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Assignment Asia
Assignment Asia is a unique weekly magazine program. It features reports, interviews and first-person accounts to highlight issues and reflect the vibrant and diverse cultures that make up the vast continent of Asia. Assignment Asia is driven by strong characters. Through their personal stories, we uncover social issues that affect a wide population in one of the most vibrant areas of the world. Assignment Asia is visually stunning, using some of the most creative visual storytellers from across the region. Most importantly, Assignment Asia is about storytelling. Not just reporting facts.
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Assignment Asia
Assignment Asia
Xinjiang: The Pains and Gains of Development
China is undergoing development at a dramatic pace fueled by decades of economic growth. But perhaps nowhere in the country is the process more complicated than in Xinjiang.
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Assignment Asia
Assignment Asia
Emergency
This episode of Assignment Asia features groups and individuals on a mission to save lives in Thailand, Afghanistan and Cambodia.
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Assignment Asia
Assignment Asia
Challenging Gender Norms
Between male belly dancers in Turkey and female guards in India, this episode features stories of people challenging gender norms across Asia.
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Assignment Asia
Assignment Asia
Operation: Drug War
Since President Rodrigo Duterte took office and declared a war on drugs, hundreds of people have been killed in that "war."
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Assignment Asia
Assignment Asia
Forced to Fight: Children On Myanmar's Battlefields
The long-running civil war in Myanmar has forced the country's young into the front lines.
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