Cave man, from afar

Dunhuang Academy's first full-time foreign researcher is helping to bring the magic of Mogao to the world, Wang Kaihao reports in Dunhuang, Gansu.

In 1987, Neil Schmid, then an undergraduate studying Chinese language at Georgetown University in Washington DC, traveled to Dunhuang, Gansu province, for the first time.

When Schmid finally arrived at the Mogao Grottoes, he was enthralled.