The world this week
The weekly cartoon
February 5, 2026
Dig deeper into the subjects of this week’s cartoon:
Xi Jinping’s purge should worry the world
What is behind Xi Jinping’s sweeping military purge?
Xi Jinping is immensely powerful. Why can’t he stamp out corruption?
What is behind Xi Jinping’s sweeping military purge?
Xi Jinping is immensely powerful. Why can’t he stamp out corruption?
The editorial cartoon appears weekly in The Economist. You can see last week’s here.