A S I A
THE KOREAS: A Gathering Storm
Despite Seoul's "sunshine policy," rising tensions are again making the peninsula the world's most dangerous place

LINE OF FIRE: Live and Learn
Sin-ming Shaw on the failures of Hong Kong's chief executive

EAST TIMOR: Home in the World
As locals prepare to vote on self-determination, Australian photographer Ross Bird captures their relationship to the land

T H E   A R T S
CINEMA: Shanghai Seduction
A Taiwan director recreates the opulence and indolence of the city's 19th century brothels

Q&A: Bai Ling
Bai Ling, who stars in the new film Wild Wild West, spoke from the set of her next project, Anna and the King, in Malaysia

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SPOTLIGHT

MILESTONES

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