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...Texas photo op is dear to Jiang because he's had a spate of bad publicity of late. Frustrated proponents of political reform have smuggled abroad an insider's memoir, believed authentic by U.S. sinologists, called Zhu Rongji in 1999. A hatchet job, the book, thought to be written by a Zhu aide, accuses Jiang of undermining China's immensely respected Premier by playing petty political games?denying him the office space he wanted, for one thing?and doing "everything in his power to turn Zhu Rongji into a figurehead." Then there's the indignity of revelations by military leaders...
...maybe more. Because as 2002 gets underway, stocks are sluggish. Manufacturing is contracting. And whereas just last Friday a spate of economic reports - consumer confidence, housing, manufacturing - had investors writing in the recovery in pen, the first trading day of the new year is featuring the beginnings of a pretty stern reality check...
...children of Poso and the surrounding villages, both Christian and Muslim, bombs, guns and knives have been an almost daily presence for three long years. A drunken brawl between a Christian and a Muslim youth in 1998 sparked a spate of killings by vigilante groups. Since then, despite the frantic efforts of community leaders, the conflict has been characterized by periods of uneasy quiet, punctuated by explosions of mob violence. Hundreds, mostly Muslim, died in an outbreak in May 2000. But the arrival of the 750 Laskar fighters on July 19 this year decisively tilted the balance on the island...
Briefly, deliriously, it seemed like old times, as a surprisingly hearty ka-ching kicked off the holiday shopping season. But unlike those of Christmases past, this boom was driven by deep discounts and a spate of patriotic buying--just two signs of how the shadow of Sept. 11 and a bad economy are altering this year's Yuletide...
...Following a spate of sensational news reports on Tokyo runaways earlier this fall, the police belatedly took to the streets. In a highly publicized runaway sweep, 450 officers fanned out over 10 days in mid-September. They found, in all of Tokyo, just 64. By contrast, a reporter in the course of a few hours can find at least half a dozen...