TIME Asia: China's Next Cultural Revolution

Let One Hundred Cultures Bloom
Nearly 30 years after the mind-numbing Cultural Revolution, China is free again to dream of what can be

The Middle Kingdom
China's growing middle class holds the key to its future

A Different Party Line
For China to survive, it must undertake the unthinkable: reform

Back-Alley Blues
The clearance of the capital's traditional hutongs is changing the way Beijingers live

The Birth of Cool
A new generation of trendsetters is laboring to turn 'Made in China' into a symbol of style

Designer Chen Yifei

Architect: Pan Shiyi

Chef: Zhang Jinjie

Calligrapher: Xu Bing

Directors: China's newest filmmakers

Artists: Here come the Big Heads

The Wasteland
Chinese culture sounds like it�s vibrant and refined. One problem: it doesn't exist

Bad Company
Chinese youths are dropping out of mainstream society

Bound for Glory
China's Woody Guthrie

New Journalism
Breaking news the official media won't touch

Mixed Messages
How to sell to 1.3 billion people

True Believers
Mainlanders are rediscovering their spirituality

Minority Report
How one minority tribe preserves its traditions by exploiting them

Changing Places
Beijing's ancient hutongs are being torn up to build new apartments and skyscrapers—and an old way of life is dying out

The Middle Class
Inside the lives of China's new professionals

COVERS GALLERY

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FROM THE NOV 11, 2002 ISSUE OF TIME MAGAZINE; POSTED MONDAY, NOV 4, 2002
PAINTING FOR TIME BY MARK HESS