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http://www.pefc.orgPleaseVolume 432 Number 9157Asia
39 Asia’s coal addiction
41 Racism in Indonesia
41 American F-16s for Taiwan
42 Karaoke in South Korea
42 Protecting Indian
witnesses
44 BanyanIndia’s supine
mediaChina
45 Hong Kong’s tycoons
46 All quiet in Macau
48 ChaguanDigital
nationalismInternational
49 Insuring the poorBusiness
51 Waiting for Boeing
52 GE and Wall Street
53 Clipping Cathay’s wings
54 Chunky AI chips
54 Keeping customers happy
55 Confessions of a tycoon
55 Corporate comedy
56 Schumpeter Vodafone
seeks the G-spotFinance & economics
57 Revitalising Credit Suisse
59 Tax wars: US v France
59 China’s new interest rate
60 ButtonwoodBonds
and Japanification
61 Apple’s credit card
61 Multinationals and wages
62 Free exchangeHow
recessionsstartScience & technology
64 Gravitational astronomyBooks & arts
67 Art and incarceration
68 Edna O’Brien’s new novel
68 David Ben-Gurion
69 JohnsonThe language
superpowerEconomic & financial indicators
72 Statisticson 42 economiesGraphic detail
73 WithBurgundy,wineinvestorshavebeaten the stockmarketObituary
74 Steve Sawyer, Gandalf of Greenpeace