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A-Tek is on a quest to find his favorite metal band, Chthonic, and persuade them to play a benefit protest concert in his southern Taiwan hometown. Can music save a Taiwanese homeowner from a Chinese land grab? He sure hopes so.
A-Tek is on a quest to find his favorite metal band, Chthonic, and persuade them to play a benefit protest concert in his southern Taiwan hometown. Can music save a Taiwanese homeowner from a Chinese land grab? He sure hopes so.
Emerson Tsai
A-Tek
Freddy Lim
Freddy Lim
Yu Pei-Jen
Wu Pong-fong
Lee Yi-chieh
Jesse Liu
Jesse 'Black' Liu
Doris Yeh
Doris Yeh
Ying Wei-min
Yang Lieh
A-Tek is on a quest to find his favorite metal band, Chthonic, and persuade them to play a benefit protest concert in his southern Taiwan hometown. Can music save a Taiwanese homeowner from a Chinese land grab? He sure hopes so.
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