East meets West in the ancient, transcontinental city of Istanbul. Last stop on the fabled silk road, a network of trade routes stretching from from the Korean Peninsula to the cities and marketplaces of Europe. Naturally, the city that straddles two great continents attracted merchants from across the globe asRead More →
Once a colony of the British Empire, Hong Kong now exists as an autonomous Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China. Under the “one country, two systems” principle, the territory of Hong Kong maintains a democratic government and distinctly capitalist society separate from the government and economics of mainlandRead More →
India’s capital, Delhi, was born of salt and spice as much as from sweat, blood, and tears. An echo of empires, come and gone, is evident from one neighborhood to the next. Old literally meets the newest of new in this massive Indian metropolis. More populous than the whole ofRead More →
