Undercover Asia

Season 9

2022 · 10 episodes · 7h 49m in all

CNA's award-winning investigative series Undercover Asia returns for the ninth season to uncover two disturbing trends in China and the unexpected fallout from the pandemic in Asia and beyond.

Episodes

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   1. China’s Pet 'Economy'

   19 Feb 2022 · 48 min

   A grisly find at a Chengdu delivery depot blows the lid off a whole industry built on the misery of puppies and kittens.

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   2. Asian Hate In United Kingdom

   26 Feb 2022 · 47 min

   Two years since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, we investigate how to stop racial abuse faced by East and Southeast Asians in Britain.

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   3. Facing Beauty

   5 Mar 2022 · 46 min

   The rising influence of beauty bloggers and beauty apps in China is sparking a growing interest in extreme and weird plastic surgeries.

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   4. Unwanted Baby Boom

   12 Mar 2022 · 47 min

   After years of success in slowing high fertility rates, the fight to make contraception readily available in the Philippines is dealt a massive blow by COVID-19. Who bears the brunt of this setback?

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   5. School’s Out

   19 Mar 2022 · 46 min

   India's 18-month long school closure is fueling an unprecedented education crisis. Millions of students are dropping out or can no longer catch up. Their future hangs in the balance.

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   6. Why Are KTV Bars Hard To Quit?

   26 Mar 2022 · 47 min

   Two years after KTVs were banned in Singapore for COVID-19 concerns, some adult KTV lounges are still flourishing underground in various forms. What takes place in them? Why are they so hard to quit?

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   7. New Force In Terror

   2 Apr 2022 · 48 min

   Gender is the new weapon in the fight against terror. Since 2018, a shocking 70% of suicide bombings in Southeast Asia were perpetrated by women. What's driving them to these extreme acts of violence?

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   8. Baiting The Scammers

   9 Apr 2022 · 47 min

   We go behind the scenes of India's scam call centers and meet the new breed of international scambaiters who are hacking their way into the surveillance systems to try and bring these scammers down.

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   9. Troll Army

   16 Apr 2022 · 46 min

   Undercover Asia follows the 2022 Philippines Presidential Elections to investigate allegations that troll farms' are illegally being used to spread disinformation and falsehoods to influence voters.

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    10. Pirates of the Seabed

    23 Apr 2022 · 47 min

    A gold rush for sea cucumbers is driving a multimillion-dollar illicit trade in India and Sri Lanka.