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Tuberculosis

Never disrupt treatment

To make the world TB free, funding must increase dramatically

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Coronavirus hurts Mauritius though no-one is infected so far

Mauritius is a very small country far away from China – but its economy has close ties to that country

Air pollution

Blue-sky policy

Our Indian contributor is impressed by Beijing’s efforts to curb air pollution

Digital surveillance

No one can opt out

China introduces points system for rating social behaviour

Illicit labour

Criminal girls

Criminal gangs have similar gender dynamics in Bangladesh and China

Global affairs

Pecking order of nations

Arrogant US approach is boosting nationalism in China and undermining multilateral policymaking

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Xi Jinping is weaker than many observers believe

Why I do not think that China proves authoritarianism to be effective

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Sudan is not China

Western media under-estimate the extent to which China opened up under authoritarian rule after the Tiananmen Square massacre

Emerging markets

Allied rivals

In economic terms, India is still lagging behind China

Aid

Limits of sovereignty

In view of China’s growing international engagement, we need a good definition of “south-south cooperation”

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Governance

Achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals will require good governance – from the local to the global level.

Sustainability

The UN Sustainable Development Goals aim to transform economies in an environmentally sound manner, leaving no one behind.