The Nu River flows from the Tibetan highlands through western Yunnan, cutting between two mountain ranges before rushing through Burma into the Andaman Sea. Home to a third of the country’s ethnic groups, it was here that Christian missionaries from Burma first entered China, and today communities of ethnic Nu, Tibetans and Lisu remain passionately Catholic.
The Nu is one of the country’s most remote and fascinating regions, with unrivalled scenery -- steep gorges, snow-capped peaks, terraced rice plantations -- and a diverse ecosystem of 7,000 species of plants and 80 rare or endangered animals and fish.
It’s also one of only two major rivers in China yet to be dammed. But that may not last.
Alicia Keys
Susie Castillo
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