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Archive
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China
Understanding the Taiwan question
Little emperors, little brats
A strategy of bluff
Who's afraid of Falun Gong?
Three million Chinese to lose jobs this year
Somebody better tell the Chinese
Putting an end to a plastic plague
Bank pressed to prevent Tibetan 'cultural genocide'
EDITORIAL: Supply-side economics Chinese-style
Tibet project researchers detained
Canada becomes a target for people-smugglers
Propaganda buzzes like a fly in Beijing
In China, oldest profession gets new name, new ban
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Southeast Asia
Indian Malaysians make themselves heard
Hunger in a land of plenty
More than 8 million children face malnutrition
History, destiny, ballots: Indonesia and East Timor
Still looking for answers in Asia's ruins
Malaysia's Mahathir, king of the castle
Small New York office is a magnet for Timorese hopes
Malaysian opposition inches closer to common stand
Australia tests new approach to Burma junta
Recession locks unskilled Thais into vicious circle
Malaysia chokes on car culture
Changing of the Laos guard signals economic debate
Big names linked to Bank Bali scandal
Thailand's 'story-teller of the revolution'
Moslem axis presents third force in Indonesia
Bank Indonesia helping Habibie cronies, says report
Smoke gets in Asean's eyes
Indonesia's IBRA fights for respectability
Index shift gives Malaysia a 12% boost
Anwar takes aim from prison
Thailand fails its children
Dayaks take on Malaysia's palm oil giants
Thai drug crackdown may be missing the mark
Manila rally takes aim at Estrada
Malaysian people power wins health care back-down
Vietnam's restless youth rev up
Malaysia sends the wrong signals about rape
Malaysia's Lim goes from prisoner to vote winner
Mahathir warns against over-optimism
Capital controls are 'feasible'
Funds outflow not a problem
East Timor referendum in jeopardy
Quick Quick: 'Singlish' is out in re-education campaign
Huge turnout as East Timor votes in peace
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Japan
Suicide rate takes a worrisome jump
Japan fights deadly new strains of TB
Tokyo warms to Iran, despite US
GDP revision brings goals within reach
ANALYSIS: Covert Hayami-Greenspan operations?
ANALYSIS: Japan's ruling party at a crossroads
EDITORIAL: Japan to grow 5 percent in 2000? Hogwash!
Anti-tobacco drive clouds smokers' paradise
EDITORIAL Bank-merger mania: And then there were five?
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Koreas
PYONGYANG WATCH
Seoul nationalizes Korea Life
PYONGYANG WATCH: Blackmail as development policy
Daewoo to return to basics
Daewoo signs away all but six units
OPINION: Critics of Daewoo bailout miss the point
Auto makers see sales and profits go vrroom
PYONGYANG WATCH: Dear Leader has them on the run
Govt lays down the law to chaebol
North's economy contracts for 9th straight year
Daewoo crumbles as creditors take over operations
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India/Pakistan
India's telecom bailout becomes election issue
Who are you calling 'austere'?
Indian Railways: another disaster waiting to happen
India sends confusing signals on Sri Lanka extremists
Tough IMF conditions may boomerang on Pakistan's Sharif
India, Pakistan back at each other's throats
Bangladeshi opposition to transit for India
Plush flush toilets and more for trekkers
Christian millennium bugs pro-Hindu government
Sex workers assert their rights
India spells out tough nuclear doctrine
India's nuclear doctrine ups the ante
India ready to talk nuclear with Pakistan
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Central Asia/Russia
Economic crisis threatens young democracies
NEWSLINE: Central Asia, Transcaucasia and Russia (August 3,1999)
NEWSLINE: Central Asia, Transcaucasia and Russia (August 4,1999)
NEWSLINE: Central Asia, Transcaucasia and Russia (August 6,1999)
Torture, corruption routine in Azerbaijan: report
NEWSLINE: Central Asia, Transcaucasia and Russia (August 7,1999)
Yeltsin scatters the chess pieces again
NEWSLINE: Central Asia, Transcaucasia and Russia (August 11,1999)
Dagestan rebellion is Putin's first challenge
COMMENTARY and PROFILE: ''Mad Boris'' or shrewd move for Russia's future?
