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August 2001


Current Articles

Friday, August 24, 2001
How to Lose a Billion Fast
Patrick McGeehan New York Times Service

Posted 06:50 PM EDT, Aug-23-2001
What killed The Industry Standard?
by Richard Morgan, Daily Deal

Posted 06:50 PM EDT, Aug-23-2001
Lawyer layoffs: Cooley Godward cuts 85
by David Marcus, Daily Deal

Issue cover-dated August 30, 2001
HONG KONG -- The Word on Everyone's Lips, Cantonese
By David Lague/HONG KONG, FEER

Issue cover-dated August 30, 2001
HONG KONG -- A Cantonese Character Study
By David Lague, FEER

Issue cover-dated August 30, 2001
CAMBODIA -- The Man in Charge, Chea Sophara
By Brian Mockenhaupt/PHNOM PENH, FEER

Issue cover-dated August 30, 2001
CONSUMER CREDIT -- Down and Out In East Asia
By Suh-kyung Yoon/HONG KONG, FEER

Issue cover-dated August 30, 2001
Photography -- Snap Revolution
By Charles Bickers/TOKYO, FEER

Issue cover-dated August 30, 2001
Cameras -- Rewind to the Future
By Charles Bickers/TOKYO, FEER

Thursday, August 23, 2001
Gang smashes Taipei office of Jimmy Lai
JASON BLATT in Taipei, SCMP

Thursday, August 23, 2001
Adoption by Foreigners Can Be Fine
Eun Jung Cahill Che IHT

Posted 06:55 PM EDT, Aug-22-2001
Morgan ponders new roles for M&A pros
by Heidi Nasr, Daily Deal

August 22, 2001
Federal Reserve Cuts Its Key Rate by a Quarter-Point
By RICHARD W. STEVENSON, NY Times

Wednesday, August 22, 2001
Fed Pares Key Rate to 7-Year Low
David Stout New York Times Service

Wednesday, August 22, 2001
JP Morgan adds 3,000 to number of job cuts
REUTERS in New York

August 22, 2001
Workers' Rights Suffering as China Goes Capitalist
By ERIK ECKHOLM, NY Times

Wednesday, August 22, 2001
Tokyo orders massive evacuation
ASSOCIATED PRESS in Tokyo

Wednesday, August 22, 2001
Lust for life at 64 -- Cecil Chao Sze-tsung
VIVIENNE CHOW, SCMP

August 22, 2001
A Presidential Adviser Trades Neckties for Boas
By JANE GROSS, NY Times

August 21, 2001
Khmer Rouge Suspects Feel Pressure Is Building for Trial
By SETH MYDANS, NY Times

Tuesday, August 21, 2001
Russia -- 2 Worlds Collide
Susan B. Glasser, IHT Washington Post Service

Aug-20-2001
Excite@Home's future in doubt
by David Shabelman in San Francisco, Daily Deal

August 20, 2001
World's Economy Slows to a Walk in Rare Lockstep
By JOSEPH KAHN with EDMUND L. ANDREWS, NY Times

August 20, 2001
Doctors' Dirty Needles Spread Hepatitis in China
By ELISABETH ROSENTHAL, NY Times

Sunday, August 19, 2001
Barefoot bankers teach financial management to city slum-dwellers
REUTERS in Jakarta

Saturday, August 18, 2001
China's Growth Weighs On Neighboring Countries
Michael Richardson International Herald Tribune

Saturday, August 18, 2001
Japan's Cure: The Reagan Revolution
Floyd Norris New York Times Service

Friday, August 17, 2001
Savvy Trekkers Map Out Routes to Career Success
Roger Collis International Herald Tribune

August 17, 2001
Brunei: From Oil Rich to Garage Sales
By SETH MYDANS, NY Times

Issue cover-dated August 23, 2001
Cathay Pacific's showdown with its pilots gets bitter
By Alkman Granitsas and Michael Westlake/HONG KONG, FEER

Issue cover-dated August 23, 2001
Secret Armies -- leftist guerrillas still stalk the Philippine countryside
Photographs and text by Ashley Gilbertson/BACOLOD, NEGROS ISLAND, FEER

Issue cover-dated August 23, 2001
Intellectual Property in Wenzhou China
By David Murphy/WENZHOU, FEER

Friday, August 17, 2001
Vietnam's villagers live with lethal legacy
MICHAEL MATHES of Deutsche Press-Agentur

Wednesday, August 15, 2001
China Overtakes the U.S. As No. 1 Cell-Phone Market
Bloomberg News

