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  • ABC TV

The China Century

  • 2022
  • Ended
  • Documentary
  • ~56m / ep
  • 1 season

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?

Latest: Season 1 · 2022

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  1. E1. Chinese Dreams

    Jan 3, 2022 · 56m

    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.

  2. E2. Economic Miracle

    Jan 10, 2022 · 56m

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

  3. E3. Unify The Motherland

    Jan 17, 2022 · 56m

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

  4. E4. City of Protest

    Jan 24, 2022 · 56m

    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.

  5. E5. Cold War Two

    Jan 31, 2022 · 56m

    The world's greatest rivalry began with hope and idealism. What went wrong?

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