A S I A
INDONESIA: Cloudy Forecast
A bout of hard-nosed politicking has thrown open the race for president to a wide spectrum of possibilities
• Interview: Amien Rais analyzes the free-for-all

CHINA: The Next Generation
The men who will lead the country in the 21st century are technocrats, not revolutionaries like Mao and Deng
• Crash and Burn: Many have stumbled on the way up

INDIA: Who Needs Stability?
An era of coalition politics could be good for the nation

T H E   A R T S
CINEMA: Sin and Skin
Two South Korean films talk sex intelligently

BOOKS: Pastor of the Revolution
A biography of Bishop Belo depicts a reluctant East Timorese hero

E N D   P A G E S
SPOTLIGHT

MILESTONES

LETTER FROM THE EDITOR

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