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PHNOM PENH’S MAGICAL HISTORY TOUR
/ By Jerry Redfern. For decades, Cambodian law decreed that no building could be taller than the spires of the Royal Palace or the nearby Ounalom temple. Today construction cranes and high rise buildings tower above Phnom Penh’s narrow streets and alleys that are still speckled with colonial era buildings. But an economy boom and...
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CHINA'S REAL ESTATE - BOOM OR BUBBLE?
By Susetta Bozzi. Is it a boom or a bubble? As real estate analysts watch property developments mushroom across China, they are beginning to wonder if the real estate sector might be a house of cards. As an ever growing number of office towers and condominiums climb skywards China’s property prices continue to defy gravity…and the...
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AMERICA HEADS HOME
/ By Graham Crouch. US troops have begun a withdrawal process that signals the beginning of the end of America’s controversial war in Iraq. President Obama announced that combat operations will cease by August 31st, although some 50,000 troops are set to remain until the end of 2011 to train local forces and protect US interests....
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JANE BIRKIN'S PRO BURMA DEMOCRACY TOUR
/ By Thierry Falise. Although she’s probably best known for her recording of the controversial pop song Je t'aime moi non plus, Jane Birkin is also a high profile political activist. She has taken a particularly vociferous stand against the military regime in Burma. In her push to support pro Burma democracy groups demanding the...
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LIVING IN A WAR ZONE
/ By Jonas Gratzer. Karin Bhat is no ordinary Swede. She has chosen to defy stereotypes and abandon the tranquility of her homeland. She did so out of love. When Karin, 35, met Manzoor her life changed course; she moved to the northern Indian city of Srinigar to marry him. The transformation was total. Karin, who is blond and blue...
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SEEING IS BELIEVING IN PAPUA
/ By Eka Nickmatulhuda. Indonesia’s government pledges universal healthcare but for many in this vast nation, spread across thousands of islands, gaining access to care can be a serious challenge. In Papua, famous for its thick jungles and rugged mountainous terrain, patients must sometimes walk for hours, even days, to reach a...
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A DAY AT THE RACES - MONGOLIAN STYLE
/ Mongolia's small but tremendously tough horses allowed the legions of Genghis Khan to sweep out of the east and across the known world 800 years ago. For centuries horses represented the main form of wealth for Mongolians. Today the horse is celebrated at the summer Naadam festival which features races as well as traditional...
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RHINO WAR ESCALATES
/ By Jonas Gratzer. Kaziranga National Park is one of the last refuges for the single horned rhinoceros. Almost extinct in the early 1900s, protection of the species and repopulation has increased their numbers to 2,500 with most living in this Indian nature reserve. However there is a war going on between poachers (who kill the...
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CHINA'S GHOST TOWN FOR A MILLION
/ By Susetta Bozzi. Kangbashi is a huge town in Inner Mongolia that looks more like a model you would find as a centre-piece in a property developer’s office. Perfect villas look like cardboard cut-outs; the odd person, frozen in mid-stride like a plastic model stuck to a strip of plastic sidewalk. But Kangbashi is real. A...
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