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The article focuses on the potential for international student recruitment to address the looming enrollment cliff facing U.S. colleges and universities. Topics include the demographic decline affecting higher education globally, comparisons with international counterparts such as Japan and Spain in attracting international students, and recent policy shifts in the U.S. aimed at enhancing support for international students and diversifying enrollments.

Focuses on Shanghai's position as China's cultural capital. The city's reinvention of its historic stature as the country's most open metropolis; Psychic connection of personal liberation and free enterprise in the city; Scheduled fall 1998 opening of the Shanghai Grand Theatre across from the Shanghai Museum; Development of a fashion industry; Revival of the decadent chic of the old Shanghai.

Shanghai's first Congress Hall, where the Chinese Communist Party was born 80 years ago, now sits amid a capitalist wonderland of upscale restaurants and bars--a $150 million property development that [...]

Oakland, California When telecom executive Mory Ejabat was looking for a home in 1999 for Zhone Technologies, his networking-equipment start-up, one of his first calls was to Oakland's mayor, Jerry [...]

The Buick assembly-line tour was not the most startling part of Kim Jong Il's unannounced trip to Shanghai last week. After all, the shock- haired North Korean leader has a [...]

The fans are stomping and clapping as the Japanese duo known as Puffy warble a disco tune. The stars toss their auburn-dyed hair and pace the stage, dressed in jumpsuits [...]

On Oct. 1, 1949, a silent but excited crowd of half a million people assembled to watch Mao Zedong announce the birth of the People's Republic of China. Suddenly, a [...]

Investigates the infusion of Asian culture into Hollywood via Hong Kong. Chinese stars in movies such as `Broken Arrow' in 1996. Action stars from the Orient who draw big crowds including Jackie Chan, Jet Li and Chow Yun-fat; Chan receiving the Musical Television (MTV) Lifetime Achievement Award; Details on Chan; Other stars and their movies.

When Chinese troops stormed into Tiananmen Square in 1989, they quickly pulled down the students' soaring statue--the 'Goddess of Democracy'-- which had become a sentimental link between the young protesters [...]

The murder of an Australian accountant sounds a warning to economicfixers across the region. Nobody told Michael Wansley when he became an accountant that he would be putting his life [...]

The Arts: Modern painting is in modest bloom in China. The goal: to define a modern esthetic. ON FEB. 5,1989, WITH great fanfare, the National Gallery in Beijing launched an [...]

Discusses several cities or areas from around the world that have built their economies on high-technology industries. Data on venture capital, population, tech jobs, people online, high-tech firms, and key industries; Oakland, California; Omaha, Nebraska; Tulsa, Oklahoma; Campina Grande, Brazil; Barcelona, Spain; Suzhou, China; Cote d'Azur, France.

Focuses on the frenzy for Japanese pop culture with influences of Puffy, Pokemon monsters, Hello Kitty, and many more. How Japanese products are defining a new generation of middle-class Asian consumers; Belief that the obsession with Japanese pop culture reflects a profound generational change.

Focuses on the popularity of small automobiles in Japan. Minicars such as the Suzuki Wagon R and the Daihatsu Midget IV vehicles; How the recession stimulated the manufacture of vehicles that the middle class could afford; How the minicars are similar to three-wheeled motorcycles; The competition for market share in India; How Japanese automakers have marketing plans for Europe. INSET: The Rise of the `People's Car'.

Discusses efforts to end corruption in China. The role of Prime Minister Ahu Rongji in controlling China's economy; The country's avoidance of the Asian financial crises; Privatization of state enterprises; Legal reforms to open China to the free market; Examples of political corruption; Zhu's focus on Guangdong province; Foreign investors being drawn into the corruption; The idea that corruption is endemic to the system.

Discusses a variety of recovery strategies for corporations in Asia following the 1998 financial crisis. Bank of Asia's deal with ABN-AMRO that saved the bank from collapse; Shrewd management at Singapore Airlines helping the company to expand rather than just survive; Robert Zhang and Mark Baldwin's Beijing, China-based Web site for job hunters; Restructuring of the Doosan Group; Benny Hu, president of China Development Corp.; Japanese tycoon Hiroyuki Hiramatsu; Others.

Discusses the continuing difficulty of relations between China and Japan. Chinese memories of the Japanese invasion of December 1937; Japanese insecurity in the face of improved relations between China and the United States; Japanese investment in China; Chinese resentment of Japan's failure to acknowledge its war crimes.

Discusses a variety of recovery strategies for corporations in Asia following the 1998 financial crisis. Bank of Asia's deal with ABN-AMBO that saved the bank from collapse; Shrewd management at Singapore Airlines helping the company to expand rather than just survive; Robert Zhang and Mark Baldwin's Beijing, China-based Web site for job hunters; Restructuring of the Doosan Group; Benny Hu, president of China Development Corp.; Japanese tycoon Hiroyuki Hiramatsu; Others.

Focuses on Hong Kong action film directors hired in the United States. Release of action movies made by Hong Kong film makers in the United States; Decline in Hong Kong cinema; Western movies in Hong Kong.

Investigates how China is on a collision course with the United States over trade, particularly because US business has gone China-crazy in 1996. Example of Boeing in China; China's heavy-handed business policies; The US plans to limit Chinese exports to retaliate for China's failure to stop illegal copying of compact discs and software; Why the US does not want China as a member of the World Trade Organization; China as a place of business.

