The China Century (2022)

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1 Season

January 3, 2022

English

Documentary

Synopsis

The forces that have powered China's rise are rarely explored, while the lives of Chinese people barely get a mention. Beyond the headlines what do we really know about China and its 1.4 billion citizens?

Creator

Alan Erson, Michael Tear, Leo Faber

Network

ABC TV

Episodes

Chinese Dreams

Jan 3, 2022

56 min

Chinese President Xi Jinping understands the greatest threat to the authoritarian state is not an invading army but the free minds of its people. This episode explores the fight for freedom of thought in China.

Economic Miracle

Jan 10, 2022

56 min

The story of China's meteoric economic growth and its earth-shattering repercussions.

Unify The Motherland

Jan 17, 2022

56 min

China's return to imperial power after a century of humiliation.

City of Protest

Jan 24, 2022

56 min

After 150 years of British occupation, Hong Kong was returned to China in 1997. We examine how the territory has always been defined by the contest of influence between China and the West and how that tension plays out today.