1.   Investors ranked South Korea high among Asian nations.

2.   Also bearing up well for Escada has been Taiwan, which is less dependent on business from tourists than other Asian nations.

3.   Also an extended recession in Japan could eventually wreak havoc in other Asian nations.

4.   American negotiators in Geneva said they were not yet satisfied with market-opening offers from Asian nations.

5.   American officials had been concerned that Asian nations would be unwilling to take steps to open their markets and expose their troubled economies to more competition.

6.   And if China and other Asian nations want to join the arms-exporting club, what is the justification for preventing them?

7.   And after decades of martial law, the country has now embraced democratic politics with a boisterousness rivaled by few Asian nations.

8.   And nearly a year after the crisis began, Asian nations were on the verge of still more destructive currency devaluations.

9.   And many other Asian nations still have authoritarian governments.

10.   And the leaders of some Asian nations have relied on the regional cultural theory to justify restrictions on personal freedom.