Clout Asia

Aimee Zheng is the Founder of Oplay, an online community promoting women’s sexual health wellbeing across cultures. Before empowering female communities Aimee was trained as an architect and was involved in a number of residential and commercial architectural design projects in Australasia.

We asked Aimee to take us on her journey to Asia capability by nominating a food, song, movie, and person that help us understand what being an Asia-capable Australian is all about.

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MOVIE: Eat Drink Man Woman《飲食男女》

FOOD: Chinese Donut "You Tiao" 油条

PERSON: Professor Kerry Brown

SONG: Jasmine Flower "Mo Li Hua" 《茉莉花》rendition by Lucy Jakubowski-Laxon

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Jessica Mudditt is the author of Our Home in Myanmar – Four Years in Yangon, a memoir that describes her life in Myanmar in the lead-up to the historic general elections of 2015. She worked in Myanmar as a journalist at the state-run newspaper The Myanmar Times, as well as for the British Embassy and the UN.

Jessica is also a freelance journalist currently based in Sydney. Her articles have been published by Forbes Magazine, BBC, The Economist Intelligence Unit, and CNN.

We asked Jessica to take us on her journey to Asia capability by nominating a food, song, TV show, and person that help us understand what being an Asia-capable Australian is all about.

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MOVIE: The Lady

SONG: Kabar Ma Kyay Bu” (ကမ္ဘာမကြေဘူး), also translated as “We Won't Be Satisfied Until the End of the World” (Lyrics: The song that will be remembered in history is written with our blood | To our heroes that have fallen fighting for democracy)

PERSON: Dr Sasa

FOOD: Burmese tea leaf salad (lahpet thoke)

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Christopher Kong is the founder of Data Hero Network, a company that helps organisations build data capability, identify business use cases and recruitment to find data talent.

Chris has a deep understanding of data transformation and understanding consumer behaviour, with 18 years of in-market experience in Australia, Singapore & China, where he held leadership positions at Danone, Nielsen & Cadbury.

Spending 14 of those years he spent in China, Chris has since returned to Melbourne and continues to tell the stories of Chinese people through his podcast China Mic-Mac.

We asked Chris to take us on his journey to Asia capability by nominating a food, song, TV show and person that help us understand what being an Asia-capable Australian is all about.

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FOOD: Chocolate

SONG: Foreigner - I Want to Know What Love Is

MOVIE: The Godfather

PERSON: Gregory Zhang

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Natalie Liddiard-Gray is an educational leader. She has spent the last decade recognizing and developing the talents of a generation of young Shanghainese at the renowned YCIS International School, following earlier stints in Melbourne, Sydney & Guangxi Province, China.   

Her journey to Asia capability spans deep friendships with punk rockers in China's Zhuang Autonomous Region through to mentoring volunteers at Lifeline Shanghai who support members of the public in times of emotional crisis.  

We asked Nat to take us on her journey to Asia capability by nominating a food, song, TV show and person that help us understand what being an Asia-capable Australian is all about.

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FOOD: Oil tea "Youcha" 油茶

SONG: P.K. 14 - Tell the Children《告诉孩子们》

MOVIE: Chungking Express 《重庆森林》

PERSON: Christopher Doyle 杜可风

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Frances Goh is an innovation expert, serial entrepreneur and champion of women-led businesses.

Frances was born in Melbourne to Chinese-Malaysian parents and retained her hybrid American-Aussie accent after spending a part of her life in the Philippines.

Frances has spent her professional life working in mainland China, Kuala Lumpur as well as Hong Kong, and is now the Chief Community Officer at One Roof, a community of female leaders and entrepreneurs.

We asked Frances to take us on his journey to Asia capability by nominating a food, song, TV show and person that help us understand what being an Asia-capable Australian is all about.

