TIMEasia Magazine: Rebuilding China

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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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The Mall King
Jon Jerde has built some of the world's biggest retail spaces. Some major projects:

Soaring Ambitions
Inside China's aesthetic revolution

The Great Mall of China
Jon Jerde is trying to change the way China shops

		The Three Gorges: Going Under James Whitlow Delano photographs the disappearing life on the Yangtze [Aug. 27, 2003]
		Tomorrow's City Today Tycoon Minoru Mori's plan to rebuild Tokyo [Aug. 11, 2003]
		Changing Places Beijing's ancient hutongs are being torn up—and an old way of life is dying out [Nov. 11, 2002]
		Asia's Finest Architecture Asia has its share of structures that defy the conventional, and many more on the way [Feb. 7, 2000]

Breaking Out
China's New Rebels
[02/02/2004]

The New China
Inside China's next Cultural Revolution
[11/11/2002]

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FROM THE MAY 3, 2004 ISSUE OF TIME MAGAZINE; POSTED MONDAY, APRIL 26, 2004