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The article focuses on "Time's" tour in Asia. It states that the tour includes 28 U.S. businessmen and professional leaders to give them the best possible journalistic view of theaters, and to seek information for themselves on the best facilities and sources that are available to the journal. The tour was attended by William R. Adams, president of Saint Regis Paper Co.; Donald C. Burnham, president of Westinghouse Electric Corp.; and George Harrar, president of Rockefeller Foundation.

The article focuses on the different impacts of the global inflation. It notes that rising prices and low wages and profits have greatly affected Americans and have reduced the living standards in the country, and argues that such inflation would result to the weakening confidence in the democratic governments around the world. In addition, it notes that European countries, the U.S. and Asian nations have attempted to address the worldwide inflation by implementing wage-price controls and other tax and monetary tinkering, however, these efforts have been proven to be unsuccessful.

The article focuses on the tour of U.S. Vice President Spiro Agnew to Pacific and Asian countries. It informs that Agnew is accompanied by his wife Judy Agnew, astronaut Eugene Cernan and ten newsmen on the tour. The tour includes visiting Manila for the inauguration of Philippine president Ferdinand Marcos, discussion on the future of Thai troops in Vietnam with King Bhumibol , and other halts at Malaysia, Australia, and Singapore.

The article chronicles the world tour of Canadian Prime Minister Louis Saint Laurent and presents a profile on "Time" magazine Associate Editor Edwin Copps. In covering Prime Minister's first trip to Asia, Copps describes the 72-year-old Prime Minister as an energetic traveller. The prime Minister was impressed by the antiquities of countries like Colombo and India, where he spent more than five hours at the Taj Mahal. Copps was born in Ontario, and previously wrote the cover story on the prime minister in the September 12, 1949 issue.

The article reports on the failure of U.S. General Douglas MacArthur's speech before Congress on winning the Korean war to win support from abroad. Russia's "Literary Gazette" and Great Britain's "Daily Mirror" criticized MacArthur's recommendations. France's "Le Monde" accused MacArthur as more attached to Asia than his own country. The only supporters of the general's recommendations were Filipinos, Japanese and the Chinese on Formosa.

The article focuses on the overseas trip of U.S. President Lyndon Johnson in Asian countries. According to President Johnson, the trip was undertaken with aims on redefining the role of the U.S. in the Pacific areas and encouraging the emerging nations in Asia to regional unity and cooperation. It adds that President Johnson has taken every opportunity to talk to his audiences abroad as well as in the U.S. in his 17-day journey through Asia.

The article presents various views on the culture in Asia. It cites the book "The Meeting of East and West," by F. S. C. Northrop who describes the East-West meeting as the major event of their time. It notes that what Asians have in common is the desire to see their civilizations modernized and not westernized, though they want to get the secret of Western wealth and power without adopting Western ethics and social organization.

The article focuses on the doctrine of U.S. President Richard Nixon. The doctrine has been the subject of debate among nations, to the U.S. allies it seemed as a backing down on the agreements by the U.S. with them. Nixon doctrine promises that the U.S. will serve its allies with military support and will also act as the world's policemen. The U.S. has reduced its forces in Asia and according to Nixon's doctrine the main purpose of lowering the military from Asia is to avoid getting into another situation like Vietnam. The U.S. will also arms supplies to the Asian nations including South Korea, Thailand and Taiwan according to Nixon doctrine.

The article reports on various issues discussed by U.S. President Harry Truman in a speech he gave at the War Memorial Opera House in San Francisco, California in 1950. The President discussed the situation in the Far East with General Douglas MacArthur but gave no added outline to the administration's Asia policy. He expressed his hope for a partnership for peace with the people of Asia. Apart from proclaiming November 23, 1950 as Thanksgiving Day, he also tackled U.S. security and gave the Coast Guard the authority to search vessels.

The article focuses on the plea by Shadow Defense Minister Enoch Powell during a Conservative Party conference to reduce the British military commitments in the east of the Suez, Egypt. It says that the party's leader Ted Heath delivered a speech on meals-on-wheels and occupational pensions. Powell claims that suppression of the communism in Africa and Asia is not Great Britain's concern and that maintenance of British forces and bases from Aden to Hong Kong will drain the British resources.

The article focuses on the significant news stories covered by the periodical "Time" in January 1950. The editor of the publication has reported the decision of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) to dispatch a military mission to Formosa and President Harry Truman to order his cabinet members to produce a clear Asia policy for a meeting of the National Security Council. Another news story is the rejection of the JCS proposal for Formosa by Truman. The scoops are attributed to traditional reporting.