COVER
Heroes of the Environment 2009 (Special Report)
Our annual guide to the men and women who are working to help the planet
Leaders & Visionaries
Activists
Scientists & Innovators
Moguls & Entrepreneurs
ASIA
Abhisit Vejjajiva: Man in the Middle
Just months into the job, Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva is beset by myriad challenges. Can he turn good intentions into real action?
COMMENTARY
A Rivalry's Sea Change
Why the Indian Ocean has become the new theater of tension between India and China
LETTERS
Inbox
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Prints Charming (Art)
The seductive new wave of Asian printmaking
ESSAY
The China Paradox
While the People's Republic marks its 60th anniversary with deserved fanfare, in truth the Party should be over
GLOBAL ADVISER
Reach for the Stars (Curtain Raiser)
Malawi is home to one of the festival circuit's best-kept secrets
Back to the Wall (TIME Traveler)
Germany prepares to commemorate a landmark anniversary
TV Chef On Show (Amuse-Bouche)
Though he is an Asian Food Channel fixture, San Francisco-born Bruce Lim is remarkably down-to-earth
Up to Standard (Check In)
Andre Balazs has brought his gifted brand of innkeeping to Lower Manhattan's Meatpacking District