Based in London, Rank was Reuters correspondent in Beijing.
[3] He also published articles in The Guardian, "Asia Times Online", "BBC Wildlife",[4] and 'North Korea Economy Watch'.
His interest in birds led him to study the life of Frank Ludlow[6] and the history of English School of Gyantse.
[7] One of his articles on this subject was published by the Namgyal Institute of Tibetology.
He published three articles in the Royal Society for Asian Affairs.