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Editor's note
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Stock markets around the world have dived by well over US$1 trillion this week as the prospect of a coronavirus pandemic moves closer. With extensive travel restrictions imposed on China and other nations with outbreaks, Beijing has accused Washington of over-reacting, and has advised its own citizens to steer clear of the US. John Weeks points to interesting parallels with the "Yellow Peril" hysteria of the late 19th century – another time when the West imposed travel restrictions on the Chinese amid rising anxieties about their economic threat.
In other news, yesterday South Africa’s Finance Minister Tito Mboweni delivered the country’s annual budget. Seán Muller’s assessment is that it set a depressing bench mark: not only has the minister given up on trying to rein in the country’s debt levels, but it was also devoid of fresh ideas to tackle the country’s mounting economic problems.
Also in the news:
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Steven Vass
Scotland Editor
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Top Stories
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China is still struggling to function.
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John Weeks, SOAS, University of London
Global markets are finally waking up to the threat of the outbreak.
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South Africa’s finance minister, Tito Mboweni, ahead of his budget speech.
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Seán Mfundza Muller, University of Johannesburg
The South African government is hamstrung by the country's fiscal and economic situation. And short of ideas about how to get out of it.
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Politics + Society
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Andrew Edward Tchie, King's College London
Taking Sudan off America's list of terror is just one step in the country's journey to economic recovery
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Sumit Ganguly, Indiana University
A shared commitment to democracy was always key to the India-US relationship – until Trump. A foreign policy expert explains what's on the agenda for Trump's trip to India and what's missing.
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Alka Kurian, University of Washington, Bothell
A round-the-clock strike of Muslim women in a working-class neighborhood of Delhi is India's most enduring pocket of resistance to religious discrimination, inequality and gender violence.
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Guy Lamb, University of Cape Town
President Ramaphosa's emphasis on fighting crime is well placed. Most categories of violent crimes have risen dramatically over the past eight years.
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Environment + Energy
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David Obura, The University of Queensland
The hope is that the biodiversity targets translate directly into what individual countries, cities, companies and even families can adopt as tangible actions.
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John Mathews, Macquarie University; Elizabeth Thurbon, UNSW; Hao Tan, University of Newcastle; Sung-Young Kim, Macquarie University
Sun Cable could provide Australia an alternative to the export business of coal and gas, and even reduce our export dependence on China.
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En español
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Fernando González Candelas, Universitat de València
Las estimaciones actuales de mortalidad asociada al nuevo coronavirus lo sitúan en un rango parecido al de otras infecciones respiratorias como la gripe.
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Manuel Francisco Morales Contreras, Universidad Pontificia Comillas ; Jorge Alonso Monge, Universidad Pontificia Comillas ; Lucía Barcos Redín, Universidad Pontificia Comillas
El cierre de las fronteras comerciales chinas está afectando a la cadena de distribución de productos. Curiosamente, alimentos como el ajo cordobés se están beneficiando de la crisis.
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