Corbyn prepares to govern Britain How match-fixing poisons sport Catalonia’s destructive referendum If tech firms were sewage works SEPTEMBER 23RD–29TH 2017 Does China play fair? Contents The Economist September 23rd 2017 5 7 The world this week 32 Newark’s rebound Baraka on a roll 32 Fixing homelessness Leaders Reno way 9 Global economy 33 Industrial farming The China challenge Jukes hazard 10 Online regulation 34 Lexington Limited liability Roy Moore 10 A crisis in Spain The Catalan question The Americas 12 Corruption in sport Corbyn in control The Labour Fixing the fixers 35 Mexico The shaking earth Party is on track to rule 13 British politics Britain. But who rules Labour? The likely lad 36 Corruption in Brazil A prosecutor’s parting Leader, page 13. Six months On the cover shots ago the opposition was in a Commercial competition battle for survival. Now it has Letters 37 Peru from China will only get its sights set on Downing 14 On hurricanes, Brexit, fiercer. That calls for cool Ministerial massacre Street, page 47 Turkey, Richard Posner, heads and wise policies: 37 Venezuela Myanmar, diamonds leader, page 9. A new The war on cuteness generation of Chinese entrepreneurs will have a Briefing Middle East and Africa powerful worldwide impact, 17 Innovation in China 38 The future of Kurdistan page 17. The government sets The next wave its sights on dominance in In a terrible state new industries, page 60 39 Saudi Arabia’s crackdown Asia The prickly prince 21 Politics in Pakistan 39 Protests in Togo The Economist online Dynast v gynaecologist To go or not to go Daily analysis and opinion to 22 Defining Hinduism 40 North Korea and Africa Sect drive Rocket Man’s rhino horn supplement the print edition, plus The Catalan question audio and video, and a daily chart 23 Gay marriage in Australia Economist.com It requires a better answer Don’t call it a plebiscite Europe than an unconstitutional E-mail: newsletters and 23 Gay-bashing in Indonesia 41 Spain independence referendum: mobile edition Looking for shelter The clash in Catalonia leader, page 10. 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Thousands declaring a de facto state of Odinga—before the votes had marched in Guatemala City emergency. been properly counted. But the calling forMr Morales to resign court did not say there had and congress to clean house. The government ofIceland been widespread rigging or collapsed after the prime that the president was The army’s new front minister was accused oftrying culpable. Facing brickbats fornot to cover up a letter written by speaking out against the ethnic his father supporting the civil An Egyptian court sentenced cleansing ofMuslim rights ofa notorious pae- 43 people to life in prison after Rohingyas by Myanmar’s dophile. That prompted the a mass trial. Hundreds more army, Aung San Suu Kyi, the Bright Future party to leave the were sentenced to between country’s de facto leader, said coalition government. five and 15 years. Nearly 500 that human-rights violations Donald Trump’s first speech people were charged over would be punished, but sug- In Italy, Silvio Berlusconi, who to the UN General Assembly violence that erupted after the gested that the situation was was ousted as prime minister excoriated Iran and North military coup that toppled not so bad since many in 2011, made a formal return to Korea forthreatening world President Muhammad Morsi Rohingyas had decided not to the political stage. At a meeting peace. The American president in 2013. Only 52 were acquit- flee. Amnesty accused the ofhis party, Forza Italia, he promised to “totally destroy” ted. Amnesty International Nobel peace laureate of“bury- presented himselfas a pro- the regime ofKim Jong Un, called the trial a “sham”. ing her head in the sand”. European moderate who whom he called “Rocket Man”, could lead the centre-right ifit attacked America or one of Badly shaken In Pakistan, the wife ofNawaz backto power in an election, its allies.