In this issue
Edition: South Pacific
Edition: South Pacific
November 16, 2009 No. 19
COVER
Hillary's Moment: Clinton Faces the World
(United States)
She is the star of the Obama Cabinet and an international celebrity and after nine months of staying out of the limelight, Hillary Clinton has arrived on the global stage. An intimate portrait of the diplomat and her world
ASIA
Q&A: 'We Want to Harness the Forces of Moderation.'
The dress code was local batik when Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono talked with TIME's Hannah Beech and Jason Tedjasukmana
Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono: Act Two for Indonesia's President
In July, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono won re-election as Indonesia's President in a landslide. What will he do with his big new mandate?
ESSAY
China's Africa Gambit
Beijing is looking beyond the continent's natural resources to reaching its potential consumers
GLOBAL BUSINESS
Bonding Experience
The recession is rekindling Asian dreams of an E.U.-style trade bloc. Will the U.S. join?
Run for the Border (Restaurants)
As U.S. consumers cut back, casual-dining chain P.F. Chang's bets on selling "Chinese" food in Mexico
ARTS
The Drama Queen
(Books)
William Somerset Maugham's colorful but less than happy life is the subject of a new biography
Moving Pictures (Photography)
Photographer Andreas Seibert captures the human sacrifices behind China's economic boom
LETTERS
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