The Economist Asia Edition – July 27, 2019

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Contents

The world this week

5 A summary of political

andbusinessnews

Leaders

7 Russia and China

Brothers in arms

8 Britain’s new prime

minister

Here we go

9 Heatwaves

Hot as hell

9 Currencywars

Donotescalate

10 Microsoft

Rebooted

Letters

12 Onconservatism,taxing

assets,Uzbekistan,Nazi

operations,work

Briefing

15 RussiaandChina

Thejuniorpartner

Specialreport:Canada

Theliberalnorth

Afterpage 36

Asia

19 Taiwan’s president

20 North-east Asia’s

contested skies

21 Indian politics

21 Pakistan and America

22 BanyanJapan’sidentity

China

23 Hong Kong’s protests

24 International reactions to

Xinjiang

United States

25 Overcrowded primaries

26 Mueller’s testimony

27 New Orleans and snow

28 Indian-Americans

29 LexingtonHotshots in

Alaska

The Americas

30 Corruption in Brazil

31 Picking judges in

Guatemala

31 Poor but sexy Oaxaca

32 BelloLatin America and

Europe

Middle East & Africa

33 The Gulf crisis

34 Croquet in Egypt

34 Separatism in Ethiopia

35 South African politics

36 Africa’s coal craze

SchumpeterThe plastics

business has yet to come

to terms with a backlash

against its products,

page 51

On the cover

The partnership between
Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping is
much better for China than it
is for Russia: leader, page 7.
How Vladimir Putin’s embrace
of China weakens Russia:
briefing,page 15

• Britain’s new prime minister
  Boris Johnson promises thrills
  but is heading for a serious spill:
  leader,page 8. The new prime
  minister will lead a fragile—and
  potentially short-lived—
  government, page 42. Why
  predicting the impact of no-deal
  is so hard, page 43. The hazards
  of having a prime minister who
  hates to be hated: Bagehot,
  page 44


• Heatwaves and climate
  changeExtreme heat is a silent
  killer. Countries must do more to
  adapt: leader,page 9.
  Greenhouse-gas emissions
  contribute to the rising
  frequency of heatwaves,page 58


• Microsoft’s lessons for other
  tech giantsWhat the software
  company ’s surprising comeback
  can teach its tech rivals,page 10


• Liberal Canada: a special
  reportAs many Western
  countries turn to populism,
  Canadians will soon decide
  if they want to remain a
  liberal beacon, says Brooke
  Unger, afterpage 36