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The Pearl river delta: a special report Hospitals of the future Jacob Zuma must go Parking, wrong on so many levels APRIL 8TH–14TH 2017 Why computers will never be safe vk.com/stopthepress FRESH MAGAZINES EVERYDAY Contents The Economist April 8th 2017 3 5 The world this week The Americas 34 Venezuela Leaders Undo that coup 7 Computer security 35 Ecuador The myth of cyber-security Correísmo hangs on 8 Chemical weapons in Syria 35 Paraguay Russia’s poisonous client Of arson and re-election 8 America and China 36 Bello The valley and the delta Fear ebbs in Mexico 9 South Africa Pearl river delta To see the Dump Jacob Zuma Middle East and Africa merits of openness, the 10 Parking 37 South Africa American and Chinese Aparkalypse now The president v the people presidents need only look On the cover 38 Chemical weapons in Syria inwards: leader, page 8. Our Computers will never be Letters Assad unleashes horror special report on China’s most secure. To manage the risks, dynamic region, after page 40 12 On Brexit and the 39 The insurgency in Sinai look to economics rather European Union Terror and counter-terror than technology: leader, 40 The United Arab Emirates page 7. Cyber-security is The Gulf’s little Sparta broken from top to bottom. Briefing As the consequences pile up, 16 Parking though, things are starting Sacred spaces Special report: The Pearl to improve, page 66 river delta Jewel in the crown Asia After page 40 The Economist online 19 North Korea The land of lousy options Daily analysis and opinion to Europe supplement the print edition, plus 20 Pacific secession 41 Terror in St Petersburg audio and video, and a daily chart Palm-fringed indecision Underground man Britain after Brexit Smooth Economist.com 21 Islami Bank Bangladesh 42 Anti-gay violence in trading with Europe will be E-mail: newsletters and Cheques and imbalances Chechnya disrupted unless Britain mobile edition 22 Official caprice in India Republic of fear drastically overhauls its Economist.com/email Bar wars customs operation, page 46. 42 France’s left Print edition: available online by 24 Banyan The lesson of Gibraltar, page 47. 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