August 2018
Beginner
272 pages
6h 28m
English
In the early autumn of 1991, Mahathir bin Mohamad, the Malaysian prime minister, was preparing to visit New York City, where he was to address the United Nations General Assembly and to meet with American business people interested in investing in Malaysia. During the three decades since its independence, Malaysia had enjoyed rapid economic growth and relative political stability. The prime minister was determined to maintain that stability, in part by realizing even more ambitious economic objectives in the future.*
Malaysia’s international reputation could be tarnished by reports that the Malaysian government was insufficiently respectful of environmental values. The Western press was especially critical of what it ...