In the inaugural episode 101 East discusses the corruption scandal surrounding Taiwanese President Chen Shui-bian, with Winston Dang from the President's Democratic People's Party (DPP) and Joanna Lei of the main opposition party, the KMT.
101 East canvasses reaction to President Bush' s visit to Asia, with guests Professor Lang Xian-ping from the Chinese University of Hong Kong in Shanghai and former UN security Council President Professor Kishore Mahbubani.
101 East examines the case of Ching Cheong, the The Straits Times newspaper reporter, jailed on charges of spying for Taiwan, and analyses the clues it provides about press freedom in China today.