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SEARCH ASIAWEEK Australia Bangladesh Brunei Cambodia Central Asia China The Gulf Hong Kong India Indonesia Iran Japan Laos Malaysia Mongolia Myanmar Nepal New Zealand North Korea Pakistan Papua New Guinea The Philippines Russia Singapore South Korea Sri Lanka Taiwan Thailand Turkey Vietnam World Events This Week's Anthology of Asian Woes A wobbly government presiding over an ailing economy in Taipei, an increasingly repressive atmosphere Beijing, a city that is threatened by an encroaching desert. Add to that Richard Li's struggling corporate empire in Hong Kong. But the "interesting times" extend beyond Greater China. Bangkok is looking more and more like a haven for gangsters and even fastidious Singapore faces an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease. << click on the countries to the left for the week's regional news Write to Asiaweek at mail@web.asiaweek.com Asiaweek.com Home  Search AsiaNow TIME Only Asiaweek Only CNN.com CNNSI.com CNNfn.com The Web

ASIAWEEK'S LATEST 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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