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101 East Season 9

January. 29,2015

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101 East Season 9 Full Episode Guide

Episode 45 - The Great Divide: Islamophobia in Australia

First Aired: December. 17,2015

Is anti-Islamic sentiment threatening Australia's celebrated multicultural identity?

Episode 44 - Indonesia: Where There's Smoke

First Aired: December. 10,2015

We track down companies accused of being behind Indonesia's deadly fires that have caused a global environmental crisis.

Episode 43 - China's Home Invasion

First Aired: December. 03,2015

As thousands of Chinese are hunting for their dream homes abroad, we investigate the impact of their shopping spree.

Episode 42 - Hidden Harm: Australia's Drinking Mums

First Aired: December. 03,2015

101 East meets the mothers and children living with the tragic consequences of drinking alcohol when pregnant.

Episode 41 - Can you spot a fake antique?

First Aired: November. 26,2015

China's forged antiques market is booming as the country's burgeoning mega-rich unknowingly buy them up.

Episode 40 - China: Faking It

First Aired: November. 25,2015

The insatiable appetite for antiques by China's growing nouveau riche is feeding a counterfeit industry.

Episode 39 - An Attack on Bloggers

First Aired: November. 19,2015

As harsh laws and a string of murders target Bangladeshi bloggers, 101 East meets those risking their lives.

Episode 38 - The Buzz Around Niue

First Aired: November. 12,2015

Can Niue, one of the world's smallest countries, save a global bee population under threat?

Episode 37 - Myanmar: Free and Fair?

First Aired: November. 05,2015

Ahead of Myanmar's historic election, we meet activists refusing to buckle under a campaign of harassment and arrest.

Episode 36 - PNG's Bundles of Joy

First Aired: October. 29,2015

We follow a medical team on Papua New Guinea's remote islands working to reduce the rate of deaths during childbirth.

Episode 35 - Pakistan: Music Under Siege

First Aired: October. 22,2015

Despite facing death threats and censorship, can Pakistan's musicians mend an already crippled industry?

Episode 34 - Cambodia: Circus of Hope

First Aired: October. 15,2015

Cambodia: Circus of Hope

Episode 33 - Bringing Them Home: Parental Abduction in Australia

First Aired: October. 08,2015

101 East explores why over 300 Australian children are abducted by a parent and taken overseas every year.

Episode 32 - China: Tales of a City

First Aired: October. 01,2015

101 East follows the lives of seven people in Nanjing and asks what they think of the direction their country is taking.

Episode 31 - South Korea: Kimchi Crazy

First Aired: September. 24,2015

South Korean cuisine has taken the world by storm, but has the love for food transformed into an unhealthy obsession?

Episode 30 - White Gold

First Aired: September. 17,2015

A 101 East investigation into the shadowy trade in illegal ivory and Hong Kong's role as a key conduit.

Episode 29 - Murder in Malaysia

First Aired: September. 10,2015

101 East investigates the murder of Altantuya Shaariibuu and whether the real culprits remain at large.

Episode 28 - Waiting for Eviction

First Aired: September. 03,2015

101 East meets Western Australia's indigenous communities who are facing eviction from their ancestral lands.

Episode 27 - Japan's Womenomics

First Aired: August. 27,2015

The island nation is pinning its hopes on women to save its flagging economy.

Episode 26 - Saving Mary Jane

First Aired: August. 20,2015

She escaped death by firing squad with minutes to spare; now the fight is on to bring Filipina Mary Jane Veloso home.

Episode 25 - Becoming Pacquiao

First Aired: August. 13,2015

Inspired by the rags-to-riches story of Manny Pacquiao, many Filipino fighters see boxing as a ticket out of poverty.

Episode 24 - When I Die: Inside Japan's Death Industry

First Aired: July. 30,2015

101 East explores how Japan's funeral industry is getting creative as the ageing nation runs out of space for the dead.

Episode 23 - Slaving Away

First Aired: July. 23,2015

We expose the dirty secrets behind Australia's fresh food industry and the widespread exploitation of foreign workers.

