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Part 3: A Flood as High as Man

With an eco-system transformed by uncontrolled mining, locals are first to pay the price of China's race to export rare earth metals.(2011-07-27)

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Cambodia


Cambodia Opposition Shrivels as Hun Sen’s Network Branches Out

Chinese Investment in Cambodia Raising Tourism

Cambodian Vlogger Tackles Taboos

Commemoration in Cambodia for Khmer Rouge Victims

China


Beijing Shoemaker Crafts Modern Shoes With a History

China’s Christians Face ‘Massive Wave of Persecution’

Chinese Authorities Demolish Dissident Artist’s Beijing Studio

Thousands of Liaoning Residents Protest Aluminum Oxide Factory

Laos


Lao Flood Victims Seek Shelter as Death Toll Rises

Dam Collapse Brings Deadly Flooding in Laos

Fish Stocks Decline Downstream of Lao Dam

Vientiane Residents Complain of Dust from Highway Construction

Myanmar


Belongings and Belonging: What the Rohingya Brought with Them

Race to Restore Myanmar's Film Classics

Myanmar Reporters to Face Trial for 'Breaking' Secrecy Law

Chasing Dinosaurs in Myanmar’s Conflict-Ridden North

North Korea


Lessons in Loyalty at North Korea's Top School

Lessons in Loathing at North Korea's Museum to 'U.S. Atrocity'

North Korean Defectors Send Messages in Bottles

The ‘Bridge to Nowhere’ Between China and North Korea

Tibet


Heavy Police Presence at Tibet Water Diversion Site

Fire Breaks Out in Remote Tibetan Village

Large Fire at Sacred Tibetan Monastery

Tibetan Tradition Fading Away

Uyghur


China’s Harsh Policies Toward Uyghurs

Oppressed in Their Own Homeland

Angry Three-year-old Defends Family Against Local Officials

Boy’s Death Highlights Plight of Uyghur Detainees in Thailand

Vietnam


Man Self-Immolates in Hanoi

Vietnam’s Ocean Tides Awash with Plastic Trash

Authorities Detain Dozens During Rare Protests in Vietnam

Hanoi Residents Protest Evictions for New Parking Lot

The Water Project


20 Million Taps

Building Latrines for Better Health

The Short Straw

Dirty Water

Poisoned at the Source


Soured on Soy Milk

‘Toxic Soil

The Making Of ‘Gutter Oil’

Inside An Illegal Slaughterhouse

China’s Petitioners


China’s Petitioners: A Struggle for Justice, Part 1

China’s Petitioners: A Struggle for Justice, Part 4

China’s Petitioners: A Struggle for Justice, Part 3

China’s Petitioners: A Struggle for Justice, Part 2

Human Trafficking


The End of the Line

Vietnam: Cost of Living

Child Labor: Thai Housekeeper

Benjina, Island of Lost Fisherman

Disappearing River


Part 5:How Black is the Dragon?

Part 4: A Stream Becomes a Sewer

Part 3: A Flood as High as Man

Part 2: Scorched Rare Earth

The story behind the story


An American diplomat roughed up in Vietnam

Language Protests Revisited

Skyping Vietnam

Covering a Summit for Those who Couldn't Be There

The Mekong River


Rainbow Snake, Tiny Frog Among New Mekong Species

The End of the River

People of the River

Mekong Fisheries
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