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More and more parents around the world prefer girls to boys
The bias in favour of boys is shrinking in developing countries even as a preference for girls emerges in the rich world
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Nayib Bukele is devolving from tech-savvy reformer to autocrat
El Salvador’s president is young, MAGA-friendly and ruthless
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Vietnam, squeezed between America and China, looks for new friends
It might even try to invigorate ASEAN
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Vietnam’s economy is booming, but its new leader is worried
Export-led growth may soon run out of steam
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The crypto industry is suddenly at the heart of American politics
Thank the Trump family’s investments, friendly regulators and lavish election spending
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A glimpse inside Putin’s secret arms empire
The Economist tracks mobile signals to plot the Kremlin’s build-up
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Saudi society has changed drastically. Can the economy change, too?
The government’s push to reduce dependence on oil is creating other distortions
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Would Vladimir Putin attack NATO?
Russia is building up its forces, causing fear in its neighbours
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Any Chinese curbs on Taiwan’s trade would carry big economic costs
But China could calibrate a trade “quarantine” to limit unintended consequences
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Can China sap a divided and isolated Taiwan of its will to resist?
Taiwanese are growing more doubtful that they can fend off their hostile neighbour
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Chinese military exercises foreshadow a blockade of Taiwan
The Trump administration’s fickleness is adding to the island’s anxieties
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Emigration from Africa will change the world
As other countries age, they will need African youth