The Economist.

Hello and welcome to the intelligence from The Economist.

I'm your host, Rosie Bloor.

Every weekday, we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world.

Thank you. a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world. Is something rotten in the state of Chinese business?

Bosses of companies keep disappearing into a form of extrajudicial prison.

To get rich is no longer glorious, apparently.

Our correspondent explains whether the government has a method in this apparent madness.

And last weekend, thieves stalwart effectively the crown jewels of France from the Louvre,

the world's most popular museum, one of the most audacious robberies in history.

Will they get those jewels back?

But first...

Last week, American missiles blew up a boat in the Caribbean.

It was said to be carrying substantial amounts of narcotics.

That was the seventh such recent attack,

as Donald Trump has stepped up America's decades-long war on illegal drugs.

Using the template of the war on terror,

the administration is waging a campaign

of unprecedented violence against traffickers.

But though burning boats makes for shocking video footage,

raining hellfire from the sky

may have little effect on the international narcotics trade.

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