TIME Forecast 2003 (Cover Story)
Prediction is a risky business, but TIME peers into the political, economic and social trends that will shape the next, scary new year


Family Feud
China's patience for North Korea's diplomatic brinkmanship has worn thin

Losing Hearts and Minds (Essay)
Terrorism is stalking Asia. So why is America's war on terror so unpopular?

Timor's Lost Boys
Years of unrest has torn a generation of kids away from their parents


Lean Machines
Time to throw out the old boob tube? Flat-screen TVs are taking off, thanks to lower prices, better quality and more choices


Dam Nation
One of Japan's massive pork-barrel building projects is finally coming down

Bangladesh Cracks Down
Dhaka faces up to accusations of harboring terrorists by locking up its critics

Fever Pitch
A traditional Chinese anti-malarial agent is the best bet yet against the tropical disease

Milestones
Pedro Almodovar and Pamela Anderson win film awards (of different kinds); plus, "Little Sweetie" gets arrested

Playing Safe
China's greatest director crafts a masterpiece. Meet the Hero maker

In the Mood for Swordplay
Zhang Yimou sounds defensive when he speaks of Hero as "a genre piece."

Not Resting on His Laureate
Gao Xingjian, China's exiled Nobel Prize-winning novelist, hits the stage with a defiantly innovative opera

Curry Without the Hurry (Food & Wine)
Forget tandoori chicken and chappatis. The new Indian restaurants in Asia are for gourmets only


The 'Old Buffalo' Charges On
Start your engines for a motorbike tour of Vietnam

Hot Spot
Half Vatican, half Disney World, the Holy See cathedral is a particularly fitting home for Caodaism

Detour
Strange Brew: Vietnam's ruou, a berry-red medicinal rice wine

Short Cut
The Minsk motorbike club of Hanoi is all about the rallies—and the cheap, Eastern-bloc bikes

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