Word: capitalistically
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...patrol from the moment I leave home, like I'm living in the jungle. But for the people, it's a very different deal." Says Internet-and-media magnate Sanjib Raj Bhandari: "Things are bad and will probably get a lot worse. As bourgeois and capitalist businessmen, we'd better start worrying...
...frictions between North Korea and China have ratcheted up lately as the North seeks nuclear arms against Beijing's explicit wishes. The two communist nations were once so close that China sent troops to defend North Korea against the U.S. military. Now, Beijing appears to have stronger ties with capitalist America. In particular, China's leaders fear that a nuclear-armed North Korea could incite an arms race that would impel Japan and perhaps even Taiwan to build their own nukes. "We once thought Pyongyang was just trying to play a game in return for economic aid," says Zhu Feng...
...Spain's 500,000 Muslims are unhappy about the presence of Spanish troops in Iraq; and shortly after the mosque was inaugurated, Granada hosted a conference on "Islam in Europe," where 2,000 participants heard Spanish Muslim radical Umar Ibrahim Vadillo call for the destruction of the U.S.-dominated capitalist system. A less divisive event was last week's visit to the mosque by some 320 children from 48 countries, who attended the earlymorning prayer session. "Now," says Ruiz, "we have to work on the good sisters next door...
...VICTOR FUNG Brainy, well-traveled, well-spoken and well-liked, Fung, 57, seems eminently qualified to rescue Hong Kong's sick economy. He was once an investment banker and venture capitalist, used to head the Trade Development Council, is current chairman of the Airport Authority, and also runs his family firm, the successful blue-chip trading company Li & Fung...
...Berlin's problems can be traced back to the subsidies - amounting to half the total budget in West Berlin - the city once received for its businesses, schools and culture. As a capitalist island behind the Iron Curtain, it was seen as a special case, deserving of special support. Now all that has changed. After the East German government was swept away in 1990, the subsidies were phased out. It became too expensive for companies to run factories there. "Berlin's citizens were very spoiled in the time of the divided country," says Sarrazin. The massive job losses that followed reunification...