In Focus: Product Piracy The Smuggling Connection from Asia
Category: News & Current Affairs
In this episode of In Focus, fake medicines can be fatal, but more and more people are taken in by the supposed bargains from dodgy pharmacies. This risk applies to many products, available from Asia via the internet, and it's earning illegal importers billions in profits.

In Focus: Gas Matters - Politicians, Pipelines and Profits
Category: News & Current Affairs
The Nord Stream Pipeline, carrying Siberian natural gas from Russia to Germany, is expected to be complete by 2011. This project rivals that of the Nabucco Pipeline, another massive industrial endeavor, which bypasses Russia altogether. Which will be more profitable?

The Planet Part 1
Category: Documentaries
A Link viewer favorite, this documentary attempts to correct our use of the term climate change, arguing that what humanity really faces is change to all aspects of the biosphere, including loss of resources.

GLOBAL LENS: The Photograph
Category: World Cinema
In this poignant drama Sita, a spirited young woman, works to support her family as a singer and prostitute in a local brothel. When an elderly photographer agrees to rent her a room, witness the unlikely bond that forms between them.

GLOBAL LENS: Getting Home
Category: World Cinema
In this soulful and humane comedy, Zhao, a middle-aged construction worker, struggles to fulfill a dying co-worker’s last wish to be buried in China’s Three Gorges region.

Fierce Light
Category: Documentaries
Journey deep into the heart of Fierce Light on a global discovery of the inspiring movement of spiritual activism, and the powerful beacons of hope igniting the world today.

MADE IN TAIWAN: The Squid Daddy's Labor Room
Category: Documentaries
"The Squid Daddy's Labor Room" is a documentary film about Taiwan residents, having lived formerly landlocked lives due to a heated political climate, returning to the ocean only to discover their marine environment has massively changed.

MADE IN TAIWAN: Nyonya's Taste of Life
Category: World Cinema
Nyonya’s Taste of Life depicts stories of Indonesian domestic helpers and Thai workers who came to Taiwan dreaming of a better life.

MADE IN TAIWAN: Vision of Darkness
Category: Documentaries
"What does 'seeing' feel like?" This is the question posed by a group of visually impaired children as they explore a video camera with their hands, trying to understand what filming is all about.

MADE IN TAIWAN: Blue Cha Cha
Category: World Cinema
This moving tale of a young woman's attempt to find her place in the world after her release from a Taiwanese prison explores the depths of depression and the universal yearning for love.

MADE IN TAIWAN: The Secret in the Satchel
Category: Documentaries
This documentary explores the complicated interpersonal, sexual, and violent relationships of the troubled youth at the university where professor Tay-jou Lin teaches. Through the countless papers, reports and journals he reads, Lin must face the harsh reality of this new generation.

Survivor's Guide to Work - The Migrant's Story
Category: Documentaries
The first episode of Survivor's Guide To Work, looks at what the fall out from the crisis means for the millions of economic migrants who have left the countries of their birth in search of a better life.

In Focus: Chinese Adventure the Luck of a German Actor
Category: News & Current Affairs
42-year-old actor Volker Helfrich has achieved something no other "long nose" has: He can be seen all over the Chinese mainstream media, and his fan club is growing. As a "cultural ambassador" Helfrich hopes to advance international understanding.

In Focus: Measures for Money Management
Category: News & Current Affairs
In this episode of In Focus, uncover the feeding frenzy of new speculation among traders, despite the world's investment banks and businesspeople dropping like flies. Unconventional solutions - like using the Islamic financial system as a model - are now being considered.

In Focus: Whale Ahoy! Deep-Sea Diving with Moby Dick
Category: News & Current Affairs
Never before has a human eye been able to see how a sperm whale lives at a depth of over 1,000 meters. But with the help of Chinese computer hackers, filmmaker Volker Barth is breaking records and making discoveries at new depths.