COVER

Chinese Junk

Drugs were the scourge of pre-Communist China. Today the country is using again— and producing too

ASIA

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Wasting Away (BOOKS)

Must consumer societies produce so much junk?

SOCIETY

BRIEFING

TRAVEL

Short Cuts

Le Meridien Baan Boran hotel in northern Thailand

Detour

The freshly hatched Emerald Triangle in Thailand