The Economist (Asia Pacific) - 20 Dez 2025
THE SULTANS OF SLANG
JANE AUSTEN, ECONOMIST
TOYMAKER'S TRAVAILS
THE ORIGIN OF DOGS
AND MUCH MORE...
CRUISE-SHIP CATERING
HOW MAGIC SURVIVES
DATING BOOTCAMP
Conjuring adapts to the age of AI
A journey into Africa’s great green lungs
The big noise this year has been from President Donald Trump. But China proved its strengths in 2025, and Mr Trump helped:
The battle to stop smart people betting
Your flexible friend
State trustbusters
Judgment on Jimmy Lai
A massacre in Australia
On America and Europe, “stonking”, political parties, corrections, Santa and AI, “The Odyssey”, “The Wizard of Oz”
It’s not rich countries that are atomised
In a year of turmoil, some places got better. Our country of the year:
How two explorers and a baby changed America
A Well informed guide to surviving Christmas:
A summary of political and business news
Xi Jinping’s good year
Pride and Prejudice and the dismal science
The tariffs that nearly stole Christmas
Discovering a cuisine shaped by cruelty
How booze shaped civilisation
The titanic task of catering at sea
How to survive Christmas
What vulgar words reveal
Who were the Denisovans?
A current that binds Asia
The MAGA Silicon Valley
Plus 54 pages of festive delights...
Most improved nation
How to rescue Novo Nordisk,
Russia’s Decembrists
Worse than it sounds
History on a console
Awful pick-up advice
Over-rated, actually
Already floundering
Political courage
Broadcasting into North Korea
China’s Christmas capital
Four-day school weeks
Arguing about tolls
Updates from Gaza,
Indonesia’s floods
Ukraine,
AI Jesus
Humanity’s long-lost cousins
Life on a turkey farm
Trump’s peace falters
AI- proof jobs
The Troubles’ legacy
An Amazon oil boom
Rescuing Novo Nordisk
Financial sleuths
Ukraine strains
Iain Douglas-Hamilton, saviour of African elephants
Statistics on 42 economies
Can sugar be healthy?
Trump abandonment syndrome
Fertility rates
A guide to job interviews
Crypto v the banks
The stars of 2025
The rise of martyrdom
Gastronationalism
Gaza’s broken health care
Best podcasts of the year
Milei moves on the peso
The West’s EV retreat
Milan’s glitzy Olympics
Giga- IPOs
The pet-portrait craze
AI jobs of the future
Share-price recoveries
Ethiopia’s new airport
New Year in Germany
How dogs calm teens
Trump’s Congo deal
AI in Saudi Arabia
Today’s toffs
The world this year
Xi Jinping’s good year
The Gaza ceasefire is already floundering
The Economist’s country of the year
The curse of overnight success
How to survive Christmas
A stonking surprise
Some Christmas shopping
For the record
Driving through the snow
A schism in the alliance
The most positive word
Wicked
Terror on the beach
Indonesia’s enormous floods
Broadcasting into North Korea
The sound of silence
A flood of failures
Jimmy Lai’s judgment day
China’s Christmas capital
Snow globalisation
California scheming
Lexington: Political courage
Four-day school weeks
Arguing about tolls
AI Jesus
Turnspike
Show that 4 > 5
God complex
“Friends, we’re better than this”
Jungle oil
Milei moves on the peso
A welcome U-turn
Stuck in the mud
Ethiopia, Africa’s air hub
Health care in Gaza
On its knees
Flights of fancy
CHRISTMAS SPECIALS
A FORGOTTEN RUSSIAN REVOLUTION
JANE AUSTEN, ECONOMIST
A CUISINE SHAPED BY CRUELTY
LEWIS AND CLARK
THE LONELIEST PLACE ON EARTH
SHARPS, BEARDS AND WHALES
THE CURRENT THAT BINDS ASIA
A DAY AT DATING BOOTCAMP
THE WEALTH OF NATIONS AT 250
TOYMAKERS’ TRAVAILS
CONGO’S RAINFOREST
THE SULTANS OF SLANG
A 10M-YEAR LOVE AFFAIR
MUSCLE BEACHHEAD
HOW MAGIC SURVIVES
FEEDING THE 7,600
THE ORIGIN OF DOGS
THE GREAT GAMES
IN AFRICA’S GREAT GREEN LUNG
IN AFRICA’S GREAT GREEN LUNG
A DAY AT DATING BOOTCAMP
THE END OF A 10M-YEAR LOVE AFFAIR
THE TARIFFS THAT NEARLY STOLE CHRISTMAS
DALIT DELIGHTS
Roasted lungs
Wild vegetable curry
Mutton and intestine
THE BATTLE TO STOP CLEVER PEOPLE BETTING
ADAM SMITH IS MISUNDERSTOOD
THE SULTANS OF SLANG
MUSCLE BEACHHEAD
THE GREAT GAMES
HOW TWO EXPLORERS, A MOTHER AND A BABY MADE AMERICA
THE FEEDING OF THE 7,600
THE FEEDING OF THE 7,600
$1.5m
YOUR FLEXIBLE FRIEND
225
A JOURNEY ALONG EAST ASIA’ S HIDDEN ARTERY
CENTS AND S ENSIBILITY
£631
Single men in possession of good fortunes
THE MOST FRIENDLESS PLACE ON EARTH
A BEGINNING MUST BE MADE
HOW MAGIC SURVIVES
Straining to hold
Charlemagne: Gastronationalism
Germany’s fiery New Year
Milan’s glitzy Olympics
Swish as they come
Same procedure as every year
Helping the young make sense of current affairs
Donate
CHARLEMAGNE
The long legacy of the Troubles
Bagehot: The rise of martyrdom
The pet-portrait craze
Today’s toffs
Family pawtrait
Declining, not falling
BAGEHOT
The new masters of the workplace
The Telegram: Abandoned allies
Surviving abandonment
The weight of expectations
Bartleby: A guide to job interviews
Schumpeter: Giga-IPOs
The West’s EV retreat
AI jobs of the future
Cruising for a bruising
Job apocalypse? Humbug!
How to conduct a job interview
To list, or not to list
The short view
Buttonwood: Stablecoin showdown
America’s rush into Congo
Free exchange: Birth rates
Stockmarket has-beens
Minefield
Old glory
A new financial aristocracy
Watch who you’re calling childless
Who were the Denisovans?
Well informed: can sugar be healthy?
The benefits of dogs for teens
AI in Saudi Arabia
Data and the desert
Paws and effect
Are some types of sugar healthier than others?
Two wings and a prayer
Back Story: The stars of 2025
The best podcasts of the year
And the winners are…
Sound advice
Economic & financial indicators
Iain Douglas-Hamilton
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