In this issue
Edition: Asia
Vol. 175, No. 15

COVER

How to Think About China (U.S. - China)
By JOSHUA COOPER RAMO
As Barack Obama prepares to meet China's leader, Hu Jintao, the U.S. needs to find a fresh way of dealing with the new superpower. Here's how to do it

ASIA

Change in Tokyo: Hatoyama's Bid for Respect (Japan)
By MICHAEL SCHUMAN / TOKYO
Yukio Hatoyama aims to shake up a fading Japan, but he's causing more confusion than reform

NOTEBOOK

The Moment (Briefing)
By ISHAAN THAROOR
4|1|10: New Delhi

WORLD

Bomb Chasers: How a Potential Nuke Was Rescued from the Chile Quake (Loose Nukes)
By EBEN HARRELL / SANTIAGO
Inside a top-secret program to keep nuclear material from getting into the hands of terrorists

Can This Be the World's Newest Nation? (Sudan)
By ALEX PERRY
As a referendum on independence approaches, southern Sudan prepares for secession. Why aid workers and experts worry it won't be ready

GLOBAL BUSINESS

Russia Plans a Silicon Valley (Start-ups)
By SIMON SHUSTER / MOSCOW
The Russian government wants to copy California's creative, freewheeling business culture 窶・except for the creative and freewheeling parts