Building a border at 4,600 meters

How China and Nepal are taming the Himalaya mountains.
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For thousands of years, humans have drawn lines on the earth, dividing the planet into nations. But there are some parts of the world that no empire, nation or state has been able to tame.

In this episode of Borders, Johnny heads deep into the Himalaya mountains to learn about how people have lived away from the concept of borders. China and Nepal are acting fast to develop this remote region and it's having major effects on the local population.

[stvprk]

Please give your editor/motion-graphics artists a raise. Fantastic visuals with a great narrative. This series is so so GOOD!!

[theexpat]

I am one of the kid as desrcibed. born and Raised in Mustang, studied in Jomsom, Kathmandu and working here in India.

[kanishdangol]

Even as a Nepali(from Kathmandu), I didn't know all this was going on in the northern border. Great video!

[ezraalbarra]

The best thing about this video is that the title uses metric measurements.

[salokin]

This dude has the best job, travel to amazing places and film them with drones

[Jonifico]

Confirmed: It's impossible to get a bad image out of Nepal.

[AlanRuic]

I love how "Borders" gives insight into issues I didn't even know existed. Great work, Johnny. Keep it coming! 😄

[lynxlagoon]

The Production and animation in those videos is INSANE

[tsewang]

I’m Tibetan in Myanmar 🇲🇲 we escape to Myanmar in 1959.We have few Tibetan family out here

[EconomicsAlex]

Incredible journalism - well researched, filmed and edited. Best documentary I've seen in 2017

[theexpat]

that's mustang, my home, the lost kingdom

[CLBOO]

This series is better than most bbc or nat geo, or history channel series currently on TV.

[deronn.j]

I don't want to culturally offend anyone here BUT, that guy on 12:12 is probably carrying an ancient fidget spiner

[abhishekmandal]

When Johnny says "man this place was never meant to be tamed" and the music goes up. It hits different.

[voteyplays]

I am from mustang😭😭. My home is 10 hours of drive away from china or they call tibet border. I studied there for 10 years and moved to pokhara and now am in sydney, australia in student visa ♥️
I wannna be back there
Despite of lacking everything
Home is where heart is ♥️♥️♥️♥️🇳🇵🇳🇵🇳🇵🇳🇵

[Undeadwolfy_]

Haven't clicked a video as quick as I did this one. Love the Borders series.

[TheSantoshSingh]

Warm Greetings from Nepal :) I have seen most of your episodes. Never thought i would see my country on your channel. Life there in Mustang is extremely hard but equally beautiful. Your footage did justice. :) Thank you.
P.S I think i saw you in Thamel, Johnny.

[bilalwahid]

This documentary is so good that I feel like we don’t deserve to watch for free. These types of documentaries should be shows in schools around the world.

[youngjlennon]

OMG finally a Vox video about Nepal.
Love from Nepal.

[iorek]

This happened to Ireland 150 years ago. Outside forces changed the culture irreparably. History repeats.