Nepal trades long-term resilience for a short-term payout
The images from Gyirong are a study in the fragility of ambition. A five-storey customs building, gone. A border gate twenty metres tall, erased.
By Klaus Berger ·
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Nepal's zip lines are a confession of state failure
When Shisir Khanal, Nepal’s Foreign Minister, calls this disaster a "Himalayan tsunami," he’s using a word that sounds like an act of God.
By Ray Dombrowski ·
China’s infrastructure fails: Xi Jinping admits neglect after floods
I’ve spent my career watching systems fail at the most basic level—the hospital ward that can't handle a surge, the community that gets left out when the grid goes down.
By Josie Calloway ·