How China’s One-Child Policy Led to a Wave of Forced Adoptions In Daughters of the Bamboo Grove, Barbara Demick tells the story of twin sisters torn apart by the nation’s experiment in population control.

Barbara Demick's deeply reported book explores the complex and often heartbreaking story of international adoptions, fueled by China's one-child policy. Read Simon Elegant's review in Bloomberg Weekend.

India Is Gripped by a Spiritual Tourism Boom as Faith Becomes Fashionable Sacred sites are increasingly popular as the government promotes pilgrimages and Instagram influencers help make religion cool.

Spiritual tourism in India is set to become a $59 billion business as Prime Minister Narendra Modi promotes pilgrimages and influencers help make religion cool. Lovely reporting by Satviki Sanjay for Bloomberg Weekend. tinyurl.com/bdevdkjs

The India-Pakistan Conflict Is Testing the Threshold for Nuclear War Pakistan’s veiled nuclear threat probes the limits of a theory that atomic weapons deter all-out war but make smaller conflicts more likely.

The latest conflict between India and Pakistan reflects a dangerous new era in which powers are testing the limits of what would trigger a full-scale nuclear war. Writing for Bloomberg Weekend, Daniel Ten Kate examines the Kashmir conflict and other geopolitical fault lines around the world.

Beijing's efforts to encourage young Chinese to get married and have kids are falling flat, compounding a demographic crisis and threatening growth. Writing for Bloomberg Weekend, Lucille Liu explores the "no marriage, no children" philosophy that's a ticking economic timebomb.
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The pope’s last coded message Trump and Zelensky attend in Rome with 250,000 others

The pope’s last coded message
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from The Economist

Musk and Milei’s Chainsaw Maker Is Crafting Another for Trump Mariano ‘Tute’ Di Tella, a fan of the Argentine president, crafts custom power saws in Buenos Aires. The Texas Chain Saw Massacre was his childhood inspiration.

Bloomberg speaks with the man behind Javier Milei and Elon Musk's chainsaws. He's making another for Donald Trump

Thousands of Cat-Eared Robots Are Waiting Tables in Japan’s Restaurants As Japan copes with a labor shortage, the service robot market is expected to triple in the next five years.

Faced with severe labor shortages and a rapidly aging population, Japanese firms are increasingly investing in robots that can work alongside people instead of replacing them. By Bloomberg's Erica Yokoyama and Momoka Yokoyama for the Weekend Edition.

It’s Xi Jinping’s World, and Trump Is Just Living in It As Donald Trump blows up the rules-based order, China is pulling ahead in the global battle for ideas.

Xi is pulling ahead in the global battle of ideas as Trump blows up the rules-based order. Although Trump’s wrecking ball to global norms may deal some blows to China, he’s ushering in a more comfortable world for the Communist Party. Read more from Dan Ten Kate for Bloomberg's Weekend Edition.

Singapore’s government is determined to keep hawker centres alive
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from The Economist

The End of Passive Democracy South Korea’s brush with martial law is a reminder that democracy is not self-sustaining.

A stunning declaration of martial law may have only lasted a few hours in South Korea, but it’s a stark reminder that democracy is not self-sustaining

How a Lab Leak Could Cause the Next Covid-Like Pandemic Five years after the first cases of Covid-19, there are still serious risks in experimenting on viruses to boost our knowledge.

Five years after the first cases of Covid-19, there are still serious risks in experimenting on viruses to boost our knowledge.

How a Lab Leak Could Cause the Next Covid-Like Pandemic Five years after the first cases of Covid-19, there are still serious risks in experimenting on viruses to boost our knowledge.

In Feb 2020, Adam Kucharski’s book The Rules of Contagion: Why Things Spread described how ideas take off, how political movements gain momentum — and how viruses become pandemics. In this Next Chapter, he considers the risks and benefits of lab testing www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Eurovision Meets Shark Tank at Europe’s Premier Startup Conference The saunas were hot and the money was flowing at Slush, which featured demos, DJs and a growing emphasis on defense technology.

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Andre Agassi Loves Pickleball and Is Betting Asia Will Too The tennis legend has become something of a global ambassador for pickleball, which is starting to take off in India and China.

Pickleball has exploded in popularity. Now tennis legend Andre Agassi is helping bring the sport to Asia. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...