The Economist - 07 April 2001

The Economist 20010407 SEARCH RESEARCH TOOLS Economist.com Choose a research tool... Subscribe advanced search » Tuesday July 17th 2007 = requires subscription Welcome My Account » Activate Manage my newsletters » RS LO PRINT EDITION Print Edition April 7th 2001 Seeing red China had a heaven-sent opportunity this week to improve relations with America, and fluffed it … More on this week's lead article Full contents Subscribe Enlarge current cover News Summaries Past issues/regional covers Business this week NEWS ANALYSIS The world this week Previous print editions Subscribe Mar Mar Mar Mar Mar Subscribe to the prin 31st 2001 24th 2001 17th 2001 10th 2001 3rd 2001 More print editions and covers » Or buy a Web subsc full access online RSS feeds Receive this page by POLITICS THIS WEEK BUSINESS THIS WEEK Leaders OPINION Seeing red Leaders Letters to the editor Blogs Columns Kallery Rage over global warming WORLD United States The Americas Asia Middle East & Africa Europe Britain International Country Briefings Cities Guide Goodbye, soft money Managing the downturn Milosevic’s trial The Middle East’s angry men Letters On Kosovan elections, UN staff safety, foot-andmouth disease, Australian by-election, Zambian privatisation, voting in St Louis SPECIAL REPORTS BUSINESS Management Business Education FINANCE & ECONOMICS Special One step forward, one step back United States Economics Focus Economics A-Z Crashing to earth SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY Campaign-finance reform Technology Quarterly BOOKS & ARTS Style Guide A survey of Asian business In praise of rules Empires without umpires The ancient art of making money The best and the rest From bamboo to bits and bytes Brave new world (perhaps) The giant stirs The economy A lesson in capitalism Consumers to the rescue? Lexington Of laws and men PEOPLE The Golden State turns brown By train, by bus or on foot? Obituary The renaissance of Gianni Versace The greatest leap forward MARKETS & DATA Detroit Acknowledgements Weekly Indicators Currencies Big Mac Index Chart Gallery DIVERSIONS Correspondent’s Diary Archer’s target The budget Not yet time for the champagne Business The Americas RESEARCH TOOLS A murky democratic dawn in post-Fujimori Peru AUDIO Foot-and-mouth in South America DELIVERY OPTIONS Ecuador E-mail Newsletters Mobile Edition RSS Feeds Screensaver Offer to readers Taxing Colombia Haven sent Let the bad times roll Corporate expenses The unkindest cuts of all The Executive Life affair Pinault in a pickle Going hostile Face value Hemmed in at home CLASSIFIED ADS Economist Intelligence Unit Economist Conferences The World In Intelligent Life CFO Roll Call European Voice EuroFinance Conferences Economist Diaries and Business Gifts Asia A hint of the cold war over the South China Sea Questions of blame Asian retailing A hyper market Digital copyright Going straight Private Bill Bounty hunters Japan Recycling Bad blood Remade in Japan India Capital punishment Vietnam A violent mix, land and religion Advertisement Business Special Oh no, Kyoto Finance & Economic