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Beijing’s authoritarian system shows it is able to nurture world-class industries

Fewer people went bargain hunting, following Black Friday discounts and online shopping.

A return to an anchored environment, while painful, should bring about income growth

Cotton is once again back on the production line in Greater Manchester after 40 years.

Decline highlights durability of economic expansion as labour shortages bite

Each week, we publish a gallery of readers' pictures on a set theme. This week, it is "jugaad", a colloquial Indian word meaning low-cost inventions and innovation.