The Economist

People fleeing calamity have a right to seek safety—but that does not mean access to a rich country’s labour market https://www.economist.com/leaders/2025/07/10/scrap-the-asylum-system-and-build-something-better?taid=6a1bdc7dd6c718000177b7bc&utm_campaign=editorial-social&utm_content=discovery.conten

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Developing countries—especially India—should learn from one place in particular https://www.economist.com/leaders/2023/11/02/how-to-stop-turmeric-from-killing-people?taid=6a1bd7c9d6c718000177b7a9&utm_campaign=editorial-social&utm_content=discovery.content&utm_medium=social-media.content.np&utm_sourc

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The recipe for Nin Jiom Pei Pa Koa hasn’t changed since it was first concocted in the 1600s. Yet the sweet syrup is enjoying a renewed surge in popularity https://www.economist.com/business/2025/08/14/a-400-year-old-chinese-cough-syrup-is-winning-over-westerners?taid=6a1bd319d6c718000177b7a1&utm_cam

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Britons have high expectations of a country that is far poorer than they think. But register for free to learn why the politics of small treats will not fade http://econ.st/49ZG5Lm Illustration: Nate Kitch

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Japan and the Philippines would struggle to stay out. But what about the rest? https://www.economist.com/asia/2025/06/12/if-china-invaded-taiwan-who-would-enter-the-war?taid=6a1bc9bad6c718000177b76f&utm_campaign=editorial-social&utm_content=discovery.content&utm_medium=social-media.content.np&utm_s

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Xi Jinping’s pet project, Xiongan, offers perks to its growing number of residents. But it is becoming an elite enclave, home to the government’s most privileged workers https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2025/08/07/xi-jinpings-city-of-the-future-is-coming-to-life?taid=6a1bc5094b8aea000

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The defenestration of the oil firm’s chairman could not have been better designed to embarrass Britain’s business elite. Register for free to learn why https://www.economist.com/business/2026/05/28/bp-cares-too-much-about-feelings-and-not-enough-about-performance?taid=6a1bc05bb77dd20001616742&utm_ca

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Confronted with an accident, many officials’ instinctive response is to cover it up. But after this one, China’s state media have reported in surprising detail on a litany of safety violations https://www.economist.com/china/2026/05/28/a-coalmine-explosion-lays-bare-chinas-two-speed-economy?taid=6a1

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The intended target lies elsewhere. Yet the humble curry house has become a casualty of Japan’s crackdown on immigration https://www.economist.com/asia/2026/05/28/japans-beloved-indian-restaurants-are-under-threat?taid=6a1bb6f986566d0001e080b2&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twi

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The management consultant’s guide to love and sex https://www.economist.com/1843/2020/02/20/between-the-spreadsheets?taid=6a1bb2534b8aea00015dc28c&utm_campaign=editorial-social&utm_content=discovery.content&utm_medium=social-media.content.np&utm_source=twitter

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Vaibhav Sooryavanshi is the youngest-ever professional cricket player to score a century (100 runs). It is hard to think of an athlete in any sport who has proved so dominant at such a young age https://www.economist.com/culture/2026/05/28/the-hard-hitting-youngster-sending-cricket-fans-into-a-spin?

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North-east Asia is buffeted on the one side by fierce industrial competition from China and on the other by tariffs and arm-twisting from America. This is a source of anguish https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2026/05/27/japan-south-korea-and-taiwan-are-suffering-industrial-rot?taid=6a1

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Prabowo Subianto’s resource nationalism has grown ever more aggressive. The Indonesian president’s thinking could augur a deep shift in the relationship between the state and private business https://www.economist.com/asia/2026/05/28/indonesias-erratic-president-grabs-the-countrys-commodity-exports?

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The show now averages 8m American viewers per episode. A third of them rewatch episodes; 15% have watched five times or more https://www.economist.com/culture/2026/02/05/the-hit-tv-show-that-no-one-saw-coming?taid=6a1ba443b77dd200016166b0&utm_campaign=editorial-social&utm_content=discovery.content&u

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Promoting exports succeeded for Taiwan, South Korea and Japan when they were trying to catch up with the West. It is not an approach that works in places that are already rich https://www.economist.com/leaders/2026/05/28/how-east-asia-should-respond-to-its-china-shock?taid=6a1b9f8986566d0001e0805f&u

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To varying degrees, changes to various South-East Asian countries’ regimes are putting their rule on a firmer footing after years of challenge https://www.economist.com/asia/2026/05/28/llliberal-leaders-in-mainland-south-east-asia-revamp-their-regimes?taid=6a1b9ad9b2348a0001b5d475&utm_campaign=truea

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Gautam Adani recently overtook his arch-rival to become India’s richest man. Yet register for free to learn why some of the forces propelling the industrialist could reverse https://www.economist.com/business/2026/05/28/everything-is-going-right-for-indias-richest-man?taid=6a1b963086566d0001e08023&u

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Tanzanians had hoped Samia Suluhu Hassan would usher in a more open society. Now her repressive regime threatens the country’s achievements and its future https://www.economist.com/leaders/2026/04/30/is-samia-suluhu-hassan-africas-most-disappointing-president?taid=6a1b917a86566d0001e0800b&utm_campa

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China’s migrants are among the thriftiest. That reflects insecurity. Reforms to the country’s hukou system will help https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2026/05/28/without-fanfare-china-is-making-rural-migrants-lives-easier?taid=6a1b8cc9b77dd2000161663d&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium

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