Wednesday, August 15, 2001
China -- Too poor to pay for life
CALUM MacLEO, SCMP

Wednesday, August 15, 2001
China -- Showdown of ideologies
MARK O'NEILL, SCMP

Wednesday, August 15, 2001
Girl's death in Wuhan highlights sweatshop misery
JOSEPHINE MA, SCMP

Wednesday, August 15, 2001
Tojo would hate shrine row, says granddaughter
PETER HADFIELD, SCMP

August 15, 2001
Cosmic Laws Like Speed of Light Might Be Changing, a Study Finds
By JAMES GLANZ and DENNIS OVERBYE, NY Times

Issue cover-dated August 16, 2001
CHINA -- Slavery is on the rise
By Bruce Gilley/DINGZHOU


Selected Articles

August 19, 2001
A New Reading of Communism -- Workers of the World, Invest!
By CRAIG S. SMITH, NY Times

Tuesday, August 14, 2001
Americans in Search of a Presentable National Interest
By Neal Gabler IHT

August 8, 2001
Rebels in Black Robes Recoil at Surveillance of Computers
By NEIL A. LEWIS, NY Times

August 6, 2001
A Caustic Look in the Mirror From Boomers
By ALEX KUCZYNSKI, NY Times

Saturday, August 4, 2001
Political Victories Raise Jiang's Stature in China
By John Pomfret Washington Post Service

July 29, 2001
Beyond Multiculturalism, Freedom?
By HOLLAND COTTER, NY Times

Saturday, July 28, 2001
Pirated movie hits Net before theatres
REUTERS

Monday, July 23, 2001
Lowliest Chinese Immigrants Find a Vibrant Refuge
By Susan Sachs New York Times Service

Issue cover-dated July 19, 2001
Yangshuo -- The Little Town That Could
By Katherine Tanko/YANGSHUO, FEER

Tuesday, July 17, 2001
The Leap from Mao to McDonald's
Craig S. Smith New York Times Service

June 28, 2001
What Would Jesus Do?
Cartoon by Tony Auth



Other Articles

News
Monday, August 6, 2001
PHILIPPINE Hostages rescued in gun battle
AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE in Kapatagan

Saturday, August 4, 2001
Philippine rebels behead four more hostages
ASSOCIATED PRESS in Manila

July 28, 2001
Govt to release 15 Maoist rebels
Kathmandu Post Report

Saturday, July 28, 2001
Triads arrested for kidnap spree
JASON BLATT in Taipei, SCMP

Saturday, July 28, 2001
Hostel owner found dead in Chungking Mansions
By TOMMY LEWIS, SCMP

Wednesday, July 25, 2001
Triad group 'neutralised' as police hold 44 in raids
CLIFFORD LO, SCMP

Wednesday, July 25, 2001 8:56 am (GMT+8)
Hong Kong shuts as Typhoon Yutu churns toward south
Reuters


Finance
Saturday, August 18, 2001
Wall Street Tumbles on Profit Woes
Compiled by IHT Staff From Dispatches AP, Reuters

Aug-17-2001
Grove Worldwide bondholders exact revenge
by Shanon D. Murray, Daily Deal

Posted 02:45 PM EDT, Aug-17-2001
KKR's Rockwood junk offering postponed
by Kelly Holman, Daily Deal

Aug-16-2001
The Industry Standard suspends publication
by Peter Lauria, Daily Deal

Wednesday, August 15, 2001
Citigroup to Cut 3,500 More Jobs
Compiled by Our Staff From Dispatches AP, Reuters

August 14, 2001
AXMAN DUNNING IS CHOPPED AT ZD
By ALLYSON LIEBERMAN

Posted 02:40 PM EDT, Aug-3-2001
BofA investment banking climbs M&A tables
by David Weidner, Daily Deal

July 29, 2001
A Plunge in Profits Raises Risk for Stock Market and Economy
By ALEX BERENSON, NY Times


Finance Asia
Wednesday, August 22, 2001
China Netcom Struggles Where East Meets West
Mark Landler New York Times Service

Monday, August 20, 2001
McDonald's drive fuels fast-food war in the Philippines
REUTERS in Manila

Monday, August 20, 2001
Cambodia moves to expand trade
SCMP

Friday, August 17, 2001
Year in life of Richard Li
HUI YUK-MIN and BEN KWOK, SCMP

Wednesday, August 15, 2001
Beijing loosens regulations on advertising spending limits
LORETTA LEUNG, SCMP

