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Taiwanese films

Chinese and Chinese-language Films

Land Reform in the Philippines: a detailed history lesson on the failure of land reform and its effect on a nation’s development

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“Land Reform in the Philippines” (Asianometry, 17 October 2022) For most of its existence as an independent nation since 1946, the Philippines has suffered from unequal…

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Chinese and Chinese-language Films

What Raiding the Rich Did For Malaysia: a lesson on how developing nations can reclaim their lands and resources from former colonial overlords

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“What Raiding the Rich Did For Malaysia” (Asianometry, 29 August 2022) A daring stockmarket raid hatched by politicians and bankers in Malaysia on the shares of…

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Chinese and Chinese-language Films

Storing Freshwater in the Salty Sea: the upsides and downsides of coastal reservoirs to receive and store fresh water

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“Storing Freshwater in the Salty Sea” (Asianometry, 22 August 2022) In this video, the Asianometry host digresses from economics, business and IT issues to one relevant…

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Chinese and Chinese-language Films

Why North Korea Starves: a detailed video of North Korea’s food self-sufficiency quest omits how US hostility distorts that aim

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“Why North Korea Starves” (Asianometry, 10 January 2022) While accurate information about North Korea is difficult to obtain, due to its government’s secrecy, this Asianometry mini-documentary…

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Chinese and Chinese-language Films

China’s Massive Nearsightedness Problem: an insightful survey of how China is dealing with childhood and adolescent myopia

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“China’s Massive Nearsightedness Problem” (Asianometry, 20 June 2022) With about 57% of its population in 2019 being myopic (short-sighted), and with schoolchildren in urban areas being…

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