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China's new property law is a breakthrough, even though it raises hopes that one-party rule may dash: leader
The world this week
Politics this week
Business this week
Kal's cartoon


Leaders

Property rights in China
China's next revolution
Japan
No comfort for Abe
Financial markets
Still not sober
Open skies
Bird in hand
America and the test-ban treaty
Just talk to yourself



Letters

On diabetes, Colombia, Iraq, Poland, money



Briefing

Governing China
Caught between right and left, town and country



United States

The Libby trial
The fall guy falls
The military health-care scandal
Broken Reed
The trade agenda in Congress
Raising the bar
Health care
Tax the wicked, cure the sick
California's schools
Villaraigosa's frustration
Texas toll roads
Miles to go
Reliably replacing warheads
Newer and fewer
Lexington
Slow train coming



The Americas

Venezuela
Rumbles in the revolutionary ranks
Gay rights in Latin America
Out of the closet
Mexico
His own man
Canada
Barrier-busting
Argentina
An open door
Correction: mining in Bolivia



Asia

Japan's prime minister
Scarcely an Abe-rration
Cambodia
Invasion of the land-grabbers
Bangladesh
One begum down
Nepal's ethnic politics
The new battlefront
Indonesian transport
Safety first?



Middle East & Africa

Israel and the Arabs
Let's meet, maybe
Israel
Bad smells and fresh air
Iraq
The latest bombs
Western Sahara
Deadlock in the desert
Ce d'Ivoire
Carving up the country
Ethiopia
Depressed among the Danakil



Europe

Turkish nationalism
Waving Ataturk's flag
Eastern Europe's economies
Hot and bothered
Russia and murder
Dangerous times
Jean-Marie Le Pen
The far-right fighter
Italy's welfare reforms
Tommaso's gamble
Danish demonstrations
Of riots and righteousness
Charlemagne
Summit surrenders



Britain

House of Lords
Jobs for life no longer
Welfare reform
Snail's progress
Press freedom
Publish and be damned
Private Finance Initiatives
Bad, and not improving [Britain only]
Private schools
Class war [Britain only]
Television wars
Lost庸or now [Britain only]
Marine law
Oil and troubled waters [Britain only]
Bagehot
A surfeit of beef


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Technology Quarterly
Plan B for global warming?
Displays to keep an eye on
Let's get physical
Call and response
Working the crowd
Beyond the stagecoach
Three wheels good?
Big Brother just wants to help
The slow death of dial-up
Bright sparks
Energy
Woodstock revisited
Go with the flow
Bright prospects
How touching
What's in a name?
Watching the web grow up
Offer to readers



Business

Aviation in India
The flying elephant
Duty-free retailing
Lakes of whisky and perfume
Transatlantic aviation
The sky's the limit
Medical tourism
Sun, sand and scalpels
Corporate HQs
Manager, offshore thyself
Mining in Canada
Out of a hole
Vaccines
Beyond the egg
Face value
Shining a light



Briefing

Markets
It's behind you
Buttonwood
We all fall down
Subprime lending
Rising damp
Stock exchanges
Dodgy tickers
Sterling weakness
Bad company
Finance & Economics
Insider trading
Hints, tips and handcuffs
Indian commodities
Commodifying dissent
San Marino
Offshore, onshore
House prices
Home result
Credit ratings
No support here
Economics focus
Anatomy of a hump
Marjorie Deane internship
Correction: Japan's personal spending



Science & Technology

Particle physics
Higgs may fly
Particle accelerators
Onwards and upwards
Cancer screening
Seeing is not always relieving
Animal behaviour
An offer you can't refuse
Argillaceous vulcanism
Inglorious mud
Satellite tracking
No hiding place



Books & Arts

Oxford
Lost horizons
Leni Riefenstahl
Hitler's friend
The role of economists
Soul academy
Essays on fiction
Deep convictions
One-man theatre
Voice of the masses
Amazon worldwide bestsellers
Life at the top
Obituary
Arthur Schlesinger



Economic and Financial Indicators

Overview
Output, prices and jobs
The Economist commodity-price index
The Economist poll of forecasters, March averages
Trade, exchange rates, budget balances and interest rates
Markets
City economies