Wednesday, August 15, 2001
Vietnam ponders coffee cuts
REUTERS in Hanoi

Wednesday, August 15, 2001
Prices of homes in Shanghai surge by 7.3pc
STAFF REPORTER and AFX-ASIA

Wednesday, August 15, 2001
Tokyo home buyers aim for high life
REUTERS in Tokyo

Tuesday, August 14, 2001
Honda sales surge 96pc in near-sellout of production run
XINHUA in Guangzhou

Wednesday, August 8, 2001
Hong Kong's Port Slows as Rivals in China Expand
Clay Chandler Washington Post Service

Issue cover-dated August 02, 2001
CHINA: Powering Asia's Growth
By Trish Saywell/SINGAPORE, FEER

Saturday, July 28, 2001
Shanghai no threat, says Tsang
By CHRIS YEUNG, SCMP

Saturday, July 21, 2001
PCCW scraps $19b bond deal
BEN KWOK, SCMP


Politics
August 19, 2001
Rice on Front Lines as Adviser to Bush
By JANE PERLEZ, NY Times

August 5, 2001
The Top-Drawer in the Cabinet
By ROBERT MANN, NY Times

August 5, 2001
After First 6 Months, Bush Is to Change Focus
By FRANK BRUNI, NY Times

August 5, 2001
Differences Over Vieques Bitterly Divide Democrats
By RAYMOND HERNANDEZ, NY Times

August 4, 2001
In U.S. Illegally, Immigrants Get License to Drive
By DAVID FIRESTONE, NY Times

Saturday, August 4, 2001
In the Rose Garden, Bush, Aides Revel In Their Successes
By Dana Milbank, Washington Post


Politics Asia
Friday, August 17, 2001
Free movement of labour seen within 5 years
REUTERS in Beijing

Thursday, August 16, 2001
Fresh windfall for China civil service
BEI HU, SCMP

August 14, 2001
Japan's Premier Pleases Few With Visit to War Shrine
By STEPHANIE STROM, NY Times

Issue cover-dated July 26, 2001
CAMBODIA -- More Denial
By Christine Chaumeau/PAILIN and PHNOM PENH, FEER

Issue cover-dated July 19, 2001
CAMBODIA -- Whose Land Is This?
By Christine Chaumeau/PHNOM PENH, BAVEL and POIPET, FEER


Culture
Wednesday, August 22, 2001
Negative Publicity: Photo Fraud Comes to Light
Ralph Blumenthal New York Times Service

August 22, 2001
FBI Arrests 8 in McDonald's Scheme
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

August 22, 2001
Neiman Marcus Tracking Strange Buys
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

August 20, 2001
Art on City Streets Till the Cows Come Home
By STEPHEN KINZER, NY Times

Wednesday, August 15, 2001
Supreme Court Faces Odd Question
Raymond Bonner and Jim Yardley New York Times Service

Tuesday, August 14, 2001
Selling a 'Life' -- Artist Unloads Everything on EBay, Including Teeth
Leslie Walker Washington Post Service

August 14, 2001
Long Island cyberperverts brutalize 15-year-old girl
By KIERAN CROWLEY, LARRY CELONA, ED ROBINSON and TRACY CONNOR, NY Post

August 11, 2001
Club Owner Charged With Employing 14-Year-Old Topless Dancer
By AL BAKER, NY Times

August 7, 2001
When Implants Fail, Patients Suffer Twice
By KENNETH CHANG, NY Times

August 7, 2001
Women Now Look Beyond H.I.V., to Children and Grandchildren
By LINDA VILLAROSA, NY Times

July 29, 2001
Ansel Adams, the Artist Who Preceded the Celebrity
By TESSA DeCARLO, NY Times

July 29, 2001
Pro Leagues' TV Ratings Drop; Nobody Is Quite Sure Why
By JERE LONGMAN, NY Times

July 29, 2001
In Latest Hardy Boys Case, a Search for New Readers
By DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK, NY Times


Culture Asia
Issue cover-dated August 23, 2001
VIETNAM -- Hospitality In Sapa
By Katherine Tanko/SAPA, FEER

Monday, August 20, 2001
SAR staff leave loyalty at the door
AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE

Friday, August 17, 2001
Angry Little Asian Girl a Web star
REUTERS in New York

Sunday, August 12, 2001
A Chinese Junk Boat -- One man's passion a city's image
MARK GRAHAM, SCMP

Issue cover-dated August 16, 2001
New-look prefabs could clean up HK construction sites
By David Lague/HONG KONG

Wednesday, August 15, 2001
Nara father catches mugger in drag-net
PETER HADFIELD, SCMP

