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...certainly change. In the past six months, a series of rows with Japan have reminded Asians that the two giants, with a bitter shared history, have never been at ease with each other. Even more potentially worrisome is China's determination to bring Taiwan back into the fold. The island to which defeated Nationalist forces retreated at the end of the civil war in 1949 is now a thriving, culturally rich democracy--the freest society that Chinese people have known in their long history. But to Beijing, Taiwan's status is a constant memory of the years of foreign humiliation...
...also have one of the world's greatest concentrations of shipwrecks per square mile. Noteworthy wrecks include The Eagle, which went down just west of St. Agnes in 1707, and the anemone-covered King Cadwallen, which sank in 1906. Good underwater visibility ensures excellent scuba diving (www.scillydiving.com). For an island history lesson, try the Star Castle Hotel on St Mary's, tel: (44-1720) 422317; www.star-castle.co.uk. Dating from 1593 and shaped like an eight-pointed star, it has a dry moat, ramparts and a bar that was once a prison. Like the Star Castle, the Scillys themselves offer a delightful...
...that he was building a ski resort on the Strip. But Wynn Las Vegas, which opened in April, exudes an anti-Vegas, almost Buddhist quietude. There's no theme, no showstopper like the volcano he built outside the Mirage in 1989, the pirate ships he put outside Treasure Island in 1993 or the giant pond he created with fountains choreographed to songs for the front of the Bellagio in 1998. "Theme parks are a collection of wows," says the man who not so long ago turned Vegas into a theme park. "Hotels are places that have a range of emotions...
More than a quarter-century after the Three Mile Island accident seemed to have sealed its fate, nuclear power has "a head of steam now that it hasn't had before," says Andrew White, head of General Electric's nuclear-energy business. Concerns about global warming and demand for electricity are growing, and prices for fossil fuels like natural gas are steadily rising. Even environmentalists like Whole Earth Catalog founder Stewart Brand, Greenpeace co-founder Patrick Moore and scientist James Lovelock have endorsed the once taboo energy source as a credible, clean alternative to coal- and natural-gas-powered plants...
...Grand Slam event since Pete Sampras took the U.S. Open in 1990, stays low-key when not crushing a ball. "A dream came true for me in Paris, but I will remain the same person," Nadal tells TIME. "It would be stupid to change." Raised on the island of Majorca, Nadal has athleticism in his blood. His uncle Miguel Angel, dubbed el Carnicero (the Butcher), was a bruising defender on Spain's national soccer team. Another uncle, Toni, taught natural righty Nadal to play tennis left-handed, a serving advantage, but his serve still needs work. "Rafa" has Toni...