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China's world-class army
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Brexit, Corbyn and the City of LondonHow elephants can help cure cancersJUNE 29TH-jULY 5TH 2019
•How to contain Iran
Contents The EconomistJune 29th 2019
On the coverNegotiation, not confrontation,is the way to stop Iran fromgetting the Bomb: leader,page 11. An unwanted war isnot necessarily an unlikely one:briefing, page 18
• China's world-class armyPresident Xi Jinping wantsChina's armed forces to be readyto take on all-comers by 2050.He has done more to achievethis than any of his predecessors,poge56
• Will a robot really take yourjob? A notorious forecast aboutthe automation of jobs has beenmisunderstood, says one of itsauthors: Schumpeter, poge 66
• Brexit, Corbyn and the Cityof London The world's biggestinternational financial centrefaces its toughest test: leader,poge 12. Brexit and politica Iturmoil have broken the spell ofLondon as the world's capital ofcapital, poge 67
• How elephants can help curecancers In oncology, the properstudy of mankind may not beman, but other animals-especially big ones, poge 75
The world this week8 A summary of political
and business news
Leaders11 The Gulf crisis
How to contain Iran12 Financial services
The City and Brexit13 Turkey
Democracy bites back13 Climate change
States' rights14 Language and the law
Silly sausages
Letters17 On investments, New
York, pensions, English,Latin, the Conservatives
Briefing18 America and Iran
The nanowing gyre
oBello Are politicalamnesties always a badidea? Paqe 44
Europe21 Turkey's new challenger22 Albania's crisis23 France's doomed
Republican party23 Rubbish in Russia24 European demography28 Charlemagne Climate
culture wars
Britain29 The future ofhealth care30 Monsieur Boris johnson31 Bagehot Losing Scotland
Middle East & Africa33 China reconsiders Africa34 Ethiopia's failed coup35 Seekingjustice in Gambia35 The Trump peace pian36 Airports in the Arab world
United States37 States and climate change38 E. jean Canoll39 Hospital bills39 Prison architecture40 Wornen's football41 Lexington Reparations
The Americas42 Canada's election43 Colombia cut in two44 Bello The rights and
wrongs of amnesties
Essay: The South Asianmonsoon
45 The cloud messenger
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Asia51 Empty japanese villages52 India and America53 Coal in Australia54 Banyan South Asian
identity politics
China56 Improving the army57 A ban on foreign names58 Chaguan The party v
HongKong
International59 The new piracy
Business61 Blackstone's alternative
reality62 Bartleby The American
exception63 japan's boisterous AGMs64 jìnnìng up Netflix64 Making steel in Europe65 Sino-American tech war65 The battle for Metro66 Schumpeter Mr 47%
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74 Free exchange Thefragile world economy
Science & technology75 Caneer's natural history76 Vegetarian erocodiles77 Monkeys and tools78 Hybrid-electric airliners
Books&arts79 The art of borders80 A history of mesealine81 The seandalous Borgias81 New Italian fiction82 The Dickens of British TV
Economie & financial indicators84 Statisties on 42 eeonomies
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