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Xi Jinping, China’s leader, has repeatedly called for supply chains to be “self-determined and self-controlled” (meaning by China). He would prefer low-value industry to move to poorer parts of China’s interior, to preserve the country’s grip on supply chains. (Photo by AFP/China OUT)

China’s firms are taking flight, worrying its rulers

7 min read . 30 Dec 2024

Jimmy Carter's presidency was marked by crises and criticisms, yet his post-presidential work in peacebuilding and human rights earned him global admiration. (Image: AP)

Jimmy Carter was perhaps the most virtuous of all America’s presidents

5 min read . 30 Dec 2024

Why some doctors are reassessing hypnosis

6 min read . 29 Dec 2024

A social media influencer uses a phone on the day of the unveiling of Hyundai IONIQ 9, a three-row electric SUV during a Hyundai event in the Hollywood Hills in Los Angeles, California, U.S., November 20, 2024. REUTERS/Daniel Cole (REUTERS)

Too many people want to be social-media influencers

4 min read . 28 Dec 2024

The book’s unifying principle is that genes are the sole units of selection. Image: Pixabay

Darwin and Dawkins: a tale of two biologists

4 min read . 28 Dec 2024

The incredible story of Afghanistan's exiled women’s cricket team

6 min read . 28 Dec 2024

For decades Hollywood executives have gone south of the border in search of cut-price production services. But increasingly they see Mexico as a source of creative spark, too. Photo: AFP

Made in Mexico: why the new Hollywood is south of the border

6 min read . 27 Dec 2024

As populations age, there is growing competition worldwide for skilled young migrants, and countries such as Portugal are working hard to attract them. (Image: Pixabay)

Our footloose index: the most attractive countries for graduates

3 min read . 27 Dec 2024

China’s hacking of American computer networks and its efforts to steal Western military and trade secrets have made headlines in recent years. Image: Pixabay

How China turns members of its diaspora into spies

5 min read . 27 Dec 2024

On 24 October, SK Hynix, which has surged ahead in the fast-growing segment of high-bandwidth memory (HBM) chips, which are needed for AI, reported a record profit. (File Photo: Reuters)

Memory chips could be the next bottleneck for AI

2 min read . 26 Dec 2024

FILE PHOTO: U.S. President-elect Donald Trump. Brandon Bell/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo/File Photo (via REUTERS)

Workers love Donald Trump. Unions should fear him

4 min read . 26 Dec 2024

Gold now makes up 11% of central bank reserves, up from 6% in 2008. Photo: SS WealthStreet

The blistering rally in gold augurs ill for the power of the dollar

4 min read . 25 Dec 2024

A worker washes off excess impurities during a gold smelting process at a facility in Accra, Ghana. Gold price has doubled since 2019, to a record high of more than $2,700 per troy ounce, promising higher margins for industrial miners but also encouraging more artisanal and small-scale mining (File Photo: Reuters)

Gold is booming. So is the dirty business of digging it up

4 min read . 25 Dec 2024

This year the EU’s General Court ruled in Lego’s favour in a trademark dispute with a German company. (Photo by ATTILA KISBENEDEK / AFP) (AFP)

Can Lego remain the world’s coolest toymaker?

3 min read . 25 Dec 2024

Scott Bessent. Photo: Elizabeth Frantz/Reuters

A Trump adviser on how the international economic system should change

5 min read . 24 Dec 2024

Bloomberg Intelligence, a research firm, forecasts that global spending on weight-loss drugs will surge from $15bn this year to $94bn by 2030. (Image: Pixabay)

Competition will make weight-loss drugs better, cheaper and bigger

4 min read . 24 Dec 2024

About half a dozen new missile and missile-drone crossovers are already flight-ready. REUTERS/Stringer (REUTERS)

Inside Ukraine’s secret missile programme

5 min read . 24 Dec 2024

The Iranian flag. Iran is now struggling to get weapons or cash to Beirut and the Palestinian territories to replenish forces, as much materiel arrived through Syria. (File Photo: Reuters)

Conflict is remaking the Middle East’s economic order

4 min read . 23 Dec 2024

Tan is unlike his fellow 21st-century technology bosses in a number of revealing ways.

Meet the most ruthless CEO in the trillion-dollar tech club

4 min read . 23 Dec 2024

These books include memoir, fiction and reportage,

What to read about grief and bereavement

7 min read . 22 Dec 2024