CIAO DATE: 12/2008
November 2008
Asia Society and the Far Eastern Economic Review present "The Weekly Fix." This week's podcast examines the $7.6 billion loan for Pakistan just approved by the IMF, with Kamal Siddiqi of The News International in Karachi. Then, Michael Zhao of Asia Society's Center on US-China Relations discusses the looming environmental meltdown on the Tibetan Plateau. Hear also from Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist John Burns, on what it was like covering the Cultural Revolution in China as a young journalist. Finally, what to do in Mumbai this week.
Resource link: Pakistan Says "Yes" to the IMF; Asia's Water Tower in Peril (The Weekly Fix, 11/25/08) [MP3] - 4.8M