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FOOD: Mum's Asam Laksa

SONG: Michael Wong - Fairy Tale 光良 《童话》

TV Show: Journey to the West 《西游记》

PERSON: Natalie Tran aka communitychannel

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Ben McMahon (孟杰明) is a Mandarin-language social media influencer turned property developer.

With studies from Beijing’s Peking University and Shanghai’s Fudan University under his belt, Ben founded a Mandarin-language walking tour company in Melbourne before taking to the silver screen to star in television shows such as "If You Are The One" (非诚勿扰) and his very own "Informal Talks" (非正式会谈) telecast. 

We asked Ben to take us on his journey to Asia capability by nominating a food, a song, a movie and person that help us understand what being an Asia-capable Australian is all about.

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FOOD: Shanghai dumplings - Xiaolongbao - 小笼包 

SONGS:

• Song Dongye - Miss Dong (宋冬野 - 董小姐)


• Eric Chou - The Distance of Love (周兴哲 - 以后别做朋友)

TV Show: Informal Talks - 非正式会谈

PERSON: Meng Fei - 孟非

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With the holiday season upon us, we thought we might go back to where it all began. ⁠
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Today's episode is an early cut with Clout co-founder Lucy, diving into a few themes that showcase the journey of Asia capable Australians. ⁠
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We hope you enjoy, and look forward to bringing you new chats and more stories in 2023. ⁠
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Listen where you get your podcasts. Happy New Year! ⁠
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FOOD: Roujiamo - 肉夹馍 ⁠
SONG: Jay Chou - ‘East Wind Breaks' - 东风破 ⁠
SHOW: Chinese New Year Gala - 春晚 ⁠
PERSON: Kylie Kwong ⁠

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Tim Martin is an entrepreneur at the start of the journey. An MBA graduate from the University of Melbourne, Tim recently made the big decision to relocate to Bali with family in tow and a long term plan to make a mark in one of the regions fastest growing economies - Indonesia.

We asked Tim to take us on his journey to Asia capability by nominating a food, a song, a movie and person that help us understand what being an asia capable Australian is all about.

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FOOD: Gudeg

SONG: Tesla Menaf - Part 3

MOVIE: The Raid 

PERSON: Inkarani Prayanto

Learn more: sutasoma.id // Insta @sutasomaconsulting // LinkedIn @sutasoma-consulting

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Did you know the characters for clout are the same in Japanese (影響力) as they are in traditional Chinese (影響力)?

 

Today we talk to Joanne Warrin. A long term Aussie expat in Asia, Joanne calls Kyoto, Beijing and Shanghai her second, third, and fourth homes. Originally from Melbourne, Joanne's journey started with her own major sports event business in Japan, before working at the Australian Embassy in China, and most recently serving as Global EY Private Brand, Marketing & Communications Leader, Family Enterprise. 

 

We asked Joanne to take us on her journey to Asia capability by nominating a food, a song, a movie and a person that help us understand what being an Aussie, with clout, is all about.

 

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FOOD: Hot Pot - 火锅 - しゃぶしゃぶ 

 

SONG: Kareoke - K-TV - 卡拉OK - カラオケ 

 

MOVIES:

• Shanghai Triad with Gong Li


• The Road Home with Zhang Ziyi


• House of Flying Daggers with Zhang Ziyi

 

PERSON: Plucky Japanese elders who share their culture and language with newcomers 

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Matthew Wong is an entrepreneur with interests in hospitality, education and real estate. An Aussie-born Malaysian-Chinese who grew up in Sydney, Matt moved to Beijing in 2008 as a young professional, to get out of his comfort zone, a journey which lasted for 10 years, and included opening an Aussie pie shop, Two Guys and a Pie. 

We asked Matt to take us on his journey to Asia capability by nominating a food, a song, a show and person that help us understand what being an Aussie, with clout, is all about.

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FOOD: Chuànr "Meat Skewers” 串

SONG: David Tao - Love is Simple / 陶喆《爱很简单》

TV SHOW: Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown

PERSON: Michael Chang

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