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...nightmare--rampant abuse of power by officials at all levels and a growing level of discontent among ordinary people over the unaccountability of those who rule them. Every month sees protests by farmers or workers against graft and illegal tax gouging by local officials. President Jiang Zemin fears corruption could mobilize angry masses nationwide against the Communist Party and even bring down the government, and he has issued edicts to crack down on graft...
...during his rule. "They would fill up this hotel room," he said. "Everything that happened for 10 years, I have." He did say he was proud of what he had accomplished in Peru--and part of the reason he was leaving now was out of concern that his presence could somehow hurt the struggling country. "I don't want what I achieved, for example, the economic stability, to be lost." If that stability remains, it may be a tribute to his rule. But at this point it is most likely he will be remembered as the President who ran away...
...understand how drastically the landscape of the online shopping world has shifted since holiday season 1999, you could do worse than pay a visit to Bluelight.com based in San Francisco. Incongruities abound. Here we are at a converted warehouse (major points for geek chic), but it's in the heart of Fisherman's Wharf, Middle America's greatest open-air tourist trap, miles from the hipster hangouts. Inside are all the signs of an unstuffy start-up--pets roaming the halls, people with green hair. Yet what gets them really jazzed is flipping the switch that signals a virtual blue...
...technology catches on, it could go a long way toward compensating for last week's stalled progress on the 1997 international treaty, originally negotiated in Kyoto, Japan, to cut carbon dioxide emissions. So far, Toyota has a five-month waiting list for its Prius (Latin for "to go before"), and it has logged 7,300 orders since the car's July launch. It will easily sell out this year's small production run of 12,000 cars. Sales of the Insight, introduced last December, are slower--about 3,500--partly because many dealerships can't get the cars, and partly...
Whether they like it or not, automakers have no choice but to produce more hybrids. Skyrocketing SUV sales mean the companies' average gas efficiency is declining, so to meet federal rules the manufacturers need ultra-high-mileage vehicles to compensate. Ford's chairman, William Ford, has predicted that hybrids could account for 20% of the U.S. market in a decade. Beyond the need for fuel economy, however, looms the urgency of curbing greenhouse gases--a quarter of which result from car and truck emissions...