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Jumada' al-Ula', 14181997-10-01

Crescent International Vol. 26, No. 15

Book Review

China: from socialism to market economy and the quest for world status

Zafar Bangash

The collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 led to much drum-beating in western capitals about the victory of capitalism over communism. Western commentators, intoxicated by their belief in the 'effortless superiority' of the west, made dire predictions about the imminent collapse of the People's Republic of China as well. Where caution should have prevailed, the imagination was allowed to run wild.

Features

Was there a conspiracy to get rid of Diana?

Zafar Bangash

People, especially celebrities, assume a new life after death. And contrary to Mark Anthony’s claim in the play, Julius Caesar, the good that men do is not forgotten. A cynic might say that Anthony was only referring to men, not women. Perhaps.

Features

Who brought slaves to America?

Crescent International

Sources: Elizabeth Donnan, 4 vols. Documents Illustrative of the History of the Slave Trade to America, Washington D.C. 1930-1935 Carnage Institute of Technology, Pittusburgh, Pennsylvania.

Occupied Arab World

Layers of occupation as Palestinians learn to cope with endless hardships

J A Progler

Since their occupation of Palestine, the Israelis have disrupted the Arabs’ olive and related industries badly.

Occupied Arab World

Mubarak, the modern-day pharaoh of Egypt

Adil Husain

Old habits, it is said, die hard. This applies especially to the regime of president Husni of Egypt who seems to be continuing in the ways of the pharaohs of bygone days.

South-East Asia

Mahathir makes a grand retreat after lashing out at the ‘wicked foreigners’

Our Southeast Asia Correspondent

Dr Mahathir Mohamed’s much-trumpeted Vision-2020 has been forced to have corrective lenses installed in the last few weeks.

Special Reports

New ‘last frontier’ for globe-trotting Yankees

Zafar Bangash

Africa has caught the attention of Uncle Sam which can mean only one thing: more trouble for the beleaguered continent. As if French and British ‘benevolence’ were not enough, the cigar-chewing Americans, notorious for leaving death and destruction in their wake, can only add to Africa’s woes.

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