PFH1183595: Thailand: A scene from the white elephant legend connected with the founding of Wat Phrathat Doi Suthep, seen here in Wat Meun San, Chiang Mai, northern Thailand / Bridgeman Images

PFH1183599: Thailand: Silversmiths at Wat Meun San, Chiang Mai, northern Thailand / Bridgeman Images

PFH1183602: China: Jin Mao Tower (until 2007 the tallest building in China), Pudong, Shanghai / Bridgeman Images

PFH1183607: China: New World Department Store, Nanjing Lu, Shanghai's exclusive shopping avenue, Shanghai / Bridgeman Images

PFH1183625: China: A Bund (Zhongshan Donglu) detail, Shanghai / Bridgeman Images

PFH1183629: China: Buildings on the Bund (Zhongshan Donglu) by night, Shanghai / Bridgeman Images

PFH1187684: China: Ten Thousand Buddha Pagoda, Du Fu Caotang (Du Fu's Thatched Cottage), Chengdu, Sichuan Province / Bridgeman Images

PFH1187688: Vietnam: Hien Nhon Gate, The Imperial City, The Citadel, Hue / Bridgeman Images

PFH1187689: Vietnam: An Dinh Palace now the Fine Arts Museum, Hue / Bridgeman Images

PFH1187696: Vietnam: A small house boat on a tributary of the Perfume River near Hue / Bridgeman Images

PFH1187701: Burmese Air Force staff join demonstrations against the government, 1988 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

PFH1187704: Dala Township students demonstrate against the government, Rangoon, 1988 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

PFH1187720: Cambodia: Procession of the good and great through heaven, Heaven and Hells bas-relief sculpture gallery, East Wing, South Gallery, Angkor Wat / Bridgeman Images

PFH1187723: Cambodia: Sinners are taken to hell by devils, Heaven and Hells bas-relief sculpture gallery, East Wing, South Gallery, Angkor Wat / Bridgeman Images

PFH1187727: Vietnam: Statue of Joseph Le Thi Dang, a 19th century Christian martyr, Hue / Bridgeman Images

PFH1187734: Thailand: The Napamaytanidol Chedi dedicated to Queen Sirikit, Doi Inthanon (Thailand's highest mountain), Chiang Mai Province / Bridgeman Images

PFH1187737: Thailand: Royal waiting room, Hua Hin Railway Station, Hua Hin, Prachuap Khiri Khan Province / Bridgeman Images

PFH1187750: Thailand: Gardens around the Napamaytanidol Chedi dedicated to Queen Sirikit, Doi Inthanon (Thailand's highest mountain), Chiang Mai Province / Bridgeman Images

PFH1187761: Writers, actors, artists and cartoonists demonstrate against the government, Rangoon, 1988 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

PFH1187767: Thailand: Young monk at the Vachiratarn Waterfall, Doi Inthanon (Thailand's highest mountain) / Bridgeman Images

PFH1187773: Thailand: Monk surveying the Sirithan Waterfall, Doi Inthanon (Thailand's highest mountain) / Bridgeman Images

PFH1187775: Queuing for membership of the Students' Union, Rangoon, 1988 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

PFH1187778: Aung Gyi addresses a rally in Rangoon, 1988 (photo) / Bridgeman Images

PFH1187779: Young Burmese protesting against the government in Rangoon, 1988 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

PFH1187797: China: Young Miao dancers at a festival near Guiyang, Guizhou Province / Bridgeman Images

PFH1187809: Burma / Myanmar: Hands detail of the secondary image next to the Shweyattaw Buddha, Mandalay Hill, Mandalay / Bridgeman Images

PFH1187813: Vietnam: Tet (Vietnamese New Year) festival masks in Hanoi's Old Quarter / Bridgeman Images

PFH1187829: Thailand: People processing around Wat Suthat, Bangkok, for the Visakha Puja Festival / Bridgeman Images

PFH1187866: Burma / Myanmar: A young girl sits next to buffaloes used for logging on the Irrawaddy River at Mandalay / Bridgeman Images

PFH1187867: Burma / Myanmar: Late afternoon on the Mandalay waterfront and the Irrawaddy River / Bridgeman Images

PFH1187898: China: Miao mask performance at a festival near Huangguoshu, Guizhou Province / Bridgeman Images

PFH1187910: China: Miao men playing large lusheng, a traditonal Miao instrument, at a festival near Guiyang, Guizhou / Bridgeman Images

PFH1187914: China: Young Miao women with distinctive silver headdresses offering horns of alcohol at a festival near Guiyang, Guizhou Province / Bridgeman Images

PFH1188039: China: Tibetans in the market near the Labrang Monastery, Xiahe, Gansu Province / Bridgeman Images

PFH1188101: China: Miao mask performance at a festival near Huangguoshu, Guizhou Province / Bridgeman Images

PFH1184372: Vietnam: The Cao Dai temple at the Cao Dai Holy See, Tay Ninh Province / Bridgeman Images