In this issue
Edition: Asia
Vol. 175, No. 26

COVER
Living in Limbo (World)
By KRISTA MAHR / TANJUNG PINANG
Confusion over who is or is not a refugee and the sheer numbers involved are
causing a breakdown in how the world copes with people fleeing their homes

ARTS
It's a Wrap (Books)
By JYOTI THOTTAM
India's versatile sari is the subject of a definitive new study

Doesn't Travel Well (Books)
By STEPHEN MCCARTY
Elsie Sze's second novel could do with less exotica

GLOBAL BUSINESS
China's New Continent (Africa)
By ALEX PERRY / KINSHASA, CAPE TOWN AND LUSAKA
Pouring investment into African nations, China finds fertile territory for its
rising influence

GLOBAL ADVISER
Marrakech Expressed (Check In)
By DAVID KAUFMAN
A multimillion-dollar renovation gives Morocco's famed La Mamounia hotel a much
needed lift

Next Time You're in ... Siem Reap
By ADAM ROSE
Unravel the mysteries of sericulture at Angkor Silk Farm

Meal Ticket to Ride (Amuse-Bouche)
By NEEL CHOWDHURY
K.F. Seetoh knows more about Singapore dining than any other man on two wheels

Best Enjoyed Young (Grapevine)
By JEFFREY T. IVERSON
Younger European oenophiles are reversing the market perception of wine as an
older person's drink

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