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Asia

47 Najib Razak’s comeback

48 Mumbai’s net-zero plan

49 Vaccines in Japan

49 Sri Lanka’s economy

50 BanyanAsian security

China

51 China’s complicated

friendship with Russia

54 ChaguanThe challenge

of Omicron

Business

55 Business and war

56 Wartime news

57 The sanctions business

57 Firms’ Russian dilemmas

58 China’s tech whiplash

59 WeWork on screen

60 Bartleby In praise of

loafing

62 Schumpeter Leaving

Silicon Valley

Finance&economics

63 Autocrats and

globalisation

65 Lockdowns in China

66 ButtonwoodForeign-

exchange reserves

67 Global inflation

67 Nickel trading

68 Windfall taxes

69 Crypto and sanctions

70 Free exchange The

economics of deterrence

Science&technology

71 Russian tank armour

72 A scientific casualty

73 aiand chemical weapons

74 The latest 3dprinter

Culture

75 Ukraine’s heritage

76 A Ukraine reading list

77 Back StoryRussian art

and artists

78 World in a dish

African-American food

78 A smuggler’s tale

79 Conspiracy in America

Economic&financialindicators

80 Statistics on 42 economies

Graphicdetail

81 A malaria jab could save as many as covid-19 has killed

Obituary

82 Pasha Lee, a Ukrainian volunteer