The Economist - UK (2022-04-30)

6 Contents The Economist April 30th 2022

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Asia

45 Cambodia’s dictator

46 Filipino drivers

47 Bulldozer­justice in India

47 Pakistan’s neighbours

48 BanyanThe mess in 

Sri Lanka

China

49 Covid­19 hits the capital

50 How China is governed

50 Saving furry lives

51 Private pensions

52 ChaguanWhat public

anger means

International

53 How Putin’s war affects

Europe’s demography

Business

55 Musk’s Twitter takeover

56 Policing social media

57 Big tech’s big secrets

60 Chinese chipmaking

61 BartlebyPlayful products

62 SchumpeterHow firms

raise prices 

Finance&economics

65 Emerging markets 

66 The sinking yuan

67 ButtonwoodLow

expected returns 

68 Russia’s tit for taps

68 Consumers in America

69 Stimulus fraud

70 Free exchangeEnergy

embargoes

Science&technology

71 Marine biology

72 Another reusable rocket

73 Genes and cattle disease

Culture

74 Corruption in Brazil

75 World in a dish Julia Child

76 Nazi tycoons

76 Scottish fiction

77 Opera’s newest star

78 Back StoryArt of

controversy

Economic&financialindicators

80 Statistics on 42 economies

Graphicdetail

81 How covid­19 changed house­buying in America

Obituary

82 Mimi Reinhard, typist of Schindler’s List