Asia Insight · SEASON 9
Businesses Struggling with COVID-19 in Shenzhen
Episode 13 · 2020-05-29
- Documentary
- News
Episode overview
Shenzhen, in Guangdong Province, is the center of China's IT industry. With a number of novel coronavirus infectees second only to Hubei, its businesses endured a lockdown that was lifted at the end of February. One businessman who operates amusement parks in the province faces a harsh struggle for financial survival. Unable to liquidate his assets and grappling with cancellations from investors, his business is just one of many in Shenzhen that have been destabilized by the virus.
28 minutes
Season 9 episodes
1. Fighting for Marriage Equality: Taiwan2020-01-10
2. The Twilight of Chinese Coal2020-01-17
3. Leaving It All Behind - Thailand2020-01-24
4. Taiwan's Battle with Fake News2020-01-31
5. Returning from ISIL: Kazakhstan2020-02-14
6. Living Among the Two Koreas2020-02-21
7. A Second Chance in Bangkok's Slums2020-03-06
8. A Mixed Blessing: A World Heritage City in Uzbekistan2020-03-20
9. Japan and the Philippines: Specified Skilled Worker System Year One2020-03-27
10. Beijing's Room of Rage2020-04-10
11. South Korea's Elderly Box Foragers2020-04-24
12. Documenting Home: Myanmar2020-05-08
13. Businesses Struggling with COVID-19 in Shenzhen2020-05-29
14. Coronavirus Crisis: Answering the Call - Thai Monks on the Frontline2020-06-05
15. Sketching a Better Myanmar through Satire2020-06-12
16. Battling COVID-19 (3-Part Series): Pandemic and Poverty2020-07-03
17. Battling COVID-19 (3-Part Series): Pandemic and Business2020-07-10
18. Battling COVID-19 (3-Part Series): Pandemic and Culture2020-07-17
19. North Borneo's Isolated Stateless2020-07-24
20. Protecting the Elderly from COVID-19: South Korea2020-07-31
21. Guangzhou's Apparel Industry Facing COVID-192020-08-07
22. Wuhan: An App to Survive Post-Corona2020-08-21
23. Vietnam: A Mega-Hospital in Lockdown2020-08-28
24. Deliveries Among COVID-19 in South Korea2020-09-04
25. Making Art from a Pandemic: Wuhan, China2020-09-25
26. Dreaming of a Medal: Mongolia2020-10-09
27. Thailand's Struggling Inbound Tourism2020-10-16
28. The "Made in Hong Kong" Dilemma2020-10-30
29. Spreading Kindness: Online Barter in the Philippines2020-11-13
30. Echoes of Musical Tradition: Mongolia2020-11-27
31. The Unsung Heroes Fighting the Coronavirus: Thailand2020-12-18
32. Entrepreneurs of the Massive Housing Complex: Guizhou, China2020-12-25
