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The Mekong River is the longest river in Southeast Asia and supports the lives of 70 million people from Tibet to Vietnam. Our reporters undertook the journey to tell their stories. From these conversations, the team produced the "Mekong diaries," a series of videos on display on www.rfa.org.

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Yangzi River: The Three Gorges January 5, 2009
A 3-day journey along the Yangzi River (Chang Jiang) through the Three Gorges, the Minor Three Gorges, and the Mini Three Gorges. Also passed through the Three Gorges Dam. January 2006. […]
Lhasa & Environs January 5, 2009
Lhasa is the capital of Tibet. What else can I say? […]
The Fodor's Gig: Xi'an to Kashgar January 5, 2009
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Bao Tong: Guizhou and the grandfather ghosts

By Luisetta Mudie - Last updated: Tuesday, July 8, 2008

So who has the power to “deploy police force” whenever they want to? It certainly isn’t ordinary Chinese people, nor is it a democratically elected government. It is a pack of bureaucrats nominated by the Communist Party, whose names have been picked out of a mechanical “election” process, who have been given a franchise on [...]

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