However, instead of collapsing, China has experienced astonishing economic growth in the 1990s. Although it is arguable whether rapid economic development has significantly enhanced the legitimacy of ...

Asia Pacific Editor for CNN International based in Hong Kong. The award-winning journalist joined CNN in 1999 as a specialist business correspondent and has extensively covered news and business ...

CNN's Senior European Correspondent based in Paris. Since joining CNN in 1996, he has covered the death of Princess Diana in 1997, NATO air strikes on Kosovo in 1998, the earthquake in Turkey in 1999 ...

It began as a U.N.-backed referendum on the future of East Timor: On August 30, nearly 80% of Timorese voters cast ballots in favor of independence from Indonesia. But the voice of the voters was soon ...