Word: asianized
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...remarkable melange of performances drawn from the long history and varied cultures of South Asia, Ghungroo, the South Asian Students Associations's annual cultural show, was overflowing with joy and energy for its entire three-hour duration. The program united beautiful music, screwball comedy and high-power dance numbers-tied together by an informative voice-over--in a smooth rhythm calculated to keep the audience intrigued and entertained...
...role of offshore money also might have played a part in an attempt last year by the D.N.C.'s Huang to funnel $250,000 to the Democratic Party through a Virginia-based business group. The Washington Post reported that Huang asked the Asian American Business Roundtable in Fairfax to act as a conduit for the money, whose source remains mysterious. For its services, the Roundtable was to receive an 18% slice, or $45,000. But Roundtable vice president Rawlein Soberano declined Huang's offer. Huang's attorney has denied that the meeting ever took place...
Everything changed in 1992. Deng emerged from retirement to exhort his successors and lagging Chinese cities to "dive into the sea" of capitalist commerce. Shanghai dived in, reviving all its old spunk and luster. The metropolis is furiously rebuilding, attracting foreign investment, remaking itself into an Asian hub of finance, trade and culture. Officials say they will quadruple the city's industrial and agricultural output by the year...
Jiang's biggest problem is that he is only first among equals, and, says Winston Lord, former Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs, "he can't just issue edicts. He has to marshal a consensus." That consigns him to continuity and caution rather than bold decision making in the manner of Deng. One day after the Paramount Leader's death, Jiang issued a statement promising to turn "grief into strength" in "unswerving" pursuit of Deng's policies. The process already in place dictates avoiding radical shifts in economic and political policy at home and minimizing...
...become a major resupply base for Afghan forces opposed to the Taliban, the fundamentalist Islamic fighters who have taken control of much of Afghanistan in the past year. Sources have told TIME the military aid either comes directly from Russia or is being supplied by former Soviet Central Asian republics with Moscow's blessing. The equipment is loaded onto Afghan heavy-transport planes in Kulyab for the trip south. Last week half a dozen such Russian-built transports were sitting on the tarmac in Kulyab, some of them painted in camouflage. Much of the aid is going...