China North Korea – Mijngroeve

The miraculous resurrection of Yang Bin_ The Orchid King

Posted on 04/07/201923/03/2021 by E R

07/04/2019_There he is, popping up again like a Chinese jack in the box: Yang Bin, the former tycoon, once one of the richest men in China …. In the fall of 2018 he is spotted for the first time in ... Read More

Borderline cases #7 : Ji’an, Jilin_dispute set in stone

Posted on 21/05/201907/10/2020 by E R

Two rivers, the Yalu and the Tumen, together form the 1400km long border between China and North Korea. China has invested heavily over the past 15 years to open up this remote border area in Northeas... Read More

Borderline cases_ #6: “The Third Korea”

Posted on 26/03/201902/12/2022 by E R

In 1994 I made a journey through the province of Jilin and the Yanbian region in China, interested in the Korean Chinese community and the state of mind in this border territory. What follows is an im... Read More

Borderline cases_# 5: Tumen, China: looking back in time

Posted on 17/03/201902/12/2022 by E R

The 1400 km long border between China and North Korea consists of 2 rivers, the Yalu and the Tumen. The actual dividing line between China and North Korea for the most part runs straight through these... Read More

China Snapshots # 1

Posted on 15/03/201904/10/2019 by E R

A first selection out of pile of pics... Read More

Borderline cases #4 Mt. Paektu: dancing on the volcano

Posted on 09/03/201902/12/2022 by E R

Top: North Korean Propaganda Image March 2019_Mount Paektu, or Baitoushan as it’s called in in Chinese, does have a very special, almost sacred meaning for South and North Koreans. What Mount Fu... Read More

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