TIMEasia Magazine: Decline and Fall

MASSIMO SIRAGUSA / CONTRASTO FOR TIME

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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Twilight in Italy
Italy's chair-production capital is battered by cheaper Chinese rivals as old-world craftsmanship collides with commercial realities

Sitting Pretty
One town's rise from backwater to manufacturing power shows why China is so formidable

Veni, Vidi, Gucci
In Italy, China goes shopping

Pigs and Puccini
Finding a common ground

"Europe Found Itself Unprepared"
TIME talks to Italian Finance Minister Giulio Tremonti

The Dragon Wakes
China's New Revolution
[06/27/2005]

Common Ground
How Europe fell in love with China
[10/18/2004]

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FROM THE DECEMBER 5, 2005 ISSUE OF TIME MAGAZINE; POSTED MONDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 2005