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Volume 442 Number 9284

Asia

49 Afghanistan suffers

50 Okinawa’s overproof spirit

51 Preventable death in India

51 Succession in

Turkmenistan

52 Banyancptpp’s flaws

China

53 A shift to conservation

54 Dual nationality

55 ChaguanHong Kong’s

zero­covid loyalty test

Business

57 Russifying tech

60 Mass­market fashion

61 Ed­tech’s star pupils

62 BartlebyBeing a

leadership guru

63 SchumpeterThe

cyber­uninsured

Finance&economics

64 Workers v firms

65 Business districts’ woes

67 Citigroup’s retail retreat

68 Punting on predictions

69 ButtonwoodFinancial

crossbreeds

70 Free exchangeSanctions,

the long view

Science&technology

71 SpaceX’s newest rocket

74 Cloning vaccine factories

Culture

75 Outsiders and India’s

independence

76 Creatures of the deep past

77 The PayPal mafia

77 A haunting debut novel

78 Restaurant visionaries

78 Ceramics in Detroit

79 Back StoryThe Western

rides again

Economic&financialindicators

80 Statistics on 42 economies

Graphicdetail

81 Americans cannot agree on the cause of rising homicide

Obituary

82 John Hare, saviour of the wild Bactrian camel