The world in brief

In today's edtion: a mass-shooting in Los Angeles, China's new covid era and Europe's shoppers to the rescue

The view from the top

Across the rich world the commercial-property industry is in a grim state-though the rise of the uber-luxurious office may suggest otherwise

"On whose terms?"

Who gets to define what Asia means? A new book shows how hard it is to pin the term down

The ruins of zero-covid

China wants to move on from the pandemic. In Shanghia our correspondent sees the ghosts of lockdown everywhere

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<Reference: Economist>