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The China Century

2022 - 2022

Chinese Dreams

3rd January 2022

Episode 1

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

10th January 2022

Episode 2

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

Unify The Motherland

17th January 2022

Episode 3

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

City of Protest

24th January 2022

Episode 4

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.

Cold War Two

31st January 2022

Episode 5

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

Top Cast

Hamish Macdonald

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?

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Hamish Macdonald

Self - Presenter

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Michael Tear

Executive Producer

Alan Erson

Executive Producer

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Kate Pappas

Co-Producer

Leo Faber

Executive Producer

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