COVER

How Apple Does It (What's Next)

Conventional wisdom says its strategy is wrong, yet it keeps turning out great products. TIME looks inside the world's most innovative company

ASIA

An Activist's Tale

In southern China, the beating of a well-known campaigner exposes trouble in the villages

Picking up the Pieces (Cover Story)

In the cold Himalayan mountains, aid workers are rushing to help the survivors of a massive earthquake. Will there be political consequences?

SOUTH PACIFIC

Trust Me, I'm Fair

Australian workers like the market going up - and a safety net on the way down