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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 September 11, 1998

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The Asiaweek Financial 500
Cover Story How Asia's financial institutions are coping (or not) with the raging economic turmoil
Buyouts Some banks look ripe for take-overs
Bailouts When government assistance becomes a must: the measures cost a lot but someone has to do it
Country Update Snapshots of the region's individual finance sectors - imperfections and all
The 500 Asia's largest banks ranked by assets, deposits, loans, income, profits and growth
Insurers' Tables The top 100 in Asian life insurance
Country and Performance Tables Biggest and best
ASEAN's Top 50 The region's largest banks
E D I T O R I A L
Crisis Concerted global action is needed to stop the financial contagion gripping international markets
Floods This year's deluge proves China must heed serious environmental concerns as it pursues economic growth
T H E  N A T I O N S
Markets As bourses slip even further, fears of a prolonged worldwide economic slump grow
Hong Kong The government's war against speculators produces record buying - and new trading rules
Malaysia The Mahathir-Anwar showdown follows the introduction of dramatic financial measures
Cambodia Why Ranariddh will cut a deal with Hun Sen
A R T S & S C I E N C E S
Technology Rooting out the Y2K bug on home computers
Environment Assessing the impact of Indonesia's forest fires
Sport Malaysia hosts the Commonwealth Games
Cleared for Landing The new airport is ready
Distance Running Watch out for the Kenyans
People Chinese protest rocker surfaces at flood concert
Despair in Exile Many Tibetans express frustration over the Dalai Lama's middle-of-the-road politics
Newsmakers Brunei's financial woes multiply
Passage Korean industrialist Chey Jong Hyon dies
Viewpoint Hong Kong's foray into stocks is justified
L E T T E R S  &  C O M M E N T
Letters & Comment History lessons for Anwar
N E W S M A P
This week's news searchable by country
Cover design by Manodh Premaratne

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