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here. Hello from London, Before the heavy geopolitical stuff, let me
alert you to a strange phenomenon in China, of young Russian women who
appear so eager to marry Chinese men. As our article explains, not all
is as it first seems. What sort of renewed offensive has Russia
launched against Ukraine in recent days? Russian forces have been
making progress, seizing land to the north of Ukraine’s second city,
Kharkiv. It does not appear—at least not yet—that Kharkiv itself
is threatened. Perhaps Russia’s army has fairly limited ambitions.
It may want to seize territory on the Ukrainian side of the border,
creating a buffer zone to make it harder for Ukraine to strike inside
Russia. Or, of much greater concern, this may be the start of a much
bigger and undoubtedly bloodier attack–the Russian summer offensive.
One of my colleagues recently interviewed the head of Ukraine’s
ground forces, Lieutenant General Oleksandr Pavliuk, who says the
critical phase of the Russia-Ukraine war will come in the next two
months. And see our satellite tracker of the war, updated daily, to
follow the latest fighting. Still on the theme of Russia, our defence
editor has just written a fascinating account of an apparent upsurge
across Europe of what Russia euphemistically calls “active
measures”, and most of us would call “sabotage”. It is stepping
up a “covert war”, heightening fears that it might one day become
open conflict. And our correspondent has examined what the sacking of
Sergei Shoigu, Russia’s long-time defence minister, means for the
war. In New York we have had a reporter in the court room for every
day of the trial of Donald Trump. We have just published his latest
assessment of progress in the prosecution. I’d also recommend our
look at the Trump trial through the lens of film versions of
court-room dramas. As our Back Story culture columnist observes: “As
film-makers have always grasped, a courtroom is inherently theatrical.
It brings adversaries into uncomfortable proximity.” In the past
week it was the former president and Stormy Daniels, a former porn
star. Soon the court will hear the most consequential testimony, from
Michael Cohen, Mr Trump’s former lawyer. You may have been paying
attention to many of the big elections under way around the planet
this year. But how about the one that looms in South Africa? My first
position as a foreign correspondent, over two decades ago, was in that
country. I still treasure interviews I had with Nelson Mandela and
Desmond Tutu as among the highlights of my career. It is now three
decades since the election of Mr Mandela as the first black president,
presiding over a government led by the African National Congress. We
recently marked that occasion with a detailed look at the state of
South Africa today. And if you want to keep tabs on the election,
check out our new election poll tracker for South Africa. (You can see
our other poll trackers, for America, Britain and beyond, at
economist.com/polls.) The latest edition of our weekly history quiz,
Dateline, is live. Let me know how you get on with it. (And remember
you can play all the previous editions from the past ten weeks or so,
too.) Let me highlight one of our most popular stories of the past
week: our data team have produced a striking graphic that explains
which are the most—and the least—walkable cities on the planet.
Here’s a top tip for those who hope to walk in an urban area: stay
away from North America. Thanks for all your comments about the brain,
and your own suggestions for books on the subject. We’ll pass them
all on to the author of our Economist reads on the topic—along with
criticism from Emma Roper-Evans, who laments that our piece only
highlighted books by male writers. Thankfully, our latest Economist
reads, on South Korea, includes books by women. Finally, my latest
question for you concerns China and Russia again. No, it’s not about
marriages. Instead it’s on the relationship between Vladimir Putin
and Xi Jinping, as the two men are due to meet soon in Beijing. Where
do you expect the relationship between the two countries to go next?
Send your responses to economisttoday@economist.com. Adam Roberts,
digital editor Recommended reads Russia is ramping up sabotage across
Europe The fire that broke out in the Diehl Metall factory in the
Lichterfelde suburb of Berlin on May 3rd was not in itself suspicious.
What raised eyebrows was the fact that Diehl’s parent company makes
the IRIS-T air-defence system which Ukraine is using to parry Russian
missiles. There is no evidence that this fire was an act of sabotage.
If the idea is plausible it is because there is ample evidence that
Russia’s covert war in Europe is intensifying. America is in the
midst of an extraordinary startup boom An array of data indicate that
Americans are rediscovering their go-getting spirit. The most striking
evidence comes from applications to form businesses, a proxy for
startup activity. These soared in mid-2020, when America was still in
the grip of covid-19. The initial surge was easy to dismiss. But now,
well after the pandemic has faded away, the surge continues. For Gen-Z
job-seekers, TikTok is the new LinkedIn Young job-seekers are
different from their elders. They expect employers to be cuddlier,
more forgiving and more generous with perks and pay cheques. The way
they go about hunting for work is also distinct. Rather than relying
on family and friends, a growing number of Americans are turning to
TikTok in search of advice that will help them climb those
all-important first steps up the career ladder. Most read by
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