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City on a Hill These divisions, and the government's push to reduce them, are evident in the southwestern megalopolis of Chongqing. Built on the hilly banks of the Yangtze River, this ancient trading center was the effective capital of China during World War II and today is one of the world's largest municipalities, with a population of 31 million. The brightly lit buildings along the Chongqing riverfront display a cosmopolitan sophistication. But that impression quickly fades as you leave the city for the corrugated hills outside. "In Chongqing, the transportation system and so on are quite developed," says...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: China's New Deal: Modernizing the Middle Kingdom | 6/1/2009 | See Source »

...remember when some Republicans were statesmen who cared about our country, its people and its future. They disappeared in 1980. I want to see them back again. Donald A. Williams, CHAPEL HILL...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inbox | 6/1/2009 | See Source »

While I empathize with Edwards, she does not appear to hold her cheating husband too accountable. Affairs take two people, and she seems to place 99% of the blame on the other woman involved. Rose Richard, SIGNAL HILL, CALIF...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inbox | 6/1/2009 | See Source »

Katrina McCoy, a nurse in Cherry Hill, N.J., who is in the process of having a butterfly tattoo with her name above it removed from her arm, says she has even opted out of getting anesthesia during the painful laser sessions, because, "I feel like it is a punishment for doing something retarded." If Infinitink works as advertised, such prolonged penance may no longer be the price for a simple change of heart...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hate That Tattoo? Making Them Easier to Remove | 6/1/2009 | See Source »

...none of those reasons seemed to matter on Jan. 7, when the Crimson bested then-No. 17 Boston College in Chestnut Hill...

Author: By Emmett Kistler, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: UPSET GAME OF THE YEAR: Crimson Topples ACC Titan | 5/30/2009 | See Source »

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