• Time Warp: Political prisoners emerge into a new world
• Interview: The President looks at his new Korea
• Helping Hand: A samaritan teaches ex-bosses how to farm

A S I A
CHINA: Sparks Fly
Madeleine Albright generates some friction in Beijing, but talks about China's bid to join the WTO may have progressed

• Rogues Gallery?: More victims of Beijing's heavy hand

LINE OF FIRE: Wrong Direction
Sin-ming Shaw sees Hong Kong heading toward the mainland

B U S I N E S S
HONG KONG: Cartoon Heroes
Can a Disney fantasyland dispel the reality of recession?

T H E   A R T S
PHOTOGRAPHY: Shuzo Ogushi's pictures freeze the dance

S C I E N C E   &
T E C H N O L O G Y
MEDICINE: Nick of Time
The Japanese are finally allowed to have organ transplants

VIDEO GAMES: Good as New
Nintendo and Sony seethe as pirate games spread on the Net

E N D   P A G E S
SPOTLIGHT

MILESTONES

ESSAY:
Why Don't Asia's Heroes Look Asian?

TRAVEL WATCH:
Goodness, Gracious, Great Wall of China