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JULY 7 , 2000 VOL. 29 NO. 26 | SEARCH ASIAWEEK COVER  STORY A Little Net Music Asia is turning on to digital music on the Internet. Will kids armed with computers turn the recording industry inside out? [ full story ] ALSO: • Gadgets: Get your tunes of your desktop and on the move THE NATIONS JAPAN: The election leaves everybody a loser, even the voters • Opposition: Better, but not yet ready for prime time HONG KONG: Unpopular Tung Chee-hwa might just stick around INDONESIA: Inside Abdurrahman Wahid's sinking presidency • Enlightenment: What Wahid as kyai says about the president • Focus: It's the economy, stupid • Separatism: Independence fever has cooled for the moment Viewpoint: Reform the IMF to avoid a new Asian Crisis ARTS & SCIENCES Bookworms: Bringing high quality reading to schools all across the Philippines Genome: What the draft map of our chromosomes heralds Chromosome 21: Japanese-led mappers recall their long haul Newsmakers: Bhichit Rattakul, the Thai up-and-comer NEWSMAP This week's news round-up by country STATISTICS The Bottom Line: Asiaweek's ranking of world economies, now online TECHNOLOGY Update: The moment of truth for Pacific Century CyberWorks Cutting Edge: Home movies have come a long way BUSINESS China's IPOs: This year, the number: of new initial public offerings in China is likely to exceed all other previous listings combined. Chalk it up to the WTO Cash-poor: Asking investors to do what the government won't Video Play: Sega struggles to score in online games • Sony: The unbeatable PlayStation 2 proves its market worth Investing: In Korea, technology stocks still have admirers Business Buzz: Joyce Ma finally finds a suitable suitor EDITORIALS Shield: The U.S. missile defense system could endanger peace Universities: Asia's varsities should get on the Net -- carefully LETTERS What's next for the Koreas? TO OUR READERS Asiaweek's very moving experience Write to Asiaweek at mail@web.asiaweek.com Asiaweek.com home  Search AsiaNow TIME Only Asiaweek Only CNN.com CNNSI.com CNNfn.com The Web

ASIAWEEK'S LATEST Web-only Exclusives November 30, 2000 From Our Correspondent: Hirohito and the War A conversation with biographer Herbert Bix From Our Correspondent: A Rough Road Ahead Bad news for the Philippines - and some others From Our Correspondent: Making Enemies Indonesia needs friends. So why is it picking fights?

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