

74 A new take on Alzheimer’s

Culture

75 Modern dictators

76 Inauthentic cuisine

77 Phil Wang’s serious jokes

78 Royalty and disease

78 Gruesome genealogy

79 Back StorySinging for

victory

Economic&financialindicators

80 Statistics on 42 economies

Graphicdetail

81 Gerrymandering in Hungary makes Fidesz hard to dislodge

Obituary

82 Madeleine Albright, a woman in a man’s world