CNA Correspondent Podcast: Desperate for a dream - Why some Chinese migrants cross the US border illegally
Teresa Tang talks to Wei Du on what happened behind the scenes of CNA’s new documentary "Walk the Line".
Mining the deep reporting of CNA's correspondents, Teresa Tang goes behind the scenes with journalists on the frontlines to unpack the biggest Asian and global stories.
Jump to these key moments:
- 5:00 Why COVID was a turning point
- 10:00 Conversation with a smuggler
- 13:51 Following a family on their journey
- 23:20 Do they find their dream home?
Last year, 2.5 million migrants entered the United States illegally via its southern border with Mexico. Nearly 40,000 of them were from China. What did Beijing's zero-Covid policy have to do with this?
Teresa Tang speaks to CNA's Wei Du about her new documentary, Walk the Line.
The Darien Gap (is) the reason you cannot drive from North America into South America. The jungle is so dense that to this day, they didn't build any roads. So you have to carry everything on your back - everything you need.
We had a very good fixer in Tapachula, Southern Mexico. Usually when we go to a country, we look for a fixer in the capital. But when we (asked people in) Mexico City, they all said, we're not going (to Tapachula). Good luck.
That's a question that every documentary that's ever made about people with private lives are asked right? I believe the answer is that we all have an innate desire to tell people what we're (going through).
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