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Helsinki’s mayor on selling his city, China’s Haikou heads to the beach and a Corsican pedestrian walkway.

  • Issue #143
  • 4 min read
Jan Vapaavuori, Mayor of Helsinki, standing outdoors in a dark suit with white cathedral building behind him
Hospitality

Last resort

The southern isle of Hainan is China’s newest tourism hub, thanks to a €381bn revamp. But with new hotels, airports and rail links, could this be a front for covert military operations?

  • Issue #46
  • 10 min read
Train conductor and military personnel on an escalator at Haikou railway station

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