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On the Old Chinese Silk Road (World 2026, by Didier Ruef) - Swiss Press Award

China. Gansu Province. Lanzhou. Hotel room. A flat television screen displays the latest news on CCTV-7 (China Central Television Defense and Military Channel), a Chinese free-to-air television channel owned by China Central Television. The channel primarily carries programming devoted to the People's Liberation Army. Lanzhou is the capital and largest city of Gansu Province in northwestern China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC). 8.07.2025 © 2025 Didier Ruef
Didier Ruef
China. Gansu Province. Lanzhou. Hotel room. A flat television screen displays the latest news on CCTV-7 (China Central Television Defense and Military Channel), a Chinese free-to-air television channel owned by China Central Television. The channel primarily carries programming devoted to the People's Liberation Army. Lanzhou is the capital and largest city of Gansu Province in northwestern China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC). 8.07.2025 © 2025 Didier Ruef
Photo / World
2026

On the Old Chinese Silk Road

Didier Ruef

A road trip on the Old Silk Road in northwestern China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC). A visit to the cities of Lanzhou, Xining, Lusar and the Kumbun Monastery, Golmud, Tongren, and to the places of Maijishan Grottoes, Chaka Salt Lake, and Dabusun Lake.

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On the Old Chinese Silk Road

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Photo / World
2026

Didier Ruef

A road trip on the Old Silk Road in northwestern China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC). A visit to the cities of Lanzhou, Xining, Lusar and the Kumbun Monastery, Golmud, Tongren, and to the places of Maijishan Grottoes, Chaka Salt Lake, and Dabusun Lake.

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Didier Ruef / Swiss Press Award

Didier Ruef

Photographe, Chambésy, 1961

Didier Ruef est né en 1961 à Genève, Suisse. Ses photos et ses reportages ont été publiés dans de nombreux journaux et magazines suisses et étrangers tels que Time, The Independent Magazine, The Observer Magazine, Le Monde, Libération, El Pais Semanal, Geo, Rhythms Monthly (Taiwan), Marie Claire, Ogonyok, Der Spiegel, National Geographic, ... Didier Ruef a publié les livres : en 1998 Paysans de nos montagnes, aux éditions Monographic (Sierre) et sa traduction allemande Bauern am Berg (Offizin Zürich Verlag) et italienne Vita di montagna (Edizioni Casagrande, Bellinzona) ; en 2005, Afrique Noire chez Infolio Editions (Gollion) ; en 2011 Recycle chez Labor et Fides (Genève) en langues françaises et anglaises, et chez Edizioni Casagrande (Bellinzona) en langues italiennes et allemandes ; en 2012 Bestiarium chez QTI (Stabio) en langue italienne ; en 2018 Homo Helveticus chez Till Schaap Edition en langues françaises, allemandes et anglaises

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