PERSON OF THE YEAR
Person of the Year
For sharpening the debate until the choices bled, for reframing reality to match his design, for gambling his fortunes—and ours—on his faith in the power of leadership, George W. Bush is TIME's 2004 Person of the Year
Making Their Mark
From the newly enfranchised women of Afghanistan to the ordinary people of Hong Kong, 2004 was the year Asians made their votes count
People Who Mattered: Dr. Hwang Woo Suk
The most important people of 2004
People Who Mattered: Chen Shui-Bian
The most important people of 2004
People Who Mattered: Silent Witness
The most important people of 2004
In Memoriam
From Ronald Reagan to Ray Charles, a roll call of those we lost in 2004
BRIEFING
Santa's New Elves (Notebook)
For one Chinese city, business is beginning to look a lot like Christmas
Paying For It (Notebook)
Doing business with regimes may cost American companies cash as well as goodwill
Three Steps Back (Notebook)
There have been signs of crackdown on freedom of expression Since President Hu Jintao assumed full control
Milestones (Notebook)
Events of the Week
Verbatim 2004 (Notebook)
Quotes of the Week
Letters (Notebook)
Asia's Odd Couple
GLOBAL ADVISER
Logging Off (TIME Global Adviser)
Can ecotourism save Australia's Tarkine forest from destruction?
Street Fare (TIME Global Adviser)
An all-night seafood binge in Seoul
Amuse Bouche (TIME Global Adviser)
Recipes for Making Trouble
Diversions (TIME Global Adviser)
For outdoors fun, head for the hills of Yangshuo, China
Style Watch (TIME Global Adviser)
Keeping Up With Kids
Curtain Raiser (TIME Global Adviser)
Los Angeles gets ready for Martin Luther King Day