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Out of Eden Walk: Walking through western China
In China’s southern province of Yunnan, a community known as the Bai expresses itself mostly by singing. And they have a song for everything: from history lessons to mourning to flirting. Host Marco Werman speaks with National Geographic Explorer Paul Salopek, who also discusses the early 20th century Austrian-American botanist and explorer Joseph Rock, who traveled through this same region of western China.
Leapfrogging with smartphones, Myanmar joins the world
Burma used to be one of the most isolated countries on earth, thanks to military rulers who didn’t want outside interference. Now known as Myanmar, it’s opening up. A new pro-democracy government was elected in November. And a dramatic surge in mobile phone and smartphone users is accelerating change.
