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http://www.pefc.orgPleaseVolume 432 Number 9159Asia
48 Thailand’s armed forces
49 Afghanistan’s drug trade
50 Refugees in Australia
50 Homophobia in South
Korea
51 BanyanA comeback in
Sri LankaChina
52 A concession to Hong
Kong’s protesters
53 Belt and Road: the movie
54 ChaguanGay marriage by
stealth?International
55 The world’s biggest NGO
tries to reinvent itselfBusiness
57 Digital assembly lines
58 Deutschland AG v AfD
59 BartlebyRetirement
postponed
60 Samsung’s prodigal son
60 Chinese netizens get
privacy-conscious
61 High-tech fitness
62 SchumpeterPopenomicsFinance & economics
63 Argentina’s agony
64 ButtonwoodTales of the
expected
65 China’s bank bail-outs
66 The price of lunch
66 Part-time work
68 Free exchangeMartin
WeitzmanScience & technology
69 How AI is changing warBooks & arts
74 Candidates’ books
75 Salman Rushdie’s novel
76 Poland’s war
76 Litvinenko on stage
77 JohnsonLanguage
nationalismEconomic & financial indicators
80 Statistics on 42 economiesGraphic detail
81 Latin Americans want to emigrateObituary
82 Jan Ruff O’Herne, war-rape victim turned fighter