Episode 22 - Papua New Guinea's Snake Man

First Aired: July. 16,2015

We follow a reptile handler-turned-scientist in his quest to save thousands of people from deadly snakebites.

Episode 21 - Southern Exposure

First Aired: July. 09,2015

101 East visits Antarctica where an extraordinary international community live, work and play together. But can it last?

Episode 20 - Afghanistan: No Country for Women

First Aired: July. 02,2015

In war-torn Afghanistan it is not the Taliban that poses the greatest threat to women - it is their own families.

Episode 19 - Taiwan's Secret Cancer

First Aired: June. 25,2015

Cancer sufferers are taking on a company they say exposed them to toxic chemicals in a landmark class action lawsuit.

Episode 18 - Saving Thailand's Animals

First Aired: June. 18,2015

Can Thailand's new animal welfare laws curb cruelty inside lucrative tiger temples, elephant parks and wildlife parks?

Episode 17 - Vietnam's War Babies

First Aired: June. 11,2015

We follow a Vietnam war baby as she searches for her roots and finds instead a new generation of Vietnamese orphans.

Episode 16 - China's Super Mums

First Aired: June. 04,2015

101 East explores the tradition of confinement for new mothers in modern China and the growing industry behind it.

Episode 15 - Nepal's Unsung Hero

First Aired: May. 28,2015

101 East follows one man's mission to restore hope to survivors of Nepal's worst natural disaster in recent history.

Episode 14 - Kazakhstan's Hard Sell

First Aired: May. 21,2015

Can Kazakhstan become a world power and tourism hotspot despite its poor human rights record and steep prices?

Episode 13 - Malaysia: Crackdown on Freedom

First Aired: May. 14,2015

Meet the Malaysians arrested under a controversial law that critics say is being used to silence government opponents.

Episode 12 - Afghanistan's Billion Dollar Drug War

First Aired: May. 07,2015

Afghan authorities are struggling to control the resurgence in poppy farming that feeds the habits of addicts worldwide.

Episode 11 - Sabah's Invisible Children

First Aired: April. 30,2015

101 East enters the world of Sabah's stateless children, who spend their lives on the run from authorities.

Episode 10 - Sri Lanka: Widows of War

First Aired: April. 23,2015

101 East examines the plight of thousands of widows struggling to survive in post-war Sri Lanka.

Episode 9 - Fake Pills: A Fatal Fraud

First Aired: April. 09,2015

101 East investigates the multi-billion-dollar trade in counterfeit medicines, which is creating a global health crisis.

Episode 8 - Malaysia's Woman Warrior

First Aired: March. 26,2015

We follow the rise of Malaysia's first professional female mixed martial artist as she faces the fight of her life.

Episode 7 - Denim Blues

First Aired: March. 19,2015

The Chinese city of Xintang, known as the world's jeans capital, is home to an industry tainted by labour rights abuses.

Episode 6 - MH370: The Unending Search

First Aired: March. 05,2015

One year after Flight MH370 vanished, 101 East investigates one of the world's greatest aviation mysteries.

Episode 5 - Laos: Saviours of the Street

First Aired: February. 26,2015

101 East examines what is driving the high number of fatal road accidents in Laos and Southeast Asia.

Episode 4 - Cambodia's News Blackmailers

First Aired: February. 19,2015

Hundreds of Cambodian journalists make a living by uncovering news and then extorting bribes to bury the story.

Episode 3 - The Last Reef on Earth

First Aired: February. 12,2015

Can marine scientists in Indonesia save the world's oceans with a 3D map of the most biodiverse region on earth?

Episode 2 - Truth or Lies: Somaly Mam

First Aired: February. 05,2015

101 East talks to Cambodia's fallen anti-sex trafficking icon as she fights to restore her reputation and save her NGO.

Episode 1 - Australia's Jihadis

First Aired: January. 29,2015

101 East explores why so many young Australians are risking their lives on the brutal front lines of Syria and Iraq.

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