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5 picks · 1989–1993

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OPIUM WAR REDUX
a reporter at large ·

A REPORTER AT LARGE about American tobacco companies invading Asian markets. In Shanghai, every day from noon to 1 p.m., Marlboro cigarettes sponsors a …

A NATION OF CONTRADICTIONS
a reporter at large ·

REPORTER AT LARGE about Singapore where an economic miracle has been achieved. In not much more than a decade, Singaporeans passed from poverty to …

LOGGING THE RAIN FOREST
a reporter at large ·

Mentioned several times in REPORTER AT LARGE about the Borneo rain forest. The northern third of the island of Borneo is divided into the Malaysian states …

FORGOTTEN COUNTRY
a reporter at large ·

REPORTER AT LARGE about Laos. The Ho Chi MinhTrail there was central to America's 9-year secret war in Laos, orchestrated by the C.I.A. & directed from…

A RICH COUNTRY GONE WRONG
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REPORTER AT LARGE about Burma, ruled for 27 years by a brutal & xenophobic military dictator, Gen. Ne Win. It is a country of 40 million people. Hardly, a …