ISSUE 8 - Summer 1996

Page 6	Doing Business In Indonesia - Former US Ambassador to Indonesia outlines vast opportunities in this country. The challenge is for American business to seize them.
Page 17	Special Issue: On Asian Arts - ORIENT peeks into a gallery of fine Asian Arts on the Web. A preview of "The Dictionary" of Asian Art and the pending auction of the world's largest collection of rare classical Chinese furniture.
Page 24	Beyond Bali: Discover Java - Indonesia is the world's biggest collection of islands, and while Bali is its main tourist attraction, other islands are fast-developing as new travel frontiers.
Page 30	Mongolia: Bhudda And The Khan - The author traces the birth of Mongolia's Bhuddists as the inevitable process of cultural and spiritual evolution.
Page 34	Hinduism: Religion Of India - First in a series on religions of Asia: this is a fascinating study on the mysticism of Hinduism.
Page 36	My Life As A "Gaijin" - An American who lived overseas found Japan a deeper experience than what tourists see on sightseeing trips.
Page 39	Bonsai: Nature's Miniature Trees - It's the Japanese art of growing dwarfed trees in small pots.
Page 42	Koi: The Japanese "Warrior" Fish - It's all about a fancy carp, or "Koi", and a worldwide hobby, that for some enthusiasts, can cost up to or more than a million dollars per fish.

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