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http://www.pefc.orgPleaseVolume 432 Number 9158Asia
45 The feud between Japan
and South Korea
46 Tourism in Thailand
47 Saving New Zealand’s
parrots
47 Corruption in India
48 BanyanEthnic conflict in
MyanmarChina
49 A crackdown on gambling
50 Closing a critical
think-tank
51 ChaguanSubduing Hong
Kong by stealthInternational
53 The global spread of
legalised cannabisBusiness
55 Opioids Inc in the dock
56 Big Tobacco, bigger?
56 Europe’s Vision Fund
57 Bartleby Management
magic
58 Orsted’s tailwinds
59 Schumpeter Shopify v
AmazonFinance & economics
61 India’s struggling
economy
62 Milking the RBI
63 The fog of trade war
63 The Chinese watch
“American Factory”
64 China’s slowing growth
64 Pandemic bonds
65 Negative interest rates
65 The Pfandbrief at 250
66 Brookfield’s towering
ambitions
67 Free exchangeThe
central banker’s lamentScience & technology
68 Vertical farming
69 What is a brain?
70 There is no “gay gene”Books & arts
71 Accusing the economists
72 Catering andimmigration
73 Christianity’s influence
73 Historical fiction
74 Georgian cultureEconomic & financial indicators
76 Statistics on 42 economiesGraphic detail
77 Socially liberal firms give more money to DemocratsObituary
78 Richard Booth, bookseller and king