The China Century – Season 1
2022
5 Episodes
Episodes
S01E01
Chinese Dreams
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.
03 Jan 202256m
S01E02
Economic Miracle
The story of China's meteoric economic growth and its earth-shattering repercussions.
10 Jan 202256m
S01E03
Unify The Motherland
China's return to imperial power after a century of humiliation.
17 Jan 202256m
S01E04
City of Protest
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.
24 Jan 202256m
S01E05
Cold War Two
The world's greatest rivalry began with hope and idealism. What went wrong?
31 Jan 202256m