Word: bogor
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...business more effectively. But we grew too many businesses. They were like cockroaches and rats, and now it is very hard to get rid of them. Only a miracle can solve Indonesia's problems. We are too scared to change and afraid to sacrifice our comfort. PARIANTORO HADIMOTO Bogor, Indonesia...
...Medan court's timing probably was not coincidental, and it highlights the difficult balance Clinton is determined to maintain on his trip to Asia, which centers on a summit meeting in Bogor, Indonesia, of the 18-nation Asia- Pacific Economic Cooperation group. Clinton's commerce-oriented policy pits his drive for good relations and ever increasing trade with the nations of Asia against his avowed concerns for human rights. As a candidate, he jabbed at George Bush's China policy, saying the U.S. has "a higher purpose than to coddle dictators and stand aside from the global movement toward democracy...
...diplomatic discussions in Bogor are not the only framework for the debate on trade and human rights. It has spread into the boardrooms of major U.S. corporations, onto factory floors in Asian countries and back to the counters at American shopping malls. International human-rights organizations are pressing multinational corporations to speak up for their workers abroad, and executives are considering codes of good labor conduct. Many Americans, now accustomed to boycotting lettuce, grapes and tuna fish for humanitarian and ecological reasons, are shifting their scrutiny to the conditions under which their running shoes and their kids' toys are produced...