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Chinese labourers in France in 1917. From the collection Albert-Kahn (Archives de la Planète)

Prior to the centenary of the Great War, the Belgian production company De Chinezen made a television show on the Western Front. Together with two fellows, the host of the show, Arnout Houben, walked along the Western Front, from Nieuwpoort to Gallipoli in Turkey. In this television format the stories are told through contemporary personal encouters. There is also archival film available on Chinese labour in World Wa