Word: asianized
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...digit growth in GNP. He did so by making himself head of the central bank and sharply curbing various abuses, including out-of-control bank lending to local enterprises. Inflation has since declined, from 24% to 1%, and China has thus far avoided the excesses that have defanged the Asian tigers. At the party congress last week, the outgoing Li projected economic growth for 1998 at an impressive...
...with 1997, and as South Korea, Thailand and Indonesia flood the world with cheap goods, China's trade with the West will take a beating. If Beijing ultimately succumbs and devalues its currency, the move will probably force Hong Kong to do the same, which could trigger a new Asian crisis...
...onus has always been centered on students to reach out to students of different backgrounds," said Sewell Chan, former president of the Asian-American Association (AAA). "Harvard has failed to provide real mediating structures...
...believe that identity politics should be suffering the same fate as political correctness. Just this past month, a group of students at Syracuse University unsuccessfully called for the national boycott of Denny's, the fast-food restaurant. They claim that they were mistreated a year ago for being Asian. The local authorities disagree. There does not seem to be any evidence, and no one, except some federal officials, seem to care...
...From the University's point of view, it's historic," he said. "I think this is probably the most extensive East Asian trip [for a Harvard president...