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The petrostates of the Gulf are modernising their economies, growing more tolerant and liberalising their social contracts as they prepare for a world run on fewer hydrocarbons\\u2014but who will be left behind? A Chinese maker of electric vehicles prepares to steal a march on Tesla. And a look at Britain\\u2019s newest islands reveals they are made of wet wipes.

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