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
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