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If Cambodia's future is still problematic, Vietnam's looks more promising. Ever since the Vietnamese withdrew their troops from Cambodia, they have been eagerly waiting for the U.S. to restore diplomatic relations and end the trade embargo that deepens their desperate economic problems. By agreeing to open talks with...
The breakup of the old partnerships between Western oil companies and the producing countries led to a chaotic era in the late 1970s and early 1980s of free-swinging prices set almost purely by market forces. But in the past few years the oil industry has been seeking new collaborations...
"In that instance, the times had a lot to dowith it," says John M. Blum '43, a Yale historianwho was then a member of the Harvard Corporation."From the first, we needed someone whosetemperament would restore tranquillity to thetroubled environment and be acceptable to thecommunity of scholars.'
The timing of Fang's departure was probably linked to next week's summit of the seven leading industrial countries. Beijing wants them to lift their partial ban on loans. Another motive: the Capitol Hill debate over whether to restore China's most-favored-nation status.
Prices were not the only issue. Critics of longtime President Kenneth Kaunda accused his government of corruption and poor management, which, combined with the 1974 collapse of copper prices, has made Zambia one of the world's poorest countries. Kaunda, 66, blamed the "power hungry" for the unrest, but he...