Leaders
America and China
Biden’s new China doctrine
Its protectionism and its us-or-them rhetoric will hurt America and put off allies
The mask slips
The causes of Cuba’s uprising lie at home
Joe Biden should scrap Donald Trump’s policies and lift the embargo
Climate change
Carbon border taxes are defensible but bring great risks
The EU’s proposal may set off another trade war
Jacob Zuma’s legacy
South Africa’s war for the rule of law
Order must be restored quickly in Africa’s most industrialised country
Letters
On Sweden, abortion, gun rights, state pensions, Belgium
Letters to the editor
Briefing
Pushing back
Joe Biden is determined that China should not displace America
His China policy is looking even tougher than Donald Trump’s
Asia
Rings on the ropes
The 2020 Olympics will be memorable, but not in the way Japan hoped
No fun and games
Japan is struggling to keep covid-19 at bay at the Olympics
The next catastrophe
A wave of covid-19 is engulfing Indonesia
China
The small print
In China’s publishing business, you have to duck and dive
Patriotism and prejudice
How nationalism is making life harder for gay people in China
United States
Infrastructure year
Joe Biden’s agenda depends on steering two trains at once
Blowing the inheritance
Aduhelm may not cure Alzheimer’s, but it might help fix drug prices
Lexington
The Republican anti-vax delusion
Middle East & Africa
Jacob’s looters
South Africa reels from the worst violence since apartheid
Unlikely bedfellows
A general, a warlord and an economist vie to run Sudan
The most dangerous place in the Horn
Why nerves are jangling on the border between Ethiopia and Sudan
Courting trouble
Jordan’s jailing of a courtier exposes fissures in the kingdom
The enemy of my friend
Israel is being forced to choose between America and China
The Americas
A revolt against the revolution
The Cuban government cracks down on protesters
Après Moïse, le déluge?
It is still unclear who murdered Haiti’s president
Europe
Auf Wiedersehen
Germany’s export-driven foreign policy is being challenged
Bowled over
An anti-corruption party triumphs in Moldova
The grapes are off
Climate change is affecting wine flavours
Sun, sand and scooters
A Greek island is to host an experiment in low-carbon living
Britain
Blot on the landscape
England is building more homes than it has for many years
Pain now, gain later
Achieving net-zero carbon emissions will be eye-wateringly expensive
Driving: a hard bargain
The shortage of HGV drivers in Britain is getting worse
Red in tooth and claw
Liverpool’s changing skyline defies UNESCO
International
The eagle and the rabbit
America, China and the race to the Moon
Business
Subtle globalisers
China Inc’s new inconspicuous expansion
The finite frontier
Will Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic jaunt boost space tourism?
Doing the job
Staffing firms look beyond the pandemic
White shoes are made for earnin’
America’s elite law firms are booming
Finance & economics
The funding frenzy
Investment in fintech booms as upstarts go mainstream
Promises, promises
What does the ECB’s new target mean in practice?
Free exchange
The EU proposes a carbon tariff on some imports
Science & technology
Sport and drugs
Sport is still rife with doping
Sports equipment
New running shoes are smashing records
Culture
South African fiction
A matriarch’s bequest haunts Damon Galgut’s new novel
A marriage of art and economics
The love song of J. Maynard Keynes
Economic & financial indicators
Graphic detail
Fitbit for purpose
A new study using wearable devices could help to define long covid
Obituary
Songs against hate