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...semester and summer abroad in Thailand and India last year made Levi more aware of the complexities of the different types of Buddhism in the world today. Levi says his experience abroad prompted him to probe the religious practices of other cultures and develop his own religious rituals...
Camdessus: The Asian crisis is a formidable impetus for us to continue our efforts to achieve good governance, to make institutional changes, to fight against corruption. It's alleged that the IMF applies the same medicine in all countries. Look at the programs in Thailand, Korea and Indonesia. The medicine in each instance is very, very different. If you will take them, you will see how strongly centered they are on fighting chronic corruption, monopolies and bad procedures. If these programs end up making the countries stronger, it will be because they make a strong effort in correcting these governance...
...China against the pressure to follow in its neighbors' footsteps and devalue its renminbi trading currency. Those competing economies have a step up on Beijing, whose goods are relatively more expensive. Chinese sales to the rest of Asia fell 1.4% in January compared with 1997, and as South Korea, Thailand and Indonesia flood the world with cheap goods, China's trade with the West will take a beating. If Beijing ultimately succumbs and devalues its currency, the move will probably force Hong Kong to do the same, which could trigger a new Asian crisis...
...billion in clothing exported by the N.M.I., including Saipan, to the U.S., much of it bearing the MADE IN THE U.S.A. label despite having no U.S. content and no U.S. labor in its assembly, puts the Northern Marianas on a par as an exporter with countries like Canada and Thailand. Competition from this territory has contributed to the loss of more than 100,000 U.S. apparel jobs over the past two years. And in 1998 the U.S. taxpayer will lose $250 million in revenue forgone on tariffs. How much longer can we afford to let the N.M.I. abuse its territorial...
...THAILAND "Great leaders are very good at sex: Cleopatra, Genghis Khan, Napoleon, Mao Zedong. Clinton is also a capable leader, so it is normal for him to be very good at sex." --A government spokesman...