Julien Alfred had reached breaking point, but one question changed everything.

Everything about this young man suggests gentleness.

“That you’ve been on a journey in Season 1 and you learned things. Then, by the end, everything has changed and you understand who these characters are, what’s between them, what the stakes are and what the truth is in a new way.”

Since then their adventures have involved everything from malfunctioning clothing to mysterious were-rabbits.

"These people will essentially lose everything they own, their livelihoods and community heritage," said Maya Wang, interim China director at HRW.