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2 0 U N D E R 40
• Introduction
A new generation is taking stage
• Essay
Corazon Aquino on the power of the people
I C O N O C L A S T S
• Pham Thi Hue
Vietnam's HIV-positive activist
• Mukhtar Mai
A Pakistani woman defies tribal law
• Royston Tan
Challenging the Establishment in Singapore
R O L E M O D E L S
• Nigo
A Bathing Ape founder is Japan's model of cool
• Hong Suk Chun
Not afraid to be gay in South Korea
E D U C A T O R S
• John Wood
A former executive makes literacy his life
• Sabriye Tenberken
She brings light to the blind in Tibet
A C T I V I S T S
• Jackie Hung
A Hong Kong woman battles for democracy
• Ahmad Nader Nadery
The man Afghan warlords fear
• Gautam Goswami
A bureaucrat saves India's flood victims
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C O N S E R V A T I O N I S T S
• Houch Houan
Cambodia's ranger protects a national park
• Butet Manurung
Teaching the people of the forest
E N T E R T A I N E R S
• Shah Rukh Khan
India's hottest idol is an everyday guy
• Yuan Yuan Tan
From China to San Francisco, a ballet star
• Anoushka Shankar
Keeping Indian music classic
• Yuuya Yagira
A teen lights up the screen
A T H L E T E S
• Liu Xiang
A hurdler runs for his people—and wins—at Athens
• Song Aree
Korean women are sweeping golf's prizes
• Muttiah Muralitharan
A cricketer spins into controversy
• Ichiro Suzuki
America's new hit king is 100% Japanese
A S I A ' S O N L I N E H E R O
• Poll Results
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