Asian Geographic AG 04/2019 - 137 | Page 6
Chairman
LIM Geok Khoon
No. 137 • Issue 4/2019
CONTENTS
08 Timeline
10 Online Highlights
12 Best of Picturesque
Our Achievements Through the Years
44 Best of Culture
48 Best of Heritage
54 Best of Literature
58 Best of Language
E DI TOR I A L
Publisher/Editorial Director
John THET • [email protected]
Editor
Terence KOH • [email protected]
contributing Editor
Ian BONGSO-SELDRUP • [email protected]
DESIGN
Senior Art director
Benjamin CHEH Ming Hann • [email protected]
Web/it
Dutch CATALON • [email protected]
A DV E R T I S I NG & M A R K ET I NG
regional Business ManagerS
Elysee TAN • [email protected]
Desmond HO • [email protected]
Jasmine TEE • [email protected]
Best of Revealed 24 Best of Reflections 26 Best of Art 63 Best of China’s Eco-nomy
32 Best of Science 86 Best of Memories
36 Best of Nature 112 Timeless
Project & Events Manager
Marketing Executive
Jin KENG • [email protected]
Events & Marketing Assistant Manager
Karter LEE • [email protected]
C I RC U L AT ION
Senior traffic/production Manager
Victor OW • [email protected]
CON T R I BU TOR S
Rachel Kwek Zhi Yin
Rajeswari Vikiraman
Angel Martínez Cantera
Eric Lafforgue
Vik Muniz
Claudia Xiaoli Lee
Zay Yar Lin
Alex Campbell
Lim Jun Xi
Lunita S V Mendoza
Lim Jun Xi
Sonali Roy
Arunas L Radzvilavicius
Stanley Perlman
Carl-Bernd Kaehlig
Khong Swee Lin
Steve Winter
Anup Shah
Ethan Daniels
Edwin Giesbers
Zigor Aldama
Antoine Raab
Clothilde Le Coz
Sophie Ibbotson
Maxfield Parrish
Felicia Yap
Max Lovell-Hoare
Jung Chang
Manuel Libres Librodo Jr.
Rachel Genevieve Chia
Shakila Rajendra
Sarah Chew
Selina Tan
Mark Fisher
Eng Chun Pang
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From the heritage left behind by some of the
most illustrious explorers of ancient China to
the sacred rituals of Southeast Asia, our team
has revelled in the cultural splendour of some
of the oldest civilisations on Earth
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Ellfrance PHANG • [email protected]
Marketing Manager
Nora ISMAIL • [email protected]
From the steppes of Mongolia to the
monuments in North Korea, ASIAN Geographic
correspondents have traversed the world’s
largest continent, documenting Asia’s
unforgettable sights. Here is a compilation
of visual stories that have left their mark over
the last two decades by connecting the land,
culture and people of Eurasia
Sixty percent of the world’s popuation live
in Asia, even though the continent covers
30 percent of the Earth’s land area. Our
explorations of Asian culture over the last two
decades have brought us from the jungles of
Sri Lanka to the samurais of Edo
From ancient Chinese mummies to the
lost wartime loot of General Yamashita,
our team has investigated some of Asia’s
greatest mysteries and uncovered
insightful truths about ancient cultures
in the last two decades
An insightful look at traditions and issues from
the perspective of Asia and the West – here
are some of the most intriguing, hot-button
issues ASIAN Geographic has analysed over
the last 20 years
The diversity and beauty of Asian art is as wide
as the oceans separating the East from the
West. Here are some of the most intriguing
art pieces our team has celebrated through
the years
From viruses, nuclear energy, dinosaurs and
comets to the mystery of the origins of life on
Earth, here are some of the amazing stories of
scientific discovery our writers have penned
over the years
Home to most of the fastest-developing
economies in the world, Asia has seen its
wildlife decimated by the relentless march
of progress and urbanisation. Ten years
ago, we published a list of some of the most
endangered animals in Asia. Unfortunately,
the plight of all of the animals on that list has
only worsened
From the classical chinese poems of Li Bai in
the Tang Dynasty and the imagery of classical
Persian and Jewish literature to modern
Japanese haiku and contemporary Asian
writing, we have been immensely enriched by
the treasures of Asian literature
There are more than 4.5 billion people
speaking nearly 2,300 living languages
across Asia. Ride along with our
correspondents as they immerse themselves
in the language melting pot of Asia
Over the past 20 years, China has transformed
itself from an economic backwater into the
world’s second biggest economy. We look
at its ambitious transnational Belt Road
initiative and the ecological fallout from its
relentless development
Asia’s rich and varied history is marked with
countless significant events that have shaped
the fates of individual nations as well as our
collective futures. Here, we bring you some
of the most unforgettable events we have
researched and written about over the last
20 years
Song of Tomorrow
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