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Edition: Asia
Edition: Asia
Vol. 168, No. 14
COVER
What Would War Look Like?
(Cover Story)
A conflict is no longer quite so unthinkable. Here’s how the U.S. would fight such a war—and the huge price it would have to pay to win it
"We Do Not Need Attacks" (Cover Story)
Exclusive: On the eve of a visit to the U.S., Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad speaks to TIME's Scott MacLeod about debating President Bush, pursuing nuclear energy and denying the Holocaust
ASIA
China's Unwelcome Mat
Foreign firms are lining up to invest in China. But Beijing seems increasingly loath to let them in
SOCIETY
Voices of Dissent
Vietnam's dissidents are using Internet telephony to push their cause, but the police are listening
NOTEBOOK
Justice Long Delayed
Thirteen years later, verdicts are coming in for the alleged plotters of India's worst terror attack. Is it too late to make a difference?
Milestones
Letters
The Daily Hell That Is Baghdad
GLOBAL BUSINESS
Balancing Act
Asia's dynamism has reshaped the global economic landscape, and the IMF is trying to adapt
GLOBAL ADVISER
Drive Time
(The Great Outdoors)
An old-fashioned, modern-day cattle drive
Paradiso Found (Next Time You're In... Indonesia)
Indonesian isolation, Italian style
Search Parties (Amuse Bouche)
Discovering the remotest outpost of Hong Kong's high life at Restaurant 131
Arts and Minds (Diversions)
International art with local flair at Asia's Biennales

TIME.com's Holiday Gift Guide 2009
Norman Rockwell: The Photographs Behind the Art
Ask Your Questions: Garrison Keillor
Weekly Acoustic News: Thanksgiving Edition
The Gospel of Glee: Is It Anti-Christian?
Can a Good Guy Fix College Football's Worst Thing?
The Road on Film: Beautiful, Bleak
Obama's First State Dinner
The Princess and the Frog: Big Fun on the Bayou
Me and Orson Welles: Zac Efron Takes the Stage