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Volume 443 Number 9299

Asia

45 Pakistan’s mess

46 Kazakhstan’s presidency

47 South Korean gaming

47 The Philippines’ drug war

48 Renewables in Vietnam

49 BanyanAsian malls

China

50 Imperfect spies

51 China in the Pacific

52 The war over sand

53 ChaguanXi bans

grumbling

International

54 Education protects

against climate change

Business

57 Corporate snooping

58 Russia’s ipgrab

59 Sandberg quits Facebook

60 Blockbusters are back

60 Big tech’s jobs slowdown

61 Bartleby Your self at work

62 SchumpeterPowerless

proxies

Finance & economics

63 The next recession

66 Oil spikes again

66 China’s growth dilemma

67 The changing consumer

68 ButtonwoodInventory

cycles

69 Free exchange

Infrastructure in China

Science & technology

70 Saving coral reefs

72 Testosterone and families

72 Aeronautics and birds

73 Frog Jacuzzis

Culture

74 Live gigs

75 Middleman economics

76 A gritty debut novel

77 Home Entertainment

Arthur Russell

77 Tales of banishment

78 Johnson Family matters

Economic & financial indicators

80 Statistics on 42 economies

Graphic detail

81 Gerrymandering in America

Obituary

82 Lester Piggott, the jockey to beat