Focuses on the role of Chinese Prime Minister Zhu Rongji in the November 1999 trade deal with the United States, and implications of the deal and World Trade Organization (WTO) membership, for China. Zhu's view of the effect of WTO membership on economic reform and foreign investment in China; Interpretation of Zhu's absence from signing ceremonies; Effects of competition on Chinese businesses; History of the negotiations.

Describes the riots in China in response to the bombing of the Chinese embassy in Belgrade, Yugoslavia by the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). Attacks on the United States embassy in Beijing; Role of the Chinese media and of students; Control over the demonstrations; Symbolic protests against US businesses in China; Safety of US diplomats and investors; Projections for US-China relations.

Focuses on social changes in China. The gathering of intellectuals to debate issues like political reform, human rights, and democracy; The book `The Crisis of China,' edited by Li Ming; Dissidents seeking freedom in a pro-democracy movement; The Communist Party not tolerating organized opposition; How the Chinese are taking control of their private lives.

Questions whether the economic difficulties that have plagued southeastern Asia and Korea in the fall of 1997 will spread to China. Reassurances from China's economic czar Zhu Rongji; Presence in China of problem factors from other nations including a real estate bubble, industrial overcapacity, rampant corruption and unsound banks; Drop in planned foreign investment in the first half of 1997.

The article offers the author's insights regarding her experience of teaching refugees and asylum seekers from South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa. The author states the unfamiliarity of her students for the concept of nursing homes. Moreover, she mentions the importance of learning English language to introduce students to the concept of globalization.

Provides information on Shanghai, China. Details on the plan to transform Pudong into an industrial area; Exhibits at the Museum of Ancient Chinese Sex Culture; Western influences; Description of the Old Shanghai.

Discusses the emergence of a high technology-driven economy in Hong Kong and mainland China. The example of Leslie Kenny's Hong Kong based company, DotMedia; Impact of Hong Kong's small company stock exchange, the Growth Enterprise Market (GEM); Shortage of scientists in Hong Kong; Government funding of the technology industry; How a Chinese company, China.com, fared on the United States market, Nasdaq; Outlook.

Focuses on preparations in Beijing, China, for the October 1999 observation of the 50th National Day anniversary of Communist control. Construction projects that are linked to the anniversary, including a new airport terminal; Air pollution control; Security measures; Parade route and rehearsals; Other management efforts, including deportation of migrant workers.

Examines the impact of the financial crisis in Asia on Shanghai, China. How the city is often held up as a model of what China wants to be; Host of problems that plague Shanghai; Industrial dislocation; The city's newly rich; Comments by Mayor Xu Kuangdi.

Reports on plans by former United States congressman, Ralph Harding and president of the Asian Basketball Confederation, Carl Ching, to launch an Asian Professional Basketball Association. Teams from six Asian cities competing in the league; Obstacles in launching a league; Former rivalry between Ching and Harding.

Profiles Japanese worker Yuko Nakanishi. Nakanishi's flight from Japan to work in Hong Kong; Social pressures of Japanese women in their country; Work opportunities in Hong Kong; Cultural pressure which drew Noriko Grace Okamoto to Hong Kong.

Presents an interview with British adventurer and entrepreneur, Richard Branson. His efforts to circumnavigate the globe in a balloon; His efforts to secure the rights for his airline, Virgin Atlantic Airways, to inaugurate a direct round-trip flight between London, England and Shanghai, China; Why he is expanding into Asia; His plans to launch Virgin Cola in China; Branson's opinion on Asia's economic crisis in the late 1990s.

Presents an interview with Martin Yan, the host of the television cooking show `Yan Can Cook.' Changing lifestyles and diet in China; Consumption of wine in China; Yan's target audience; Obsession with food in Asia; Other issues.

Presents an interview with tennis player Michael Chang. Why there are so few Asian-American athlete role models; Commercial opportunities for professional athletes; Influence he wields in Asia; His recollections of the Tiananmen Square incident in China; Other issues.

Describes the lifestyle of John Woo, director action movies from Hong Kong. Going to Hollywood to make movies; Cooking as a way of relaxation; Background on street life in Hong Kong; Complication in the process of moviemaking in Hollywood.

Reports on the election of local legislators in Hong Kong on September 17, 1995. Election as a reflection of the public's mood; Example as illustrated by election results in the 1991 Legislative Council elections; Attitude of the Hong Kong electorate facing the 1997 return to China.

Reports on the China Securities Regulatory Commission's decision to shut down the country's Treasury-bond futures market, which operates largely in Shanghai. Securities market as a hotbed for scandal and speculation; Changed political atmosphere in China; Economic reform.

Reports on Chinese airline, China National Aviation Corp.'s (CNAC) plan to challenge Cathay Pacific's lock on role as Hong Kong's flag carrier. International aviation agreement provisions of the Sino-British Joint Declaration; Application for an operator's certificate to Hong Kong's civil aviation securities.

Reports on the possible influence of the Chinese Communist Party in Hong Kong after the colony's succession to China in 1997. Increase of the party's presence in Hong Kong's political scene; Agreement between China and Great Britain on the extent of influence by the Chinese in Hong Kong's politics; Forecasts of manipulative difficulties for Chinese politicians in Hong Kong.