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53 Japan’s risky tax hike
54 Prisons in the Philippines
55 Sinophobia in Kazakhstan
55 Immigration to South
Korea
56 Malaysia’s youth vote
57 BanyanProtests in
IndonesiaChina
58 Repressing Islam
60 ChaguanPropaganda
blunders in Hong KongInternational
61 Climate policy at the UN
62 The state of the oceansBusiness
75 Future of the office
76 Worries about WeWork
77 Bartleby The cold
comfort of hot-desking
78 Taxing times for Vestager
78 Netflix v HBO
79 Uncorking Lafite Chinois
79 Chinese pharma grows up
82 Schumpeter Venture
capital’s misadventuresFinance & economics
83 Europe’s economic swoon
84 IEX exits listings
85 Easing India’s tax burden
85 India’s sugar mountain
86 The juicy market for
lemons
86 What started the trade
war?
87 America and Japan strike
adeal
88 Free exchangeRepo uh ohScience & technology
91 Quantum computing
92 Drilling Antarctic ice
93 Manipulative robots
93 Genes, medicine and law
94 Lily seeds and monkeys
94 An interstellar visitorBooks & arts
95 Vive le Brexit!
96 Protest art in Hong Kong
97 How to live a good life
97 An ultra-Orthodox novel
98 Country musicEconomic & financial indicators
100 Statistics on 42 economiesGraphic detail
101 China’s “maritime road” looks defensiveObituary
102 Robert McClelland, surgeon for Kennedy and Oswald