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Wong
How Man, President, CERS
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| Explorer/Scholar of China's remote regions |
| Veteran National Geographic expedition leader and photojournalist
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| Discovered new source of the Yangtze River |
| Author of Exploring the Yangtze, published 1989 |
| Author of Islamic Frontiers of China: Silk Road Images, published
1990 |
| Author of CD-ROM Journey to the Source, winner of nine international
awards |
| Author of award-winning CD-ROM Tibet: Exploring Life on the Plateau |
| Author of From Manchuria to Tibet, won the prestigious Lowell
Thomas Travel Journalism Gold, 1999 |
| Time Magazine honoured Wong How Man among their selection
of 25 Heroes of Asia, calling Wong "China's most accomplished
living explorer" |
| Distinguished Alumnus Award, University of Wisconsin,
River Falls |
| Academic/Scholar Award of the Asian American Achievement
Awards, Washington, DC |
| 1993 Rolex Honorary Award for project to conserve Tibetan monasteries |
| Lectures voted " Best of the YPO" |
| "Black-necked Crane Rendezvous" - documentation
of 14 years of conservation work on this endangered and stately
bird. The book published in 2002 comes with a VCD film showing the
process of this work. |
| "An Exploration Series" - Closer to Heaven
and Closer to Earth, two books published in 2001 with a collection
of bilingual short articles written while Wong was in the field,
with spectacular pictures illustrating these stories. The former
is on nature, the latter on culture. |
| " From Manchuria to Tibet" winner of the
prestigious Lowell Thomas Travel Journalism Gold Award in 1999. |
| Two CD-ROMs, " Exploring the Yangtze" and " Tibet"
won 11 and 5 international awards respectively. |
| "Exploring the Yangtze - China's Longest River", published
1989. |
| "Islamic Frontiers of China: Silk Road Images", published
1990. |
| Scores of magazine articles (not listed) |
| Research Fellow, Academia Sinica's Beijing Institute of Geography |
| Research Fellow, Yunnan Institute of Geography |
| Adviser, United Nations 50th Anniversary Community Awards |
| Chief Adviser, Arjin Mountain Nature Reserve, Xinjiang |
| Environmental Adviser, City of Panzhihua, Sichuan |
| Adviser, Aksay Kazak Autonomous County, Gansu |
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National Geographic
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CNN
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CNBC
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Discovery Channel and others
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