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http://www.pefc.orgPleaseVolume 432 Number 9155Asia
42 Modi’s Kashmir strike
43 Uzbekistan’s gulag
44 Japan’s constitution
44 Race in SingaporeChina
45 Tensions with Taiwan
46 Saving old buildings
47 ChaguanThe Huawei
conundrumInternational
48 The trade in
endangered speciesBusiness
51 The fertility business
52 Fertility benefits
53 Investors flee the Permian
53 Steelmaking and tariffs
54 Apps for the old
54 Cash in America Inc
54 Private equity in Germany
55 Bartleby Profiting from
holidays
56 Schumpeter Cyber Exxon
ValdezFinance & economics
57 The trade war escalates
58 ButtonwoodThe yuan
cracks seven
59 John Flint leaves HSBC
59 The Fed and payments
60 Bond yields turn negative
61 Global banks in India
62 Free exchangeThe growth
of shrinkflationScience & technology
64 Space debris and safety
65 The IPCC land-use report
66 The virtues of bush firesBooks & arts
67 Walter Bagehot
68 Maternal fears
69 Life in New Orleans
69 Art and activism in
Australia
70 JohnsonSize v simplicityEconomic & financial indicators
72 Statistics on 42 economiesGraphic detail
73 Silicon Valley’s giants look more entrenched than ever beforeObituary
74 Sutopo Purwo Nugroho, Indonesia’s voice of good sense