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Asia Specific Episodes

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    Food, flags and feuds: Why Asians fight over cuisine

    Why Asian neighbours clash over food, identity and who gets to tell the story

  2. Could changing the way we date solve Asia's low fertility rates?

    Is Asian dating culture leading to lower fertility rates?

  3. Could an Asian team win the World Cup?

    Japan and South Korea are back at the World Cup, but no Asian men's team has ever won it

  4. China's extraordinary purge of military leaders

    China’s President Xi Jinping is overseeing an unprecedented purge of military generals

  5. China warns against ‘law of the jungle’ after US-Israeli strikes on Iran

    China condemns US actions in Iran, but will support for Tehran go beyond rhetoric?

  6. China tries to control anger over the Hong Kong fire

    Hong Kong mourns 150 killed in one of its worst fires in decades as anger grows

  7. Can Vietnam still reach its growth target?

    The country’s economy is under pressure, with manufacturers hit by the oil shock

  8. Can the South East Asia scam centres be stopped?

    Cambodia has vowed to shut down the multi-billion dollar industry

  9. Can Prabowo Subianto finally unleash Indonesia’s potential?

    A year into his free food programme, are the Indonesian president's plans on track?

  10. Can electric bikes save Vietnam's most polluted cities?

    Vietnam pushes more than 70 million riders to switch their petrol motorbikes to e-bikes

  11. Can China’s economy survive global shocks?

    China’s growth is slowing as the US-Israel war with Iran jolts the world economy

  12. Can China reverse a billion-dollar tech deal?

    China halts Meta’s Manus takeover, marking a turning point in the US-China tech rivalry

  13. Bonus: Xi Jinping's North Korea visit

    Having welcomed Trump and Putin to Beijing, China's leader goes to Pyongyang

  14. Bonus: What in the World

    Why are people in China looking for parental love from strangers?

  15. Bonus: What an Iran US ceasefire means for Asia

    Donald Trump believes China helped push Iran towards a ceasefire

  16. Bonus: South Korea’s former leader convicted for insurrection

    Will a life sentence for South Korea’s ex-president Yoon Suk Yeol end divisions?

  17. Bonus: Japan PM’s landslide election win

    What will Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi do now she has a resounding mandate?

  18. Bonus: Bondi shooting tests Australia’s social cohesion

    Australia grapples with grief, gun laws and social cohesion after Bondi Beach shooting

  19. Bonus - Inheritance: Samsung

    When Samsung’s chairman has a heart attack, a succession struggle begins

  20. Bali’s rubbish crisis

    Bali faces mounting waste problems as tourism surges and landfill rules change

  21. Asia’s soft power battle: Has the Korean Wave peaked?

    How did South Korea become Asia's soft power juggernaut and can China or Japan catch up?

  22. Asia’s affordable housing problem

    Can governments bring down property prices? Australia is trying

  23. Asia’s 'irrelevant' uni degree question

    A push in Indonesia to dump "irrelevant" university degrees sparks debate

  24. Are microdramas the future of entertainment?

    Short, addictive and highly lucrative, microdramas are reshaping storytelling in China

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