COVER
Vital Center: The Real Lesson of the Tucson Tragedy (United States)
On Jan. 8, a man at war with 'normal' unleashed other forces also at war with normal, people who are turning our politics into a freak show for their own cynical or sanctimonious reasons
WORLD
Fierce and Friendly: China's Two Diplomatic Faces
As its global power grows, China is displaying both a smile and a growl to the watching world
GLOBAL BUSINESS
Iceland Has the World's Cleanest Electricity (Energy)
But can renewable energy recharge the country's battered economy?
A Bordeaux Bubble in China (Wine)
China has gone crazy for claret. But will the Middle Kingdom's boom turn to bust?
BRIEFING
The Moment
Queensland's wild and deadly weather
LETTERS
Inbox
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Southeast Asian Comic Art Makes a Splash (Books)
Southeast Asian comic art gets further exposure in the second volume of Liquid City
ESSAY
The Many Chinas
The notion of a culturally homogenous, Confucian Middle Kingdom is nonsense
GLOBAL ADVISER
Five Reasons to Visit Luxembourg (TIME Traveler)
Get set for culture, castles and a whole lot of cycling
Classic Cocktails in Tokyo (Grapevine)
Fancy a proper drink? Leave it to the Japanese
Going Brazilian at Uxua Casa Hotel (Check In)
Waxing lyrical in Trancoso
Daniel Rose: An American in Paris (Amuse-Bouche)
Daniel Rose is back in business with a new and bigger restaurant around the corner from the Louvre