COVER
TIME Forecast 2003 (Cover Story)
Prediction is a risky business, but TIME peers into the political, economic and social trends that will shape the next, scary new year
ASIA
Family Feud
China's patience for North Korea's diplomatic brinkmanship has worn thin
Losing Hearts and Minds (Essay)
Terrorism is stalking Asia. So why is America's war on terror so unpopular?
Timor's Lost Boys
Years of unrest has torn a generation of kids away from their parents
BUSINESS
Lean Machines
Time to throw out the old boob tube? Flat-screen TVs are taking off, thanks to lower prices, better quality and more choices
BRIEFING
Dam Nation (Notebook)
One of Japan's massive pork-barrel building projects is finally coming down
Bangladesh Cracks Down (Notebook)
Dhaka faces up to accusations of harboring terrorists by locking up its critics
Fever Pitch (Notebook)
A traditional Chinese anti-malarial agent is the best bet yet against the tropical disease
Milestones (Notebook)
Pedro Almodovar and Pamela Anderson win film awards (of different kinds); plus, "Little Sweetie" gets arrested
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Playing Safe
China's greatest director crafts a masterpiece. Meet the Hero maker
In the Mood for Swordplay
Zhang Yimou sounds defensive when he speaks of Hero as "a genre piece."
Not Resting on His Laureate
Gao Xingjian, China's exiled Nobel Prize-winning novelist, hits the stage with a defiantly innovative opera
Curry Without the Hurry (Food & Wine)
Forget tandoori chicken and chappatis. The new Indian restaurants in Asia are for gourmets only
TRAVEL
The 'Old Buffalo' Charges On
Start your engines for a motorbike tour of Vietnam
Hot Spot
Half Vatican, half Disney World, the Holy See cathedral is a particularly fitting home for Caodaism
Detour
Strange Brew: Vietnam's ruou, a berry-red medicinal rice wine
Short Cut
The Minsk motorbike club of Hanoi is all about the ralliesand the cheap, Eastern-bloc bikes
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