COVER
The Facebook Phenomenon: Friends Without Borders (Society)
Nearly 500 million people worldwide live their lives — or versions of them — on Facebook. Is there a limit to how much we'll share? CEO Mark Zuckerberg is betting there isn't
WORLD
Class War: Assaults on China's Schoolchildren
Bloody attacks on Chinese schools provide more grim evidence of the country's social strains
ESSAY
Thailand's Growing Pains
Thailand's agony shows how weak its institutions are — and how hard it is for a young democracy to mature
BRIEFING
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GLOBAL BUSINESS
Field of Schemes? (Sports)
Lalit Modi created a hugely successful cricket league, but corruption charges may undo him
GLOBAL ADVISER
Hot Stuff: Rolling Up Your Sleeves With the Bedouin (TIME Traveler)
Hard work in the middle of a barren desert could be just what you need
India's Spice Girls: American Culinary Superstars (Amuse-Bouche)
How Indian women are making an impact on the U.S. culinary scene
Adam Nicolson: The Constant Gardener (Sense of Place)
In his new memoir, Adam Nicolson describes growing up in Sissinghurst and the "heritage horticulture with a lesbian-aristocratic gloss" of the garden estate
At the Water's Edge in Hangzhou (Check In)
Outside of Hangzhou, China, the new Banyan Tree resort seamlessly merges with the Xixi National Wetland Park