Whether it's a story about how rubber plantations are taking root at the China-Laos border, how Thai is having an impact on the Lao language, or the use of harmful fishing methods in Cambodia and Vietnam, all the features and photo essays in 'Changing Borders: Reportage from Our Mekong; follow the changes that have been taking place as countries in the Mekong Region deepen their cross-border links with one another.
Borders in the Mekong Region evoke journeys, which is what this book invites us to explore. 'Crossing Borders: Reportage from Our Mekong' brings readers to the countries where China's aid and investment programmes are going, to places like Luang Prabang, Hoi Ann and Xishuangbanna where culture collides with tourism, to societies where monks are going beyond the temples to take up social causes, and to border areas where the smuggling of goods and the sex trade meet.
'Opening Borders: Reportage from Our Mekong' (237 pp, 2008), the fifth book in the Imaging Our Mekong series, is now off the press.
From the craggy, grey scenery of Tibet to the warm green and brown colours of the Mekong Delta, this book gives readers snapshots of some of the key issues of a day in the Mekong Region - drugs, migration, border trade, wildlife trade, ethnic identity, infrastructure development.
"Bustling Borders: Reportage from Our Mekong" is the third compilation of in-depth articles and photos essays on transboundary issues done by journalists from the six Mekong countries - the journalists who know their region best, and have a stake in its development.
Borders in the Mekong Region evoke journeys, which is what this book invites us to explore.'Crossing Borders: Reportage from Our Mekong' brings readers to the countries where China's aid and investment programmes are going, to places like Luang Prabang, Hoi An and Xishuangbanna where culture collides with tourism, to societies where monks are going beyond the temples to take up social causes, and to border areas where the smuggling of goods and the sex trade meet.
