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How Strongmen Subvert Democracy Financial Clean-Up in China How strongmen subvert democracy Financial clean-up in China Canada’s vulnerable economy Making concrete with carrots JUNE 16TH–22ND 2018 Kim Jong Won Contents The Economist June 16th 2018 3 5 The world this week Asia 31 Development in India Leaders Nutrition v debt relief 7 America and North Korea 32 Cricket in Afghanistan Kim Jong Won Khyber pastime 8 Politics 32 Pakistan’s economy How democracy dies In need of re-stitching 9 AT&T and Time Warner 33 Elections in South Korea Green light Rising Moon 9 Chinese finance 34 Banyan Xi, make me chaste Squeezing Taiwan Democracies in retreat The rise of strongmen in weak 10 Russia states holds lessons for Free Oleg Sentsov China democracies everywhere: On the cover 12 Britain and the EU 35 Foreign-language media leader, page 8. After decades The master negotiator seems Softer is better A propaganda drive of triumph, democracy is to have no clue how to haggle 36 Activism in Hong Kong losing ground. Why? Page 50 with North Korea: leader, Letters Reading the riot act page 7.Kim Jong Un did better than Donald Trump at 14 On Timor-Leste, their strange meeting in Parliament, American Middle East and Africa Singapore, page18. Mr Trump politics, banking, 37 Housing in the Middle East wants his own foreign policy, Germany, football Villas and slums but will not want to pay for it: 38 Iraq’s election Lexington, page 25 Briefing Burnt ballots 18 The Singapore summit 38 The war in Yemen Enough to make a Port in a storm The Economist online Rodman cry 40 Ghanaian football Daily analysis and opinion to Why fans are jaded supplement the print edition, plus United States 40 Teenage mums in Africa Britain and the EU A hard audio and video, and a daily chart Brexit seems ever less likely. Economist.com 21 Voting (1) Impregnated and expelled 41 Congo’s coming election Good: leader, page12. Theresa newsletters and Multiple choice E-mail: Mr Kabila’s intentions May has conceded just enough mobile edition 22 Voting (2) to avoid parliamentary Economist.com/email Husted, we have a problem defeats. But she is being Print edition: available online by 22 Whaling in Alaska Europe driven towards a softer 7pm London time each Thursday Summer ice 42 Germany and central version of Brexit, page 47. 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Printed by Quad/Graphics, Saratoga Springs, NY 12866 The world this week The Economist June 16th 2018 5 Leung had angered the illegal migration. Critics defeated in a primary election. Politics Chinese government by wondered whether the word Mr Sanford previously made supporting independence for “axis” had quite the right headlines in 2009 when, as Hong Kong. historical ring to it. governor, he disappeared for a week. It turned out he was Lorry drivers staged strikes in Scales of justice having an affair. The official several Chinese cities. They Jean-Pierre Bemba, a former explanation for his absence, were protesting against fuel Congolese warlord, had his that he was “hiking the Appa- costs and competition from conviction for crimes against lachians”, became a popular app-based haulage services. humanity overturned on euphemism forinfidelity. appeal. He still awaits sentence Reversal of fortune on a separate charge ofbribing The non-believer With a tiny majority in Parlia- witnesses, but the Internation- The G7 summit in Canada ment and faced with a rebel- al Criminal Court ordered his was the most rancorous in the lion from a handful ofTory release. His supporters want club’s history. America clashed Donald Trump and Kim Jong MPs opposed to Brexit, the him to return to the Democrat- with its allies over climate Un, North Korea’s dictator, British government promised ic Republic ofCongo and run change and trade. Donald held a summit in Singapore. MPs what Remainers hope forpresident. Trump refused to sign the final Mr Kim promised “complete will be a “meaningful” vote on communiqué, accusing Justin denuclearisation” in exchange whether to approve whatever An American soldier was Trudeau, the Canadian prime forAmerican security guaran- deal emerges from talks with killed and fourwounded in minister, ofmaking “false tees. Mr Trump called it “a very the EU. This week’s machina- Somalia after they were statements”. “There’s a special great moment in the history of tions make it more likely that attacked by al-Shabab, a jiha- place in hell” forthose who act the world”.
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