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Brazil South
Episode 8
Lee Ho Shau and his fiancee Wong Yim Sheung swam from China to Macau for freedom during China's Cultural Revolution. Now they live in Sao Paolo and are dedicated to perfecting the fine art of Chinese cuisine.
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Chinese Restaurants
Travel
E1: South Africa
Episode 1
The Golden Dragon, started in 1947 by community activist Lam Al Ying, is Cape Town’s first Chinese restaurant. Through the his widow and daugther we glimpse a country struggling to address the bitter injustices and betrayals of its apartheid past.
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Chinese Restaurants
Chinese Restaurants
E2: Turkey
Episode 2
Wang Zhengshan fled China in a dramatic trek over the Himalayas in 1949 when Chinese Communists took power, thereby earning title as the man who "walked from China."
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Chinese Restaurants
Chinese Restaurants
E3: Trinidad
Episode 3
This is a rags-to-riches story of restaurant owner Maurice Soong, whose passion for quality and service has won him widespread affection and respect.
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Chinese Restaurants
Chinese Restaurants
E4: Peru
Episode 4
Lima-born Luis Yong is a medical doctor who took over a rundown restaurant, San Joy Lao, in the city's Chinatown. The charming and outgoing doctor hosts Chinese cooking shows on TV and promotes holistic Chinese medicine with healthy cuisine.
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Chinese Restaurants
Chinese Restaurants
E5: Argentina
Episode 5
In this episode, we meet 77-year-old Foo-Ching Chiang, who came to Buenos Aires in the 1960s and became the "Spring Roll King" of Argentina.
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