Grape Leap
Simon Montlake
Winemaker Changyu Pioneered draws on a storied history to plot its future.

Chairman Vu, Vietnam’s Coffee King
Scott Duke Harris
With revolutionary fervor, Dang Le Nguyen Vu puts the old bean in service of Vietnam’s capitalism.

Strata Succession
By Naazneen Karmali
First with his brother and now with his son, Raj Kumar put a non-Chinese face on the Lion City’s real estate map.

Xiaomi’s Lei Jun: China’s Answer To Steve Jobs?
Simon Montlake and Ryan Mac
Lei Jun is selling millions of groundbreaking smartphones-and attracting a cult following.

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Companies, People, Ideas

North Korea Never Ceases to Startle
Donald Kirk
The North Korean void never ceases to startle.

Obama’s Billionaires
Forbes Staff
The President has his fair share of support from the country’s richest.

In Mississippi, Toyota Tests Radical Redesign For Factories And Itself
Micheline Maynard
After a humbling fall, Japan’s automotive titan is experimenting with making its manufacturing leaner and smaller, and in the unlikeliest of places.

Inside the New Deskless Office
Frederick E. Allen
Kiss your cubicle good-bye.

World Bank Spinning Out Of Control: Corruption, Dysfunction Await New Head
Richard Behar
A decade of reform efforts have done little to fix the World Bank.

Best Under A Billion

The Winners
Forbes Staff
Our list of Asia’s 200 best companies with annual revenue under $1 billion.

Luxury Watch Maker’s New CEO Is Making Up For Lost Time
Russell Flannery
Pollyanna Chu, Sincere Watch’s third buyer in four years, sees even better times ahead.

Singapore’s 40 Richest

Educated Elite
Naazneen Karmali and Suzanne Nam
The island’s wealthy, with a net worth of $59.4 billion, support higher learning.

Satinder Garcha’s Passion For Property And Polo
Neerja Pawha Jetley
Satinder Garcha plays Singapore’s property market and polo with equal zeal.

The Next Tycoons

Anindya Bakrie Assembles a Media Powerhouse In Indonesia
Ardian Wibisono
Handed some of his Indonesian clan’s pressing problems, Anindya Bakrie assembles a media powerhouse.

Investing

No Good News For The U.S. Economy
A. Gary Shilling
If we aren’t already in a -recession, we’re getting very close.

Unearthing Mongolia’s Mineral Riches
Carl T. Delfeld
Mongolia’s treasure trove.

Heroes Of Philanthropy

Shi Wen-Long Breaks Out the Violins
Shu-Ching Jean Chen
Shi Wen-Long’s childhood obsession with the violin has created a cultural legacy for Taiwan.

Forbes Asia Life

The 10-Million-Dollar Mercedes
Hannah Elliott
The 1936 Mercedes-Benz Von Krieger 540K Special Roadster is worthy of its own biopic.