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Volume 435 Number 9188

Asia

43 The vast rush home

44 Magic in Myanmar

45 Thailand’s economy

45 South Korea and America

46 Indonesians ditch dating

47 BanyanJapan and

covid-

China

48 The gig economy

50 ChaguanThe China test

International

51 Covid-19 and isolation

52 The self-improvement

industry and the virus

Business

55 Corporate rescues

56 Boeing’s bail-out options

57 No-show business

57 Indestructible Huawei

58 Bartleby Jobs for jailbirds

59 SchumpeterLay-offs v

furloughs

Briefing

60 Exit unicorns, pursued by

bears

Finance & economics

63 Stingy stimulus in

emerging markets

64 GDP doom and gloom

64 Missed mortgage

payments in America

65 ButtonwoodNorway’s

sovereign-wealth fund

66 Allianz and market

turmoil

67 Free exchangeChina’s

interest-rate trap

Science & technology

68 Tests for the coronavirus

69 F1’s breathing machine

70 Covid-19 and telecoms

Books & arts

71 America after the cold war

72 A novel of secrets

73 A pandemic reading list

73 Consider the jellyfish

74 JohnsonThe language of

covid-

75 Home Entertainment

Revisiting “I, Claudius”

75 The joy of poker

Economic & financial indicators

76 Statistics on 42 economies

Graphic detail

77 The official death toll from covid-19 may understate the

damage

Obituary

78 Joseph Lowery, preaching in the name of justice