Asian Geographic – Special Edition 2017-2018

JEAN-FRANÇOIS LAGROT was a veterinarian before becoming a photojournalist. He has worked as a consultant on ivory trade for WWF/ ...

Text Namrata Goswami The New Space R ace Science China and India vie for supremacy in the region’s space exploration programmes ...

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China’s first cargo spacecraft, Tianzhou 1, was successfully launched in Wenchang, China, in April 2017 IMAGE © GETTY IMAGES ...

In analysing the space policies of lead Asian players like China and India, it becomes clear that both nations are increasingly ...

above left An artist’s impression of a SBSP satellite, located some 58,000 kilometres above the Earth’s surface above Chinese Pe ...

According to the China Academy of Space Technology (CAST), “power coming from outside of the Earth, such as solar power, and the ...

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Shenzhou I: China’s first unmanned spacecraft Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) first operational launch Dong Neng-3 exoatmo ...

DR NAMRATA GOSWAMI is a senior analyst specialising in international studies. She is a Minerva Grantee. All views expressed in t ...

Making Tr a c k s heritage The world’s longest railway traverses the Asian continent. In celebration of its 101 years, we explor ...

On the platform ahead of boarding the Golden Eagle Trans-Siberian Express ...

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The Orient Express has the literary cache, and India’s Palace on Wheels has the opulence, but the greatest train journey on Eart ...

The Trans-Siberian Railway Routes The Rossiya leaves Moscow every second day for its six-night, 9,259 kilometre journey to Vladi ...

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Pprovodniki (conductors) line up to welcome tourists aboard a luxury train, the Golden Eagle Trans-Siberian Express, in Vladivos ...

Before the Trans-Baikal section was completed, Lake Baikal posed a particular obstacle. In the winter, rails were laid across th ...

bottom left Most passengers bring their own food. Instant noodles and tea are widely consumed, as samovars are free and readily ...