In this issue
Edition: South Pacific
Edition: South Pacific
No. 3
COVER
Vital Center: The Real Lesson of the Tucson Tragedy
(United States)
On Jan. 8, a man at war with 'normal' unleashed other forces also at war with normal, people who are turning our politics into a freak show for their own cynical or sanctimonious reasons
WORLD
China: Two faces, fierce and friendly
As its global power grows, China is displaying both a smile and a growl to the watching world
ARTS
Southeast Asian Comic Art Makes a Splash
(Books)
Southeast Asian comic art gets further exposure in the second volume of Liquid City
ESSAY
The Many Chinas
The notion of a culturally homogenous, Confucian Middle Kingdom is nonsense
LETTERS
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