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Web-only Exclusives November 30, 2000 From Our Correspondent: Hirohito and the War A conversation with biographer Herbert Bix From Our Correspondent: A Rough Road Ahead Bad news for the Philippines - and some others From Our Correspondent: Making Enemies Indonesia needs friends. So why is it picking fights? |
The Week of December 11, 1998
| C O V E R S T O R Y | |
| Asia's Best Cities | Asiaweek's annual listing of the region's top metropolises. This year's theme: governance - or lack thereof |
| Profiled | Snapshots of the top 10 urban areas |
| Ranked | How 40 Asian cities stack up |
| City life | How to make cities work |
| Maverick | Bangkok's governor does it his way |
| E D I T O R I A L | |
| Indonesia | To quell chaos, Jakarta should hold elections soon |
| WTO | Why Thailand's man should run the global trade body |
| T H E N A T I O N S | |
| Diplomacy | How Jiang's "landmark" Tokyo summit went awry |
| Taiwan | A quiet lobby that influences Japan's China policy |
| Malaysia | The Anwar trial heats up again |
| India | A big defeat for the BJP makes Sonia Gandhi smile but don't expect the Congress party to make a play for power |
| Singapore | The last political prisoner is free - and talking |
| Cambodia | A new government, yes, but plenty of old problems |
| Hun Sen | An expanded version of the interview with Cambodia's Prime Minister |
| Viewpoint | Cambodia is slowly moving in the right direction |
| A R T S & S C I E N C E S | |
| Art | Prize-winning paintings with a profoundly political edge |
| Science | Of ancient worms and the origins of animal life |
| Health | Tuberculosis is back - and worse than ever |
| Books | Korean society from a female perspective |
| Technology | Chinese speech-recognition software improves |
| People | Kit Chan keeps alive the legend of Teresa Teng |
| Newsmakers | Miyazawa is quitting the hot seat |
| Passage | "Golden Venture" head sentenced in U.S. |
| Viewpoint | "My contacts with Gen. Ne Win" |
| From the Web | A Memorial to the Missing |
| B U S I N E S S | |
| Rivals | Singapore vs. Hong Kong: The competition is heating up again - even if they actually gain from one another |
| Comparisons | How they rank - from salaries to tourism |
| Lifestyles | Residents say why they prefer their city |
| Investing | The yen looks ripe for a fall that could hit Asia |
| L E T T E R S & C O M M E N T | |
| Letters & Comment | APEC should target the Crisis |
| Market Highlights | Rice and franchise plays |
| N E W S M A P | |
| This week's news | Searchable by country |
| COVER: Photo illustration by Manodh Premaratne | |
| PHOTOGRAPHS: Tokyo, Fujifotos; Singapore, Low sin Tuan; Georgetown, David G. Mcintyre; Beijing, Pat Lucero; Hong Kong, Tony Yu | |
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