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South African leftists dream of telling the West to get lost

A handpicked article read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist

It has spent years pinpointing America’s weaknesses and mitigating its own

Our weekly podcast on China. This week, the trade weapons are holstered, but neither side has left the battlefield

Xi Jinping is desperate for Trump-proof access to food, fuels and metals

Donald Trump is failing to stop China’s rise as a manufacturing superpower