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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?

Asiaweek Time Asia Now Asiaweek story

The Week of October 23, 1998

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C O V E R  S T O R Y
Struggle As state intervention grows, Asian capitalism searches for a new paradigm. Is it still business as usual?
Interview Donald Tsang vs. the hedge funds
Capital Singapore's Lee Hsien Loong speaks out
Speculator George Soros favors some curbs
After Intervention It's still a free market in Hong Kong despite the government's controversial stock binge
Investors All Managing the people's portfolio
Ties That Bind China and the SAR find a reassuring interdependence in economic independence
The End In a bid to clean house, Beijing allows GITIC to fold
E D I T O R I A L
Leadership How Hong Kong can make its government more effective - Tung Chee-hwa take note
Detente South Korea and Japan should heal their historical wounds and look forward to a future of friendship
T H E  N A T I O N S
Indonesia The opposition gears up for next year's elections
Reform Of the electoral and constitutional kind
Opinion Megawati adviser advocates constructive criticism
Diplomacy South Korea and Japan make a new beginning
Malaysia What rural Malays think about the Anwar affair
I N S I D E  S T O R Y
Land Reform A case study on why genuine social change might never happen in the Philippines
A R T S & S C I E N C E S
Society Where Jakarta's beautiful people meet these days
Technology Launching satellites with recycleable rockets
Health The only sure way to avoid the ills of old age
People What it takes to catch Rupert Murdoch's eye
Newsmakers Erap trips the light fantastic in Singapore
Passage Sons of Hong Kong and India win Nobel Prizes
Viewpoint Do democracies manage crises better?
From the Web Saving Private Data
B U S I N E S S
Crisis Watch A strong yen may hurt more than help
Investing The men from Prudential expect a long recession
L E T T E R S  &  C O M M E N T
Letters & Comment Hitting back at Ishihara
Monitor Smart Cards - Swipe of the future
N E W S M A P
This week's news searchable by country
Ship's telegraph courtesy Hong Kong Marina Ltd.
Cover photograph by Marcus Oleniuk for Asiaweek; photo illustration by Manodh Premaratne.

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