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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?

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DECEMBER 3, 1999 VOL. 25 NO. 48

cover C O V E R  S T O R Y
The Maverick vs. The Establishment
With his Internet play, Hong Kong tycoon Jimmy Lai faces the fight of his life

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  STATISTICS
The Bottom Line: Asiaweek's ranking of world economies, now online
Monitor: 1999 Military Budgets: Prudence or Paranoia?
  LETTERS & COMMENT
EDITORIALS
WTO The deal will change China's economy - and politics
IMF Why its next boss should be Asian and Japanese

LETTERS
Thai forest boss responds to hilltribe evictions story

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T H E  N A T I O N S
Philippines: Estrada vs. Ramos, Part 2
New pressure on the presidents and the press

Malaysia: After the Nominations
Lobbying, maneuvering and accusing on the eve of the elections
• A Hardball Campaign
The government pulls out all stops

Pakistan: Cleaning Up
Pakistan's military takes on corruption
• Taking an About-turn?
Pakistan's Pervez Musharraf cannot separate his domestic agenda from Afghanistan and Kashmir
• Interview
India's Foreign Minister Jaswant Singh on his country's neighbor

East Timor: 'The U.N. Is Not Listening'
Xanana Gusmao on East Timor's present and future

O N L I N E    E X C L U S I V E
Interview
Singapore's prime minister Goh Chok Tong on himself, Singapore and Asia -- the expanded online interview

Interview
South Korea's reform czar Lee Hun Jai looks back -- and ahead. The expanded online interview

N E W S M A P
This week's news round-up by country

A R T S  &  S C I E N C E
Thailand
King Bhumibol Adulyadej celebrates a special birthday
• Interview
An insider's explains the monarch's popular appeal
• Book
A flawed attempt to cash in on the King's reputation
• Back to Basics
The King warns against an unheeding rush to wealth
• A Protective Law
It's called lèse-majesté -- and it is taken seriously

People
The new Terrier from Thailand

Health
Men seek an edge with plastic surgery

Newsmakers
The names behind East Timor's terror

B U S I N E S S
Debut
Will Hong Kong's tech-heavy stock market fly?

Trading
The new exchange in Japan has plenty of rivals

Chips
Singapore's fast-rising silicon-wafer maker

Reform
Thailand finally passes a new foreign-investment law

Viewpoint: Where Are the Profits?
Coming to terms with the realities of China's market

M O N E Y  &  I N V E S T I N G
Investing
Asia's markets defy the usualy year-end dullness

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