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38 Afghan peace talks
39 Kashmir’s clampdown
40 Drama in Kyrgyzstan
40 A sultana in Java?China
41 Hong Kong in turmoil
42 When tourists perform
43 ChaguanBlack hands in
Hong KongInternational
44 The new censorsBusiness
47 India Inc’s Modi blues
49 Saudi Aramco’s awkward
earnings debut
49 Chinese tech resilience
50 Viacom and CBS reunited
51 WeWork sets out its stall
52 Schumpeter FredExFinance & economics
53 The trade war’s costs
55 Making sense of markets
55 The chill from Brexit
56 Goldman in Malaysia
56 Bond insurers’ woes
57 Costing climate change
58 Debt and despair in
Sri Lanka
59 Free exchangeThe end of
BrettonWoodsIIScience & technology
60 Fooling face recognition
61 A nuclear accident
62 Two treatments for Ebola
62 P-P-Pick up a penguinBooks & arts
64 Mick Herron’s spies
65 Reagan and Gorbachev
66 Music and morals
66 A magical WesternEconomic & financial indicators
68 Statisticson 42 economiesGraphic detail
69 ViolenceinAfghanistanlastyearwasworsethan in SyriaObituary
70 Toni Morrison, chronicler of black America