HAPPENINGS
(a careful selection of current world events, subject to frequent update)
June 9: Eight Children Die in Osaka School Stabbing
Rollercoaster Relations Between the Koreas
Hong Kong Educators Flunk English Reading and Writing Tests
Tension Between Thailand and Burma
Hindu and Jewish Groups Unite in Anti-Islam Bond
June 8: Tragic Stabbing inJapan
Controversial Japanese History Textbook Sells Well
Nepal's People and Their Questions
Torrential Rains in Southern China
June 7: US To Resume Talks With North Korea
Japanese Justification For Full-Scale Whale Hunting
India's Reaction to the Nepalese Tragedy
The Problem of Burma's International Sanctions
New Information on the US Reaction to Tiananmen '89
June 6: Asian Youths Clash With Police in Leeds
A-Bomb Victims Plan Tribunal on Nuclear Weapons
China Urges US to Rethink Global Warning Pact
Contradictions in The Chinese Communist Party
More on China's Unrest With the Party
June 5: Tiananmen Mothers Speak
Bejing Admits it Fears Popular Protest
Nepal's King Orders Massacre Probe Amid Riots
China Still Cracking Down on Dissent
Controversial Japan History Textbook Hits Stores
June 4: Nepal's Royal Family Killed in Palace Bloodbath
Casting China as America's Enemy is a Bad Idea
The Spectre of Tiananmen Square
Tiananmen Mothers Demand an Apology
June 3: Capital Leaps Forward in China (New York Times website, requires registration)
Philippines Rebels Evade Military
Doctor Warns of North Korea's Hidden Horrors
French Philosopher Derrida Awarded Adorno Prize
June 2: Philippines Hostage Crisis Deepens
The Shanghai Five: A New Asian Alliance
China Gives Taiwan A Military Warning
Chen Shui-bian Rejects "One China, Two Systems" Model
June 1: Democrat-Led Senate to Scrutinize Bush on Asia
China's Dark Secret: AIDS and Corruption in a Poor Province
China Masses Troops for Drills Near Taiwan
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