NEWSLINE: Central Asia, Transcaucasia and Russia (August 12,1999)
NEWSLINE: Central Asia, Transcaucasia and Russia (August 13,1999)
NEWSLINE: Central Asia, Transcaucasia and Russia (August 14,1999)
Dagestan a new threat to Russian democracy
NEWSLINE: Central Asia, Transcaucasia and Russia (August 17,1999)
NEWSLINE: Central Asia, Transcaucasia and Russia (August 18,1999)
One year after Russia's meltdown, a shadow lingers
NEWSLINE: Central Asia, Transcaucasia and Russia (August 19,1999)
NEWSLINE: Central Asia, Transcaucasia and Russia (August 20,1999)
Putin builds a big hammer
NEWSLINE: Central Asia, Transcaucasia and Russia (August 21,1999)
NEWSLINE: Central Asia, Transcaucasia and Russia (August 24,1999)
Rebel 'withdrawal' won't ease Caucasus tension
NEWSLINE: Central Asia, Transcaucasia and Russia (August 25,1999)
Buddhist revival tangles with politics
NEWSLINE: Central Asia, Transcaucasia and Russia (August 26,1999)
Muted response to Russia's call for multi-polar world
Virtual money funds Russia's industrial expansion
No end in sight to Dagestan conflict
NEWSLINE: Central Asia, Transcaucasia and Russia (August 28,1999)
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Oceania
Nuclear shipments sail into South Pacific anger
Australia tests new approach to Burma junta
Saipan sweatshops win 'round one'
BHP admits Ok Tedi mine is environmental disaster
Fiji's Air Pacific gets make-over
Internet is God's gift to the Pacific, says expert
World Bank asked: Is Ok Tedi OK?
Pacific islands push to go it alone on free trade
Now is the time for Burma dialogue, says Downer
New PNG mine project stirs up furore
UN tribunal halts Japanese tuna over-fishing
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Business in Asia Today
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Global Economy
Economic crisis threatens young democracies
U.S. erects new barriers against steel imports
COMMENTARY: Will the dollar collapse?
Little to cheer about in millennium commodities outlook
Developing countries not ready to make the rounds
Gold brings mixed blessings
ANALYSIS: Covert Hayami-Greenspan operations?
Cairns Group limbers up for WTO bout
Another chance for WTO's little guys
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Asian Crisis
Still looking for answers in Asia's ruins
Who are you calling 'austere'?
Recession locks unskilled Thais in vicious circle
Microcredit flourishes while big boys fold
Index shift gives Malaysia a 12% boost
Daewoo to return to basics
Bank Indonesia helping Habibie cronies, says report
Thailand fails its children
OPINION: Critics of Daewoo bailout miss the point
Daewoo signs restructuring plan
China battles deepening economic depression
Nagging questions as Malaysia celebrates
ANALYSIS Japan's progress: toward 'volcanic eruption'?
EDITORIAL Southeast Asia: Gimme that old time religion
Philippines govt expects upswing to accelerate
Mahathir warns against over-optimism
Capital controls are 'feasible'
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Media/Information Technology
Internet is God's gift to the Pacific, says expert
Expelled journalist in Jakarta's bad books
Olympics website unveils Australian mysteries
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Editorials
Drawing lines in the sand at Beidaihe
From cold pizza to . . . just pizza
Manila in the dark again?
Exaggerated yen/dollar rate worries
Don't mix electoral politics and economic policy
Zhu stays, his policies don't
COMMENTARY and PROFILE: ''Mad Boris'' or shrewd move for Russia's future?
COMMENTARY: Will the dollar collapse?
Problems with restructuring? Try redefinition
PYONGYANG WATCH: Blackmail as development policy
ANALYSIS: Covert Hayami-Greenspan operations?
ANALYSIS: Japan's ruling party at a crossroads
Daewoo shock 'only a blip' in Korea's recovery?
Japan to grow 5 percent in 2000? Hogwash!
Supply-side economics Chinese-style
PYONGYANG WATCH: Dear Leader has them on the run
Southeast Asia: Gimme that old time religion
Bank-merger mania: And then there were five?
Question: What do Indonesia and Russia have in common?
Malaysia: The ''Doctor and Professor'' show
PYONGYANG WATCH: North Korea's military strategy
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