It was a story that didn't exist, actually.. The Karakoram Highway (KKH) is the highest paved international road in the world. It connects China and Pakistan across the Karakoram mountain range, through the Khunjerab Pass, at an elevation of 4,693 metres. It connects China's Xinjiang region with Pakistan's Gilgit–Baltistan and Khyber regions. It was told me that there was a new route for Chinese goods. A new route that would allowed it to jump all over the South China Sea and arrive directly on the Arabian Sea, to the Gwadar port. It was a story that there was no, actually. Maybe one day there will be this route. But it did not exist when I did it, in 2009. Just few trucks climbed it and an Indian trader, who was traveling with me, told me that his goods would have paid much less traveling by sea from Shenzhen, rather than overland through Xinjiang and the KKH. And it would take even less time. It was a nice trip, however. In one of the most remote places on earth. You could hear the echo of the attacks of the Taliban, we had to wait a couple of hours to release the road to a car exploded on a bridge. At press office in Islamabad they told me that it was impossible to visit Gwadar. So I went to Karachi, where I made a reportage about the secular party MQM, then published "Ventiquattro".

The Telugu film industry is the second biggest film industry (sometimes called Tollywood) based in Hyderabad. Telugu is the second largest spoken language in India. After Bollywood, more movies are produced here every year, in Telugu as in any other language. The Ramoji Film City, founded by Cherukuri Ramoji Rao, better known as Ramoji Rao, an Indian businessman and media entrepreneur, also has what is claimed to be the largest film studio in the world. The Film City, opened in 1996, spread over 2,000 acres of land studded with hills, vales and lakes, has few parallels as both a tourist attraction and major film-making facility. The city encompasses massive buildings, gardens and other sets suitable for filming movies. Inside the city are complete facilities for pre-production, production and post-production work on movies. In addition, there are theme parks, rides and other attractions, opportunities for shopping and dining. There are three hotels inside the city catering to various budgets and travelers can easily spend a weekend or more with their families and not tire of the place. The Indians of Andhra Pradesh, indeed, show an uncommon passion for the movies and theatres are rarely empty. Telugu film industry is not hit by recession. For many, films are a part of their culture. Despite the fact that ticket rates have gone up, people are still flocking theatres and often the Indians of Andhra Pradesh go to the theatre three times or more a weeks. Perhaps, as somebody said, they try to escape from reality.

Muttahida Quami Movement, generally known as MQM , ("United National Movement" in English) is an progressive liberal secular centre left party in Pakistan (initially on quasi-socialist lines) founded on 11 June 1978 as a student organization of "muhajir" (immigrants), the All Pakistan Muhajir Students Organization or APMSO, at the University of Karachi by Altaf Hussain who continues to remain its chief. Supposedly it represent the majority of immigrants who migrated from India to Pakistan in 1947. APMSO then gave birth to the Muhajir Quami Movement (MQM) on March 1984. From 1992 to 1994, the MQM was the target of the Pakistan Army's Operation Cleanup leaving hundreds of civilians dead. On July 26, 1997, MQM officially removed the term Muhajir from its name, and replaced it with Muttahida ("United"). In 1992, after the operation "Clean up", there was the split with key members of the party: the MQM-H or MQM Haqiqi, the "real" MQM, was born. Since then have not stopped the target killing from both sides. The target killing is getting intensified in Karachi with the military's ongoing counterinsurgency operation in Swat and Malakand. The MQM party is, maybe, the worst enemy of the taliban in Pakistan.

Kengo Kuma, one of the most heralded of a new generation of Japanese architects, born in Japan in 1954, graduated from the school of engineering at the university of Tokyo in 1979, and continued his studies in New York in 1985-86, at Columbia university. The following year, he founded the 'spatial design' studio and, in 1990, 'kengo kuma & associates'; between 1998 and 1999, he was a professor at the faculty of environmental information at Keio university. Kuma's work is characterized by a delicate simplicity and minimalism, incorporating a wide range of ephemeral transparencies. Their ineffable vibrancy is achieved largely by the extensive and skillful use of screens: metal, wooden, bamboo, and even stone louvers or slates, as well as paper, plastic, and glass surfaces or membranes. His use of new, sophisticated, and efficient technologies, his sensitivity to site, and his attention to the ecological and prevailing social context of his work are all explored in Kengo Kuma.

TOTO Ltd. based in Kitakyushu, Japan, was founded in 1917. It is a company. It is the world's largest toilet manufacturer. It has 20,000 employees, two-thirds of Japan's bathroom market, seven factories in Japan and a presence in 16 countries. The name "TOTO" is an abbreviation of the two Japanese words forming its full name, Toyo Toki (Oriental Porcelain). The company invented and patented the Washlet. The TOTO Washlet is an innovative toilet seat that features an integrated bidet. The bidet feature activates at the push of a button on the seat or a remote control; a small wand extends from the back of the rim and begins to jet water towards the backside of the user.

In 1895, military defeat forced China to cede Taiwan to Japan. Taiwan reverted to Chinese control after World War II. Following the Communist victory on the mainland in 1949, 2 million Nationalists fled to Taiwan and established a government using the 1946 constitution drawn up for all of China. Over the next five decades, the ruling authorities gradually democratized and incorporated the native population within the governing structure. In 2000, Taiwan underwent its first peaceful transfer of power from the Nationalist to the Democratic Progressive Party. Throughout this period, the island prospered and became one of East Asia's economic "Tigers." The dominant political issues continue to be the relationship between Taiwan and China (far less than 200km).

Il lavoro minorile è una piaga comune in Pakistan. A Peshawar, dove ci sono più di un milione di rifugiati afgani, è una consuetudine. Le immagini sono state scattate in due fabbriche di mattoni nei dintorni di Peshawar; i bambini tutti sotto i 10 anni, sono afgani di nascita o di famiglia.

The Dost Welfare Foundation Darel Shiffa itÕs a support centre for heroin addict. First aid on 24h, wash place, some tea and bread every day. Heroin could cost from 50 cent to 5$ each gram. Every month about ten people dead. The centre help an average of 30 people every month. It is a private foundation and donÕt have any found by government, they work thank donations.