Wong How Man, center, in 1984 with Kirghiz eagle hunters at the border between China's Xinjiang province and the former Soviet Union. A year later, he led an expedition to find the source of the Yangtze River that required him and his team to travel nine days on horseback.
A lifetime of exploration —
Wong How Man, center, in 1984 with Kirghiz eagle hunters at the border between China's Xinjiang province and the former Soviet Union. A year later, he led an expedition to find the source of the Yangtze River that required him and his team to travel nine days on horseback.
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A reindeer herder on China's northeast border with Russia. China shares land borders with 14 countries -- Mongolia, Russia, North Korea, Vietnam, Laos, Myanmar, India, Bhutan, Nepal, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan.
14 borders = 14 opportunites —
A reindeer herder on China's northeast border with Russia. China shares land borders with 14 countries -- Mongolia, Russia, North Korea, Vietnam, Laos, Myanmar, India, Bhutan, Nepal, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan.
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Wong took this shot while traveling on Central Asia's Silk Road into the Pamir Mountains near Afghanistan.
The Silk Road —
Wong took this shot while traveling on Central Asia's Silk Road into the Pamir Mountains near Afghanistan.
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"You can drive almost to the source of the Amur River, the 10th longest river in the world, and see the border troops talking to each other, people ice fishing and crossing the river even through they're not supposed to," says Wong.
The Russia-China divide —
"You can drive almost to the source of the Amur River, the 10th longest river in the world, and see the border troops talking to each other, people ice fishing and crossing the river even through they're not supposed to," says Wong.
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This winding road leads from the desert of China's far west Xinjiang province towards the Karakoram mountain range, which spans the borders between Pakistan, India and China.
Xinjiang —
This winding road leads from the desert of China's far west Xinjiang province towards the Karakoram mountain range, which spans the borders between Pakistan, India and China.
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A good explorer has to have faith in his wheels. Here, Wong's expedition team crosses a river near China's border with India in a four-wheel drive vehicle.
Offroading —
A good explorer has to have faith in his wheels. Here, Wong's expedition team crosses a river near China's border with India in a four-wheel drive vehicle.
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A Tajik nomadic yurt near the border of Afghanistan. Though long associated with Mongolia, yurts are also used by nomads in the steppes of Central Asia.
Nomadic tribes —
A Tajik nomadic yurt near the border of Afghanistan. Though long associated with Mongolia, yurts are also used by nomads in the steppes of Central Asia.
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