In this issue
Edition: Asia
Vol. 176, No. 20

COVER
Mr. Speaker: How John Boehner Will Rule the House (United States)
By MICHAEL GRUNWALD AND JAY NEWTON-SMALL
Yes, John Boehner plays a lot of golf. Yes, he has a deep tan. And yes, he hangs
out with corporate lobbyists. But there's more to him than that. Meet the
Washington insider who's leading the opposition

WORLD
Asia's Latest Miracle (South Korea)
By MICHAEL SCHUMAN / SEOUL
By embracing the world, South Korea is creating not just a new economy, but a
new nation

GLOBAL BUSINESS
Global Trade's New Direction (Import/Export)
By NEEL CHOWDHURY / SINGAPORE
Rapidly rising demand within Asian economies is reversing the tide in the flow
of goods

Kno Wants a Slice of Apple (Gadgets)
By ANITA HAMILTON
Chegg.com's Osman Rashid says his e-textbook tablet can take iPad to school

ARTS
Portraits of a City (Movies and Books)
By JEFFREY WASSERSTROM
Two works 窶・a film and a short-story collection 窶・remind us of Shanghai before
its latest boom

COMMENTARY
Parallel Universes
By STEPHEN MIHM AND JEFFREY WASSERSTROM
How the China of today resembles another go-getting country: 19th century America

GLOBAL ADVISER
Northern Exposure at Thailand's Aava Resort (Check In)
By RON GLUCKMAN
A Southeast Asian getaway with Finnish inspiration? But of course

Discovering South Africa's Rebel Wineland (Grapevine)
By ALEX PERRY
In Swartland, a revolution in South African wine is underway

Ho Chi Minh City's Secret Noodle Shop (Amuse-Bouche)
By GEOFFREY CAIN
Pho Binh's noodles have an undercover past

London's Sleeping-Rough Guide (Diversions)
By TINA WALSH
New tours reveal a bleak side of the U.K. capital

LETTERS
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