TIMEasia Magazine: What Taiwan Wants

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The Trouble with Thailand
Bombings in Bangkok cap an unhappy year for the Land of Smiles, which has been roiled by a coup, economic-policy miscues and an ongoing Muslim insurgency

Indonesia's Perilous Skies
As rescuers continue the search for a downed Indonesian airliner, some say the country's aviation industry has grown too far, too fast

Can the Afghans Defend Themselves?
As in Iraq, an exit strategy for foreign troops depends on building up the Afghan army. But recruiting new soldiers is growing more difficult

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Who's Who
Taiwan's ethnic groups each have different attitudes toward the mainland

Cross-Strait Strains
Relations between Taiwan and China have been tense for more than half a century

Mainland Bound
Companies from Taiwan are investing in China on an ever larger scale

What Taiwan Wants
Taiwan's presidential election might prove to be a perilous watershed in its relationship with China. Can Beijing rein in the renegade?

Trade Links
China's Economic Embrace

Hong Kong: Push and Shove
It's not just Taiwan. China also has to deal with growing pressure for democracy in Hong Kong

Strait Talking: Chen Shui-bian
TIME's exclusive interview with Taiwan's president
Feb. 23, 2004

Hong Kong
Standing up to China
[07/14/2003]

Chen Shui-bian
Taiwan's man in the middle
[05/21/2001]

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FROM THE MARCH 15, 2004 ISSUE OF TIME MAGAZINE; POSTED MONDAY, MARCH 8, 2004