Issue cover-dated August 02, 2001
Grammy Entertainment looks to penetrate China
By Shawn W. Crispin/BANGKOK, FEER

Saturday, July 28, 2001
A Riddle of Ancient Sichuan
By Souren Melikian, International Herald Tribune

Issue cover-dated July 12, 2001
CHINA, Porters -- Soldiers of Strange Fortune
By Peter Hessler/FULING, Photographs by Mark Leong, FEER


Culture Other
Wednesday, August 22, 2001
Euro Bill Hits a High Note With Folks in Small French Town
John Schmid International Herald Tribune

Tuesday, August 21, 2001
A Most Impressive Mess: Francis Bacon's Studio
Brian Lavery, IHT New York Times Service

Friday, August 17, 2001
COLOMBIA -- Drilling for black gold in a jungle fortress
REUTERS

Wednesday, August 15, 2001
West Bank Jenin -- The Home of Martyrs-in-Training
Daniel Williams Washington Post Service


Scene
August 19, 2001
An Unrepentant Fashion Victim Digs In Her Heels
By MELISSA DE LA CRUZ, NY Times

August 14, 2001
Creative Forces - Photographer Leo Yu
By Suzanne Siu, SCMP

August 14, 2001, SCMP
Stripped ease -- wannabe author Ichijo Sayuri is more than qualified to bare all
Shirley Lau, SCMP

Aug 8, 2001
Crisis on the catwalk
By Vivienne Chow, SCMP


New York Life
August 22, 2001
End of Line for Subway Cars: The Ocean Floor
By RANDY KENNEDY, NY Times

August 22, 2001
City Marshal Killed in Brooklyn Eviction Attempt
By C. J. CHIVERS and KEVIN FLYNN, NY Times

August 20, 2001
Praise for Giuliani Policies, if Not for Giuliani Himself
By ADAM NAGOURNEY, NY Times

August 19, 2001
When Marrieds Become Singles for the Summer
By ELIZABETH HAYT, NY Times

August 15, 2001
Poll in New York Finds Rosier Views on City's Future
By ADAM NAGOURNEY and MARJORIE CONNELLY, NY Times

August 14, 2001
Wall Street May Be Spoiler for New York's Economy
By LESLIE EATON

August 8, 2001
99-Degree Heat Was the New York State of Mind
By SUSAN SAULNY, NY Times

August 4, 2001
Gunman Shoots Four at Port Authority Bus Terminal
By THOMAS J. LUECK, NY Times

July 28, 2001
NYPD RINGS JUDI WITH RUDY-LIKE SECURITY
By MURRAY WEISS, NY Post

July 26, 2001
Who Owned Lizzie's Getaway Car? Besieged Club Guy Andrew Sasson
by Deborah Schoeneman, NY Observer

July 16, 2001
Grubman's Crackup: It Was a Bad Night at Conscience Point
by Frank DiGiacomo and Deborah Schoeneman, NY Observer


Other
Wednesday, August 22, 2001
Click Here for a View of Life Aboard an Aircraft Carrier
Nancy Beth Jackson New York Times Service

Wednesday, August 22, 2001
.Mil Sites Can Create Unintended Buzz
Thom Shanker New York Times Service

Friday, August 17, 2001
U.S. Military Fights for Its Bandwidth
The Associated Press The Associated Press

Friday, August 17, 2001
Supercomputer Called a Key to Avoiding War
The Associated Press The Associated Press

Issue cover-dated August 16, 2001
CYBERWAR -- Asia's armies preparing to fight wars via the Web
By Charles Bickers/TOKYO

Wednesday, August 15, 2001
Code Red bug shuts down key computers
MARTIN WONG and ALEX LO, SCMP

Tuesday, August 14, 2001
Here's an Article That Will Be Worth Remembering
Valerie Strauss Washington Post Service

Friday, August 10, 2001
World-Wise Web Teeming With Traveler's Sites
Martha Stevenson New York Times Service

August 7, 2001
More Than Just a Nuisance, the Mosquito Is a Virtuoso of Disease
By JANE E. BRODY, NY Times

Monday, August 6, 2001
Airport Fast Lane to Check Eyes Only
By Catherine Greenman New York Times Service

August 4, 2001
Exploring Cosmic Darkness, Scientists See Signs of Dawn
By JAMES GLANZ, NY Times

July 29, 2001
Utilities Shift to Cable Service
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Saturday, July 28, 2001 4:48 pm (GMT+8)
Long-lost NASA data hints at life on Mars
REUTERS

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