Nineteen-year-old Lara Prior-Palmer decided that she wanted to spend her summer break a little differently. So, she embarked on a 1,000 km horse race across Mongolia. She won.
Monday’s Geo Quiz takes us to the capital of the Russian republic of Sakha, the starting point for an expedition led by Swede Mikael Strandberg. He’s trekking across Siberia to document the traditional ways of life of the reindeer people of Siberia.
How China’s New Leadership Continues Efforts to Control the Media
China’s government is increasingly trying to control the message and it’s increasingly having difficulty doing that. The latest example happened this week in Guangdong. And people went ballistic online.
China’s economy is slowing down, and that’s having a big impact on factory towns that relied on cheap manufacturing. The World’s Mary Kay Magistad visits a hard-hit garment-making district in Guangdong province.
The Tale of the Missing Moose
The rapid decline of the moose population in the northern Midwest has biologists worried.
For today’s combo Geo Quiz/Global Hit, we’re heading for the capital of Mongolia. It’s the home of Mongolia’s growing alternative music scene. Lauren Knapp profiles the grunge band that pioneered new music after the fall of communism: Nisvanis.
