Stayed in China: a domestic-brand boom
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The Economist
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🗓️ 25 June 2025
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Western brands used to define cool and luxurious in China. No longer. Now consumers are turning to homegrown brands, some of which are becoming global tastemakers. Across Africa the Christian conservative movement is gaining ground fast—with a little help from American brethren. And why Britain is such a locus for the nuts and bolts of Formula 1.
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| 1:32.3 | Across Africa, the influence of the Christian right is growing. Part of that is down to support from Brethren in America, and you can already see the effects |
| 1:37.3 | in the form of intolerant national legislation. |
| 1:42.3 | And these days, Britain doesn't have a good reputation for efficiency, innovation or glitz. |
| 1:48.0 | But one industry that embodies brilliance in all three is Formula One, where the country has long been dominant. |
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