In this issue
Edition: Asia
Vol. 177, No. 3

COVER
Vital Center: The Real Lesson of the Tucson Tragedy (United States)
By DAVID VON DREHLE
On Jan. 8, a man at war with 'normal' unleashed other forces also at war with
normal, people who are turning our politics into a freak show for their own cynical
or sanctimonious reasons

WORLD
China: Two faces, fierce and friendly
By HANNAH BEECH / BEIJING
As its global power grows, China is displaying both a smile and a growl to the
watching world

GLOBAL BUSINESS
Iceland Has the World's Cleanest Electricity (Energy)
By MARK HALPER/ REYKJAVIK
But can renewable energy recharge the country's battered economy?

A Bordeaux Bubble in China (Wine)
By CHRIS REDMAN
China has gone crazy for claret. But will the Middle Kingdom's boom turn to bust?

BRIEFING
The Moment
By MARINA KAMENEV AND KRISTA MAHR
Queensland's wild and deadly weather

ARTS
Southeast Asian Comic Art Makes a Splash (Books)
By HANS VILLARICA
Southeast Asian comic art gets further exposure in the second volume of Liquid
City

ESSAY
The Many Chinas
By KATE MERKEL-HESS AND JEFFREY WASSERSTROM
The notion of a culturally homogenous, Confucian Middle Kingdom is nonsense

GLOBAL ADVISER
Five Reasons to Visit Luxembourg (TIME Traveler)
By LEO CENDROWICZ
Get set for culture, castles and a whole lot of cycling

Classic Cocktails in Tokyo (Grapevine)
By C. JAMES DALE
Fancy a proper drink? Leave it to the Japanese

Going Brazilian at Uxua Casa Hotel (Check In)
By ERIK TORKELLS
Waxing lyrical in Trancoso

Daniel Rose: An American in Paris (Amuse-Bouche)
By DANIEL ROSE: AN AMERICAN IN PARIS
Daniel Rose is back in business with a new and bigger restaurant around the corner
from the Louvre

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