COVER

Tabloid Bites Man

Rupert Murdoch sacrificed the U.K.'s biggest Sunday paper to protect something more precious — his influence

RELIGION

WORLD

Red State

Why China is invoking the life and times of Chairman Mao

BUSINESS

A Future of Price Spikes (Megatrends / Food)

Population growth is outstripping food supplies. Unless farm productivity increases rapidly, the cost of food can only go up

SPORTS

THE CULTURE

Paris (Summer 60)

Who needs the Côte d'Azur when you've got Paris Plages?

Hong Kong (Summer 60)

Films, food and football all feature, but in summer this maritime city's favorite pastimes involve sailing, sea and sand

Bangkok (Summer 60)

Red shirts, red curries and the occasional coup d'état. That hot enough for you?

London (Summer 60)

Dance wildly in the streets, join the throng at the Proms and pass the Pimm's jug, love. It's London in the summertime

New York City (Summer 60)

Summer in Gotham is all about high culture, high society and the High Line

Tokyo (Summer 60)

Think ancient Japanese summer pursuits like, er, rock 'n' roll, baseball and beer

LETTERS