Instead of headstones, these cemeteries have electronic screens.

Beijing is taking its cemeteries into the digital age as China faces a rapidly aging population and land scarcity. But what exactly does a digital cemetery look like? trib.al/5kBKUWq

🚙 Concert carpools
⛺️ Recycled tents
✨ Biodegradable glitter

Music festivals are finally trying to go green. sofia gerace reports trib.al/gvpgMmI

As the war drags on and Russia blocks Black Sea exports, Ukrainian farmers are planting fewer crops. That's bad news for world food supplies bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via Bloomberg Markets

Bloomberg's Isabel Joy Kua looks at how volatile electricity prices are helping push Singapore to embrace solar power bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via Bloomberg

China is rewarding its best-behaved citizens with travel discounts. Xie Yihui🦻🏻 explores how Beijing is using the social credit system to boost the flagging tourism industry bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via Bloomberg Markets

The world is awash in rice with global stockpiles at close to record levels. Napat Kongsawad looks at how El Niño’s arrival will put those reserves to the test bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via Bloomberg Markets

Interesting explainer by Xie Yihui🦻🏻

Picks and Shovels. Who's cashing in on the AI gold rush? economist.com/business/2023/…

Like a surfer surviving a shark attack with no more than a lightly gnawed board, Australia is now emerging from three years of Chinese bullying in remarkably good shape. The Economist's take on China's economic coercion of Australia.
economist.com/asia/2023/05/2…

“Why would you go to see a Rolling Stones tribute band, when the Rolling Stones themselves are still on tour?”
economist.com/briefing/2023/…

A must-read. Compelling writing by Angus Whitley and Amy_Bainbridge