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OCTOBER 20, 2000 VOL. 26 NO. 41 | SEARCH ASIAWEEK

cover COVER  STORY
Japan with Attitude
Forget the politicians.
A new generation is taking charge.

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PLUS:
Looking Glass: Novelist Murakami Ryu sees a dim future
Transformations: Japan changed before. It can happen again
New Generation: Net-Worker | More Than Money | Taking a Stand | Bridge-Builder
EDITORIALS
Taiwan: President Chen needs to build a real coalition

God: Christianity's struggle for China and India


Letters & Comment:
Can Asian biotech catch up?

BUSINESS
Gloom: Consumers are worried despite Korea's good numbers

Banks: Are Taiwan's financial institutions under threat?

Telecom: Troubles for Malaysia's largest cellphone operator

Investing: The next course for Bangkok's bourse


Business Buzz:
China Mobile on a roll

ARTS & SCIENCES
People: The naked truth about Taiwan pop star Coco Lee

Art: Thai artist Vasan Sitthiket is rude, crude and proud of it

Health: Rating the top websites on diabetes

Books: Introducing sex by the numbers


STATISTICS/HISTORY
Looking Back:
Romulo resigns in distress, Manila, December 1983

The Bottom Line: Asiaweek's ranking of world economies, ranked by GDP growth

Newsmakers:
Welcome to America, Comrade Jo

Viewpoint: How clean Thailand's next election?



THE NATIONS
PHILIPPINES: Is the end coming for President Estrada?

• Jueteng money: Estrada defends himself against the claims
Record: The litany of unending controversies
Interview: Accuser Singson tells his side of the story

MYANMAR: Universities are open again, and one academic — former dictator Ne Win's wife — is happy

INDONESIA: The attorney general is not done with Suharto
Population: Family planning is threatened

INSIDE STORY
TIBET: As Tibetan exiles battle for power, Beijing seeks greater control over their homeland
Interview: What the Dalai Lama sees in Tibet's future
Reincarnation: The politics of Buddhism's central mystery
Interview: Tibetan "traitor" Ngabo Ngawang Jigme

TECHNOLOGY
Shakeout: Chinese portals merge as dead dotcoms pile up

GigaMedia: A talk with the man who said no to PCCW

Cutting Edge: PC Witch -Head for the Woods, Gamer


NEWSMAP
This week's news round-up by country





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