101 East Season 10, Episode 39: China's African Gold Rush

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The Bounty Hunters

As weak law enforcement allows the Philippines' most wanted fugitives to evade capture, are bounty hunters the answer?

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2

Too Young to Wed: Child Marriage in Bangladesh

101 East travels to Bangladesh to find out why young girls are often forced to marry men twice their age.

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3

Out of Sight: Malaysia's Orang Asli

101 East investigates what led to the deaths of five indigenous children who went missing in the jungles of Malaysia.

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4

Behind Closed Doors: Domestic Violence in Australia

101 East examines why domestic violence touches so many Australian women and asks what is being done to turn the tide.

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5

South Korea's Hangover

South Koreans drink twice as much liquor as Russians, but is this national obsession with alcohol reversible?

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6

Australia: In the Line of Fire

Australians living in the world's most fire-prone region grapple daily with a life-or-death choice: fight or flight.

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7

Inside Indonesia's Drug War

Indonesia's drug laws are some of the strictest in the world, but are long jail terms and capital punishment working?

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8

On Thin Ice: India's National Ice Hockey Team

India's national ice hockey team is fighting to win hearts and matches in their quest for international sporting glory.

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9

Cambodia: Unlicensed to Heal

101 East investigates Cambodia's healthcare system and asks if unlicensed village medics are the best hope for the sick.

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10

The Orangutan Whisperer

Can orangutan expert Leif Cocks and special jungle schools in Sumatra help save the endangered species from extinction?

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11

Cambodia, My New Home

We follow refugees who hoped to live in Australia as they are resettled in Cambodia in a controversial transfer deal.

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12

Rodrigo Duterte: Guns, Goons and the Presidency

Using gun power, he cleaned up his violent city. Now he wants the Filipino presidency. We join his wild ride to the top.

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13

Nepal: After the Earthquake

We return to Nepal to find out how people have endured the aftermath of one of the nation's deadliest natural disasters.

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14

Hong Kong's Missing Booksellers

Five Hong Kong booksellers vanish, only to surface in China. How and why did they get there?

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15

Hong Kong: Aged and Abandoned

Hong Kong is one of the world's richest cities, so why are thousands of elderly residents collecting rubbish to survive?

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16

India's Love Detectives

Hiring private detectives to investigate lovers is big business in India as modern technology challenges tradition.

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17

Shark Alarm: Protecting Australia's Swimmers

101 East dives headfirst into the debate over whether Australia is doing enough to protect swimmers from shark attacks.

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18

Good Morning Pakistan: Journalists Under Threat

In Pakistan's tribal areas, journalists risk it all to deliver the news.

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19

China's Rich Girls

We enter the inner circle of China's new generation of elites to get an insight into a world where money is no object.

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20

Myanmar's Poppylands

Growing opium provides vital income for thousands of families in Myanmar but the drug is devastating entire communities.

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21

Afghanistan's Slippery Slopes

A ski industry has sprung up in the remote alps of Afghanistan. But will this enterprise survive a resurgent Taliban?

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22

How Safe are Asia's Airlines?

101 East investigates if Asia's budget airlines are sacrificing safety as competition for passengers heats up.

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23

Afghanistan: Medics Under Fire

We investigate the dangers facing medics on the frontline in the wake of a fatal attack on a hospital in Afghanistan.

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24

No Safe Haven: Chinese Dissidents Living in Fear

Thailand has long been a sanctuary for Chinese dissidents, but it no longer offers safety for those seeking refuge.

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25

How to be a Chinese Tourist

We go on tour in Paris with the Chinese tour groups who have joined the notorious club of the world's worst tourists

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26

The Rise of India's superbugs

Tens of thousands of newborns are dying every year in India from antibiotic-resistant superbugs.

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27

Finding Love In Japan

Romance is proving problematic for Japanese youth. Can state-sanctioned matchmaking provide the perfect love potion?

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28

Inside Fukushima's Time Bomb

Five years after Japan's Fukushima nuclear disaster many residents are still living in a radioactive nightmare.

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29

India's Miracle Babies

India's elderly new mothers: Are doctors playing God, or does every woman have the right to bear a child?

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30

Asia's Kidney Black Market

We explore Asia's organ black market, from the villages of Nepal to the Indian city known as the 'Great Kidney Bazaar'.

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31

The End of China Inc?

As time is running out for China to pay off its bad debts, 101 East investigates if this could be the end of China Inc.

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32

Maid in Singapore

Agents in Myanmar are recruiting girls as young as 15 to work as domestic helpers in Singapore.

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33

Japan: Guilty Until Proven Innocent

A look at Japan's justice system as forced confessions and wrong convictions threaten to taint law enforcement agencies.

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34

Hope for Australia's Indigenous

We investigate how the Australian town of Bourke is trying to save their indigenous youth from a life of crime.

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35

India's Slave Brides

101 East investigates how every year, tens of thousands of girls and women in India are trafficked into slave marriages.

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36

Rodrigo Duterte: The President's Report Card

The Philippine president has been accused of ordering extrajudicial killings, but who is the man behind the headlines?

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37

Malaysia: Babies for Sale

101 East investigates the sinister world of baby selling in Malaysia, where infants are sold to the highest bidder.

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38

China's Left-Behind Generation

Millions of China's children are growing up without their parents. We look at the struggles of a generation left behind.

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39

China's African Gold Rush

101 East travels into Ghana's tropical rainforest where 30,000 Chinese miners hunt for gold.

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40

Fleeing South Korea

Young skilled South Koreans throw away their careers for manual jobs overseas to flee the pressures of life at home.

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