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Palau (sometimes spelled Belau or Pelew), officially the Republic of Palau (Palauan: Beluu er a Belau), is an island country and a United States Associated State located in the western Pacific Ocean, south west of the Philippines. It is geographically … Continue reading →

Gabon is a wildlife Eden in West Africa, with 13 national parks covering 11 percent of its landmass, including megafauna such as gorillas, chimpanzees, forest elephants, and surfing hippos. Very little was known about Gabon’s underwater life before the October … Continue reading →

JIANGXI (pop 43 million) Jiangxi is just east of Hunan and north of Guangdong and Hong Kong. It is an interconnected web of rivers, lakes and rice paddies. At the edges are low-lying hills and more substantial mountains, shrouded in perpetual … Continue reading →

Hunan (pop. 66 million) The birthplace of Mao Zedong, Hunan is important historically. Communist Party enthusiasts can visit Shaoshan to join the masses paying homage to him. But the dramatic scenery is the real draw. An astonishing landscape of massive, … Continue reading →

Karst topography is a landscape formed from the dissolution of soluble rocks such as limestone, dolomite, and gypsum. It is characterized by underground drainage systems with sinkholes, dolines (subsurface collapse of limestone causes shakeholes or when larger are called dolines), … Continue reading →

By Ezekiel J Emanuel – He is director of the Clinical Bioethic Department at the U.S. National Institutes of Health and heads the Department of Medical Ethics & Health Policy at the University of Pennsylvania. His Brother is the Mayor … Continue reading →

Guangxi (pop. 50 million) Guangxi is in the far south of China bordering on Vietnam and the South China Sea. The star attraction here is the karst scenery in Guilin and Yangshuo in the far north-east of the province. Some … Continue reading →

It is not correction officers but prison gangs who maintain order and met out justice behind bars in America. The result is more efficient crime on the outside. Pelican Bay State Prison is home to the California prison systems most … Continue reading →

Yunnan Province (pop 46 million) Yunnan is in the far SW of China bordering on Myanmar, Thailand. Laos (at the Golden Triangle) and NW Vietnam. With the highest diversity of any province in China, both in people and landscapes, it … Continue reading →

In recent months, China has pressed its claims to the seas beside it with unusual aggression, resulting in a long series of tense maritime standoffs. It neighbors fear miscalculation and war. China’s expansion has long been expected. Is a new … Continue reading →