From controversy over the lingering effects of Agent Orange in Vietnam, to the hidden misery of Japan in recession: our stories from across the continent since 1998.
Philippines (20 April 2000)
Producer Hugh Levinson examines the sensitive matter of Filipino family values. Contraception has become a political football, but is birth control really the key to ending poverty? Plus reports on basketball and killer gangs on campus.
Full audio and programme details
Shanghai (16 March 2000)
Hugh Levinson explores China's tobacco industry. The country makes and smokes more cigarettes than any other: a public health disaster in the making? And we examine new attitudes to both religion and sex.
Full audio and programme details
New Zealand (9 March 2000)
Presenter Julian Pettifer reports from New Zealand on the rise in cannabis growing. With a dope-smoking Rastafarian in Parliament, and almost half of all New Zealanders admitting they've indulged, is decriminalisation on its way?
Full audio and programme details
Vietnam (18 November 1999)
Producer Arlene Gregorius reports on the dispute over how much damage - both environmental and physical - the use of Agent Orange during the Vietnam War has left behind. Is scientific research being set back by political ends?
Full audio and programme details
Hong Kong (5 August 1999)
Presenter Jill McGivering reports on the battle over roots, rights and residency in Hong Kong ... and how the nearby island of Macao is preparing for its own handover back to Chinese rule.
Full audio and programme details
Pakistan (8 July 1999)
Producer Arlene Gregorius reports on the backlash against some of Pakistan's pirs - holy men - who've been accused of harming more than they heal. Plus, how to be a female professional in Pakistan, and the sound of bagpipes at the Army's music school.
Full audio and programme details
Gujarat (15 April 1999)
Rosie Goldsmith reports from northwestern India on the grimy trade of the world's largest shipbreaking yard; how Gandhianism is faring today in the state where the Mahatma was born; and why government efforts to wean people away from keeping their wealth in gold may be in vain.
Full audio and programme details
Feature: Where the ships go to die
Indonesia (4 March 1999)
Julian Pettifer reports from Indonesia on a new breed of Muslim politicians promoting Islamic democracy; meets "Mr. Lightning" in the world's most thundery country, and examines the enduring appeal of the clove cigarette.
Full audio and programme details
Feature: Islamic politics, Indonesian style
Web Exclusive: interviews with Abdurrahman Wahid and Amien Rais
Japan (5 November 1998)
Julian Pettifer reports on how the Asian recession means poverty is biting in Osaka, the whims of nation's schoolgirl princesses, and the community of Japanese Brazilians.
Full audio and programme detailsTop feature: Homeless and hungry in Japan's second city
Singapore (23 July 1998)
Producer Rosie Goldsmith explains how Singapore is using both carrot and stick to enforce the ideal that families should care for their grandparents. Plus, is Singaporean culture becoming less straitjacketed?
Full audio and programme detailsTop feature: Three generations under one roof
Western Australia (9 July 1998)
Producer Rosie Goldsmith digs deep into the territory's mining boom, to meet the self-made millionaires, the Aboriginal land claims activists - and the Australian model of the New Man.
Friday, 31 March, 2000, 16:51 GMT 17:51 UK
E-mail this story to a friend
~RS~a~RS~Domestic~RS~q~RS~~RS~z~RS~01~RS~)
