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CHINA: Fast with Market Reforms, Slow on Democratic Change
In his landmark address to the 15th Congress of the Communist Party last week, Chinese President Jiang Zemin tore down the last ideological barriers to mass privatisation in the country's ailing state enterprises.AFGHANISTAN: U.N Up Against A Wall on Peace, But Aid is Welcomed
Within three weeks of taking over as U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan's special envoy to Afghanistan, Ambassador Lakhdar Brahimi is headed back to New York to brief his chief on the war-torn country.INDIA: New Delhi Could Aggravate Northeastern Turmoil
As ethnic discontent and separatist militancy wrack India's northeastern states, the government is sending out confusing signals to the 35 million people of the region bordering China, Bangladesh and Burma.HONG KONG: Nothing Has Changed, Tung Says, But Critics Disagree
As Hong Kong's chief Executive Tung Chee- hwa kicks off this week his first foreign tour since the handover of the British Colony to China two months ago, his message to the world will be: it's business is as usual in Hong Kong.PAKISTAN: Spiralling Violence Could Engulf Sharif
Escalating ethnic and sectarian violence in Pakistan's two biggest provinces threatens the government of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif which promised to restore peace.PERU: Just Who’s in Charge, Fujimori or the Army?
The reticence of Peru's President Alberto Fujimori to oust controversial military leaders cast doubt on his independence from the armed forces, who granted him conditional support during his successful election campaign in 1990.CHINA: State Planning vs Free Market in Agriculture
Agriculture in China is fast becoming a battlefield, where the rigid policy of state planning and the growing pressure of the free market are crossing swords.CAMBODIA: Tough Words Giving Way to Acceptance of New Regime
After an initial rush of international condemnation, signs are emerging that key countries around the world are reconciling themselves to the sudden and violent shift in the balance of power in Cambodia.CAMBODIA: Breakup of Khmer Rouge Creates New Political Woes
With its ranks locked in bloody battle, its former defence minister dead and leader Pol Pot on the run, the end seems near at last for Cambodia's notorious Khmer Rouge guerrillas.U.S.-U.N.: Clinton and Albright Sell Out the U.N. /CORRECTED REPEAT/
It was a week that the ultra-right chairman of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Sen. Jesse Helms, will no doubt remember and celebrate as long as he lives.AFGHANISTAN: Pakistani Premier Off to Tehran to Mend Fences
With huge differences over Afghanistan driving a wedge in Pakistan-Iran relations, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif is going to be on the defensive during his visit to Tehran next week, political analysts here say.UNITED NATIONS: Clinton and Albright Sell Out the U.N.
It was a week that the ultra-right chairman of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Senator Jesse Helms, will no doubt remember and celebrate as long as he lives.AFGHANISTAN: Pakistani Premier Off to Tehran to Mend Fences
With huge differences over Afghanistan driving a wedge in Pakistan-Iran relations, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif is going to be on the defensive during his visit to Tehran next week, political analysts here say.AFGHANISTAN: Pakistan Finds Itself Isolated on Taleban
The Taleban's unexpected military reverses in Afghanistan in the past two weeks has got Pakistan worried about the Islamic militia's ability to end the protracted war in that country.SOUTH-EAST ASIA: ASEAN Must Set ‘Road Map’ for Burma
Next month's expansion of the Association of South-east Asian Nations (ASEAN) may fulfill a long-time dream, but not a few headaches are bound to come with its admission of Burma, Cambodia and Laos as members.COSTA RICA-POLITICS: Costa Ricans Uneasy Over Mexican Agreement
Costa Ricans are keeping a wary eye on the increasing influence of Mexico in this country's economic and political affairs since a free trade treaty between the two countried became effective January, 1995.THAILAND-LABOUR: Economic Slowdown Brings Labour Tension
Thailand's current reversal of economic fortunes is fueling violent tension between workers and employers, threatening to disrupt an industrial scene once viewed as the most peaceful in South-east Asia.EAST TIMOR-POLITICS: Timor’s Visibility Rises Slowly
Jose Ramos Horta was eating at a Chinese restaurant in New York in the 1970s, when a waiter asked him where he was from. When he replied, "East Timor," the waiter looked confused and asked him, "You're an Eskimo?"SOUTH-EAST ASIA: Row Over Burma Eclipses Needs of Cambodia, Laos
Talk about the imminent expansion of the Association of South-east Asian Nations (ASEAN) is almost certain to turn into a drawn-out debate over the propriety of Burma's joining the region's premier diplomatic circle.US-AMERICAS: Clinton’s “Trap Trip” South
President Bill Clinton's first official trip south of the border this coming week may not be as pleasant as planned by the White House, because of Washington's tough measures on trade, drugs, and immigration.ASIA-SECURITY: Out of Hong Kong, But Britain Not Giving Up Asia
The arrival here last week of the first military contingent of China's People's Liberation Army, ahead of the territory's handover to China, was a symbolic event that to many, also heralds a reduction of Britain's military influence in Asia.« Previous Page — Next Page »
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