Unreported China: Inside the Pop Industry and Gay Shock Therapy | Investigate Asia

00:00 China’s Pop Idols

Channel 4’s multi-award winning foreign affairs strand series returns for a new series, with a vibrant film from China exploring the extraordinary world of the country’s up-and-coming pop stars. China’s aspiring musicians are global citizens, inspired by U.S. hip-hop, British punk, and the slick routines of Korean pop. But as Marcel Theroux reveals, they face the special challenges of working under increasing censorship and a deeply authoritarian government.

23:33 China’s Gay Shock Therapy

Reporter Shaunagh Connaire and Director Patrick Wells are in China to reveal how some hospitals use treatments including nausea-inducing drugs and electric shock therapy to ‘cure’ gay people. Secret filming shows one young volunteer receiving painful electric shock treatment, while LGBT activists campaigning for gay rights are closely monitored by the police.

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