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ILLUSTRATION FOR TIME BY MICHELLE CHANG 
CELEBRATION: Clockwise from top left, Freddie Mercury, Deng Xiaoping, Mahatma Gandhi, Bruce Lee, Aung San Suu Kyi, Lakshmi Mittal, Gong Li, the Dalai Lama, Salman Rushdie, Li Ka-shing and Mother Teresa

60 Years of Asian Heroes

print article Subscribe email TIMEasia For six decades, TIME has chronicled the triumphs and travails of Asia. In this special anniversary issue, we pay tribute to the remarkable men and women who have shaped these times The most tumultuous decades of the most populous continent on earth have produced an astonishing array of heroes. During the 60 years since TIME began publishing an Asian edition, it has been our privilege to encounter the most exceptional of them—on the campaign trail and the battlefield, in the boardroom and the research lab, on the factory floor and the film set. In following these remarkable individuals, we have told the story of Asia's transformation from poverty to powerhouse, from imitator to imitated, from being colonized to leading the global economy into a new era. From Gandhi to Rushdie, Bruce Lee to Li Ka-shing, this special anniversary issue pays homage to the men and women who have shaped our destiny and our times.

 



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