In this issue
Edition: Asia
Vol. 177, No. 7

COVER
2045: The Year Man Becomes Immortal (Technology)
By LEV GROSSMAN
We're fast approaching the moment when humans and machines merge. Welcome to the
Singularity movement

WORLD
How Social Media Changed China's Internet Equation
By AUSTIN RAMZY / BEIJING
The rapid rise of social media and microblogs has changed the Internet equation
between the Chinese state and the people

Revolution, Delayed
By BOBBY GHOSH
After the high drama of the first wave of antigovernment protests, many Egyptians
are beginning to grow anxious about what the uprising has wrought

ARTS
Great Performances
By RICHARD CORLISS AND MARY POLS
A king and a terrorist. A tattooed hacker and a crazy mama. They may lose an arm
or a spouse, become a billionaire or a vigilante, but the actors we celebrate
here are sorcerers who, by pouring self into story, created indelible characters
worth admiring or reviling 窶・and always worth treasuring

ESSAY
The Arab World's Lessons About Democracy Through Revolution
By HANNAH BEECH
What the region can 窶・and cannot 窶・teach the Arab world about democracy through
revolution

LETTERS
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