COVER

In Search of Sublime (Asian Journey)

From a remote Himalayan village to the salacious charms of a bygone Shanghai, TIME Asia explores the many manifestations of paradise and the ways in which it can be lost and found, ruined and regained

Field of Dreams (Asian Journey | Nepal)

Remembering a weekend of hallucinatory delight in a distant mountain village

The Real Islam (Asian Journey | India)

The Sufis seek paradise in the most elusive of places: the human heart

Retreat To the Past (Asian Journey | Japan)

Discovering the ancient joy of a mountain refuge with no furniture

Good Taste (Asian Journey | Food)

Thai cuisine is paradise on a plate

Night School (Asian Journey | Hong Kong)

We were young once—and the girls were topless

Hitting the Beach (Asian Journey | Thailand)

Our planet was never meant to stay lonely

All Is Not Lost (Asian Journey | China)

A scholar recreates a past destroyed by war

Blue-Collar Blues (Asian Journey | China)

Thanks to capitalism, Daqing isn't the worker's utopia it once was

ASIA

Vietnam's Tribal Injustice

A persecuted minority group is torn between the injustice of life at home and the perils of fleeing to the jungles of Cambodia

The Diet's Rising Son

After unexpected electoral success, Katsuya Okada, head of Japan's opposition party, is the man Koizumi needs to watch

GLOBAL ADVISER

Diversions (TIME Global Adviser)

See You in Court

Country-Club Chic (TIME Global Adviser)

Designers are putting preppy pink and green back on the style map

Garden Party (TIME Global Adviser)

Summertime and the living is easy—especially in the world's top gardens

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

BRIEFING

Giving In (Notebook)

President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo chose a different route

Japan's Sumo Bank (Notebook)

Bad debts might drive UFJ to merge with a stronger partner

Pardon Me (Notebook)

Charles Jenkins might be safe after all

Life Without Martha (Notebook)

How does the business move forward with the company's iconic founder possibly heading behind bars?

Verbatim (Notebook)

Quotes of the Week

Letters (Notebook)

Bill Clinton Explains Himself