Asian_Geographic_Issue_4_2017

ZIGOR ALDAMA is the Far East Asia correspondent for Vocento, Spain’s largest media group. His work often revolves around social ...

Seeing Red MAPPING COMMUNISM IN ASIA With the end of the Cold War in 1989 – signified by the destruction of the Berlin Wall – th ...

2001 China joins the World Trade Organization 2003 North Korea withdraws from the Nuclear Non- Proliferation Treaty. Nepalese Ma ...

culture Text and Photos Zigor Aldama The Hammer, Sickle, and a Love for Money ...

A Shen Jindong oil painting at the Beijing Art Gallery shows an infantilised vision of the Chinese military, portraying China’s ...

above The price of real estate has become one of the main concerns for families in China. Prices soar and people don’t have acce ...

below A Mao impersonator in front of an international fashion brand’s shop in Taiyuan above A woman rides past hundreds of “shar ...

right An employee supervises production at a chip factory in Dongguan, indicative of the leap forward in innovation and technolo ...

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bottom right A Mao statue behind a special forces truck in Chengdu right People in Hong Kong at a vigil in remembrance of those ...

“They teach us a theory that has nothing to do with reality. The Mao we love the most is the one printed on 100 yuan bills” Chen ...

right above Soldiers guard the China Pavillion before the opening of the Shanghai 2010 World Expo, an event that showcased the c ...

above A Muslim family outside the tomb of Kusam ibn Abbas, a cousin of the Prophet Muhammad top A Muslim family outside the tomb ...

KUWAIT SAUDI ARABIA OMAN BAHRAIN QATAR UAE JORDAN Blue Bloodlines MAPPING MONARCHIES IN ASIA Many royal families today operate a ...

BHUTAN THAILAND BRUNEI MALAYSIA 1980 Birth of King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck of Bhutan, Asia’s youngest reigning monarch 20 ...

heritage A Right to Rule Te x t Sophie Ibbotson IMAGE © GETTY IMAGES ...

A mural from Trongsa Dzong depicts Bhutan’s second king ...

Monarchies have been associated with majesty, mercilessness, and even madness. Few absolute monarchies remain – but in some stat ...

right A statue of Hanuman at Sri Ranganathaswamy Temple in Tamil Nadu, India. Hanuman is believed to protect against rakshahas ( ...

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