China Road began life as a seven-part radio series for National Public Radio, that was broadcast in August 2004.

You can hear the series at: http://www.npr.org/programs/morning/features/2004/aug/china_road

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You can also hear other reporting by Rob Gifford on the NPR website, www.npr.org, including the following series:

TIBET: see here

A NATION OF INDIVIDUALS: see here

YELLOW RIVER: see here