East Asia – Frontline Club https://www.frontlineclub.com Championing Independent Journalism Mon, 23 Nov 2015 15:00:23 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://www.frontlineclub.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/cropped-FC_Logo_Circle-32x32.png East Asia – Frontline Club https://www.frontlineclub.com 32 32 46582028 Sun Mu: From North Korean Propagandist to Pop Art Defector https://www.frontlineclub.com/sun-mu-from-north-korean-propagandist-to-pop-art-defector/ https://www.frontlineclub.com/sun-mu-from-north-korean-propagandist-to-pop-art-defector/#respond Mon, 23 Nov 2015 14:45:44 +0000 https://www.frontlineclub.com/?p=54576 https://www.frontlineclub.com/sun-mu-from-north-korean-propagandist-to-pop-art-defector/feed/ 0 54576 Al Jazeera Preview Screening: Chinese Dreamland + Q&A https://www.frontlineclub.com/al-jazeera-preview-screening-chinese-dreamland-qa/ https://www.frontlineclub.com/al-jazeera-preview-screening-chinese-dreamland-qa/#respond Wed, 19 Aug 2015 16:55:10 +0000 https://www.frontlineclub.com/?p=52130 David Borenstein. The “Exotic Flavour Talent Agency” can turn a rural Chinese ghost town into a booming world-class city for the afternoon. Company CEO Suky and his assistant Yana organise attention-grabbing performances and talent shows in cooperation with property developers and local government officials to make real estate more appealing to potential buyers. In Chinese Dreamland, the success of Suky and Yana's foreigner-focused talent agency is tied to questions concerning racial diversity and globalisation, as well as the sustainability of China's rapid urban development.]]> https://www.frontlineclub.com/al-jazeera-preview-screening-chinese-dreamland-qa/feed/ 0 52130 Screening: Nowhere to Call Home + Q&A https://www.frontlineclub.com/screening-nowhere-to-call-home-qa/ https://www.frontlineclub.com/screening-nowhere-to-call-home-qa/#respond Thu, 15 Jan 2015 10:22:36 +0000 https://www.frontlineclub.com/?p=48138 Jocelyn Ford. Nowhere To Call Home tells the powerful story of Zanta, a Tibetan woman who moves to Beijing against the wishes of her in-laws so that her young son can receive an education. Widowed at 28, Tibetan farmer Zanta defies her tyrannical father-in-law and after her husband's death refuses to marry the family's only surviving son. When Zanta's in-laws won't let her seven-year-old child go to school, she flees her village and heads to Beijing where she becomes a street vendor. ]]> https://www.frontlineclub.com/screening-nowhere-to-call-home-qa/feed/ 0 48138 America’s Shifting Foreign Policy https://www.frontlineclub.com/americas-shifting-foreign-policy/ https://www.frontlineclub.com/americas-shifting-foreign-policy/#respond Tue, 14 May 2013 11:48:39 +0000 https://www.frontlineclub.com/?p=31516 https://www.frontlineclub.com/americas-shifting-foreign-policy/feed/ 0 31516