10 DECEMBER 1988, page 13

The Moaning Military

The Argentine army does not want to take over, despite appearances, writes Gary Mead Buenos Aires SATURDAY 10 December is a momen- tous day in Argentina's history, but now for......

The Chinese Economic Mirage

Robert Cottrell looks at the thin prospects for Western business in China 'DESPITE all kinds of political upheavals, crises, pressures, wars and dangers to her personal safety,'......

`...and Statistics'

ON the Van der Grinten [map] projec- tion . . . the Soviet Union is 223 per cent larger than in reality. . . On the Robinson version, the Soviet Union is 18 per cent larger than......