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Our weekly podcast on China. This week, what is it like to prepare for the gaokao?
John McDermott, our chief Africa correspondent, argues that the conflict is not “forgotten” but “neglected”
Yet the stand-off has costs for cash-strapped Iran, too
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A handpicked article read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist
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Oliver Carroll, our Ukraine correspondent, assesses the performance of the country’s defence minister