Not sure, but I would imagine so.

Political dishonesty in Europe, as well as the slow-growth regulation frameworks of France and Germany, are less in keeping both with economic power — and the Economist’s motto of free markets and free minds — than the more competitive systems of the United States and China.

The cover story discusses Clinton’s attempt to build a “G2″ — Group of China and America — ahead of the G20 meet.

Thanks!

The perspective in the Economist article is change. The front-to-back ordering — Bird’s Nest, then Houhai, then Forbidden City, then Railway Station / Temple of Heaven suggest a north-south twist (though even then the Railway station and T.O.E. are reversed) – even the track curves away to the “south” just as in reality. However, Chang’an goes east-west, and the view out of the city if clearly looking east. A clever cover.