In this issue
Edition: Asia
Vol. 174, No. 10

COVER
Recession: Turning Point (Economic Crisis)
From Ireland to Singapore, TIME looks at the lessons learned a year
after Lehman Brothers’ fall ushered in a global economic crisis


ASIA
A Sea Change in Japanese Politics
By COCO MASTERS / TOKYO
In a historic election, voters reject the old guard. But fresh-faced new
leaders won’t last long if they can’t fix Japan’s bedrock

Postcard from Sittwe
By HANNAH BEECH
Two years after Burma’s Buddhist monks marched for freedom and were brutally
put down, one monastery still prays for liberation. Why the omens are not
auspicious for the junta


UNITED STATES
Why Chuck Grassley Turned on Health-Care Reform (Health Care)
By KAREN TUMULTY
Senator Charles Grassley once looked like President Obama’s best hope for
winning GOP votes for health-care reform. But that was before Grassley got
an earful in Iowa


HEALTH
A Shot at Cancer (Cancer Vaccines)
By ALICE PARK
We get vaccinated against all manner of diseases�except the one we fear most.
But that may be changing


ARTS
10 Lessons for the Summer Box Office (Movies)
By RICHARD CORLISS
Ten lessons for moviemakers from the 2009 summer box office. Hint: Forget
stars; hire Transformers!

The Yang Principle (Art)
By SHARON VERGHIS
Relations between China and Australia may be fractious, but in William Yang
pure harmony reigns


ESSAY
Getting It Strait
By ZOHER ABDOOLCARIM
Why the Dalai Lama’s visit to Taiwan is a breakthrough for both Beijing and
Taipei


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