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The China Century

Season 1 · 5 episodes · Jan 3, 2022

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    Episode 1

    Chinese Dreams

    Jan 3, 2022

    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.

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    Episode 2

    Economic Miracle

    Jan 10, 2022

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

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    Episode 3

    Unify The Motherland

    Jan 17, 2022

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

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    Episode 4

    City of Protest

    Jan 24, 2022

    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.

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    Episode 5

    Cold War Two

    Jan 31, 2022

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