Tag: asia

  • Tibet is Here

    Tibet is Here

    It was the sort of flight which would crash, I reasoned: a random, once-a-week route to a remote area where Tibetan independence protests often took place. An old aircraft, difficult mountains. It probably wasn’t an economic route for anyone. A crash would be a good reason to cancel it altogether.

  • Exploring Dandong: A View into North Korea

    Exploring Dandong: A View into North Korea

    I had come to Dandong in China’s northeast to see the Yalu River, the natural border separating China and North Korea, but had not reckoned on Dandong itself.