ASIA NOW   east asia   southeast asia   south asia   central asia   australasia  TIME ASIA  ASIAWEEK   current issue   intelligence   daily briefing   magazine archive   newsmap   technology    internet index   web features   customer service   subscribe  BIZ ASIA  SPORTS ASIA  SHOWBIZ ASIA  ASIA WEATHER  TRAVEL WATCH Photo montage by Adam Connors		"The person who contributed most to the betterment of Asia in the past 100 years" Introduction From among the five who topped their respective categories, we picked the one we considered the most outstanding - the Asian of the Century. And the winners are ... Mohandas Gandhi -- Asian of the Century photo: Asiaweek Pictures Politics and Government Deng Xiaoping (China) Business and Economics Morita Akio (Japan) Arts, Literature and Culture Kurosawa Akira (Japan) Science and Technology Charles K. Kao (China/U.S.) Moral and Spiritual Leadership Mohandas K. Gandhi (India) Contenders As they say in film production, many great scenes from our history were left on the cutting room floor 20 Icons of the Century Here are 20 concepts that defined the region over the past 100 years Poll Have your say on who you think is the Asian of the Century

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