The share prices of large Chinese brewers look just as frothy. That of Nongfu Spring, China’s biggest water-bottler, has increased by a third. This compares with a rise of 25% for the CSI 300 index of mainland blue chips as a whole. at Economist.com

Smiling and nodding pleasantly as the moderators formulated their questions, he gave no hint of the trolling persona that has made him thus far the most unpopular vice-presidential candidate in recent history; at Economist.com

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And then from 2021 onwards, as central banks raised interest rates to defeat inflation, fears mounted of a house-price horror show. In fact, real prices fell by just 5.6%—and now they are rising fast again. at Economist.com

W HEN AN ISRAELI bomb killed Hassan Nasrallah, the leader of Hizbullah, last week, it did not just decapitate a fearsome militia that has driven some 60,000 Israelis from their homes with frequent rocket attacks. at Economist.com

ISHIBA SHIGERU, Japan’s new prime minister, knows what his colleagues think of him. “I have undoubtedly hurt many people’s feelings, caused unpleasant experiences and made many suffer,” he said apologetically in his final speech during the leadership race of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP). at Economist.com

The former high-school teacher and football coach has a folksy persona and has a credible claim to being the most popular candidate on either ticket. In theory, this means the VP debate is an opportunity for the Harris-Walz campaign to reach voters who would not give Ms Harris a hearing. at Economist.com

United Nations Resolution 1701, established in 2006 after a previous war, lasting 34 days, mandated a withdrawal of Hizbullah forces north of the Litani River. But it has never been enforced effectively. at Economist.com

Instead the divergence is more recent: since 2022 America’s economy has motored ahead, leaving Canada’s in the dust. The reason is not some bump on the road but what lies under the bonnet. Two drivers of Canadian growth have sputtered. at Economist.com

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These shifts matter because software talent is treasured. Salaries are high (see chart 2). The median wage of a developer in America sits in the top 5% of all occupations, meaning that coders earn ... at Economist.com

The phrase “special challenges of a large party” has since become a leitmotif of party propaganda, much of it referring to the experience of the Soviet party, the only other big one that China ... at Economist.com