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Five Thousand Years History of Chinese character

2009-03-14T16:15:00.000-07:00

James Fallows: China’s Way Forward

2009-03-12T00:30:00.000-07:00

Idle factories, moored container ships, widespread bankruptcies, massive migration back to the hinterlands, strangely clean air—the signs of depression are everywhere in China. Because it makes so many of the goods the world isn’t buying now, China stands to be worse hit than the rest of the world —just as America was during the Depression, when it was the world’s sweatshop. But like America then, China will use tough times to design innovative products that will get it the high profits and the high-value jobs Americans kept to themselves for decades. And that is very bad news for the United States, unless it uses tough times to reinvent itself, too.

Shanghai Ghetto (2002)

2009-03-01T12:22:00.000-08:00

One of the most amazing and captivating survival tales of WWII, the overwhelmingly acclaimed SHANGHAI GHETTO has been declared "a don’t miss documentary...powerful...eye-opening" (New York Observer). Stirringly narrated by Academy Award winner Martin Landau (Ed Wood, The Majestic), SHANGHAI GHETTO recalls the strange-but-true story of thousands of European Jews who were shut out of country after country while trying to escape Nazi persecution in the late 1930s. Left without options or entrance visas, a beacon of hope materialized for them on the other side of the world, and in the unlikeliest of places, Japanese-controlled Shanghai. Fleeing for their lives, these Jewish refugees journeyed to form a settlement in the exotic city, penniless and unprepared for their new life in the Far East. At the turn of the new millennium, filmmakers Dana Janklowicz-Mann and Amire Mann boldly snuck into China with two survivors and a digital camera to shoot at the site of the original Shanghai Ghetto, unchanged since WWII. Their never-before-seen recordings--along with interviews of survivors and historians, rare letters, stock footage, still photos, and an orignal score by Sujin Nam and Chinese Erhu performer Karen Han (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon)--depicts an incredibly moving portrayal of a rich cultural life, bravely constructed under enormous hardship. DVD Features: Filmmaker Commentary; Deleted Interviews; Hebrew/English Subtitles; Theatrical Trailer; Filmmaker Biographies; Interactive Menus; Scene Selection

China & India: Catching Up With the West?China & India: Catching Up With the West?

2009-02-24T20:23:00.000-08:00

India and China are the world's fastest growing economies. The multinationals of the developing world are challenging the dominance of Western firms.

China's oil companies and mining firms are spreading throughout the developing world, while India's hi-tech firms are more than a match for many in the developed world. The world's tallest buildings, largest airports, fastest trains, and biggest dams are now all to be found in the developing world.

Despite the rapid growth of the emerging economies, however, all reasonable projections point to a continued gap for decades to come between the West and the rest. China and India may soon become the world’s largest economies, but it is not certain they will ever be the richest. Does this matter?

'Good enough' technology such as Tata's Nano, only a tenth the price of a Mercedes Smart Car, may allow people to enjoy some of the benefits of development without having to catch up in dollar terms. Similarly, the rapid adoption of mobile telephony seems to have bypassed the need for landlines.

But without roads, an electricity grid and the provision of water and sewage systems to the majority of the population, how developed can a country really become?

Can the emerging economies jump a stage in development to become fully modern, or is their growth limited to dynamic pockets that lack the economic might to transform whole countries?

Dr. Nicholas C. Hope: Economic Trends In 2009

2009-02-24T17:04:00.000-08:00

Nicholas Hope uses his twenty-three years at the World Bank to translate economic data in today's trends that will create tomorrow's reality.

Will China and India be the economic engines that revive world trade? Will economic reforms from Washington cure Wall Street's failures, or corporate America's misfortunes?

Revalorizing Gendered Self-Worth in China (Berkeley)

2009-02-19T23:20:00.000-08:00

Elvera Kwang Siam Lim Memorial Lecture in Chinese Studies

"Revalorizing Gendered Self-Worth in China's New Age of Private Property."

Professor Li Zhang, UC Davis

November 11, 2008

This lecture explores how the privatization of home ownership and a rising material culture of consumerism reconfigure the intimate realm of self-worth, love, and marriage in urban China. Through several ethnographic cases, my research shows how owning a private house has gradually become the decisive factor in considering marriage and a focal point of contention in dissolving that relationship. In this context, I suggest that self-worth has become more and more individualized and materialized through the idiom of property possession. After thirty years of economic reform, the socially embedded nature of the self that was once at the heart of a moral economy is being eclipsed by an individual-centered, materialistic determinism nurtured by a market economy. This social reconfiguration however is a gendered process. While the meanings of masculinities have shifted toward ones ability to make money, possess desirable material goods, or gain political power, the construction of self-worth among women tends to focus on the body and physical appearance, which serve as the material foundation for constructing femininities.

Explore the City of Macau (WSJ)

2009-02-01T19:44:00.000-08:00

A Portugese colony until late 1999, China's gambling mecca of Macau remains as vibrant as ever. WSJ's Deborah Kan reports.

Amazing Chinese Acrobat Performance

2009-01-27T21:13:00.000-08:00

Kung Fu Killers - Top 10 Deadliest Kung Fu Weapons (National Geograpghic)

2009-01-09T20:46:00.000-08:00

From iron claws and meteor hammers to deer antler blades and emei needles, ancient Kung Fu weapons range greatly in shape and design, yet all have only one purpose - to injure. In the hands of a skilled assassin, even the humble chopsticks can become savage weapons. Brutal metal-link whips, miniature swords disguised as tobacco pipes, fans edges with razor-sharp blades and poison-tipped arrows are all lethal in their own right but pale in comparison with an almost mystical weapon of decapitation. This countdown reveals the ten deadliest Kung Fu weapons of all time, uncovering the dark secrets of their creation and the unbelievable ways in which they’ve been used.

Are Emerging Economies the New Innovators?

2009-01-08T22:57:00.001-08:00

QQ, Tudou, Mixi and CyWorld are not familiar names in the West, but these websites based in China, Japan and South Korea are more popular, profitable and technically innovative than their Western counterparts, MySpace, Facebook and YouTube.

South Korea and Japan are the most advanced internet markets in the world, with China and India rapidly catching up. Yet we in the West seem oblivious to the development of such technologies in Asia.

The dynamic emerging economies of the East are conveniently pigeonholed as the worlds new manufacturing base (China) or a powerhouse for service industries (India), while the high-end 'knowledge economy' is still seen as the preserve of the West.Is it time to revise this view and hail the innovative character of the rising East?

The fast-paced economic development of the emerging economies seems bound up with a wider culture of dynamism. Innovation in China, for example, seems unhindered by the risk-aversion, regulation, and short-term instrumentalism that hampers innovation in the West. So is risk-taking Eastern can-do outstripping overly-cautious Western 'know-how'?

How far can the pioneer pragmatism of the emerging economies take us in innovating new technologies? How far can a country such as China really extend the boundaries of technical and intellectual innovation while freedom of thought is confined by censorship, and democracy is curtailed? What, if anything, can the West learn from technical innovation coming out of the emerging economies? - Institute of Ideas

Active Minds Lecture: Tibet

2008-12-31T00:45:00.001-08:00

With an average elevation higher than the tallest peaks of Colorado, Tibet has been called the "Roof of the World."

Join Active Minds as we explore the history and controversy that surrounds this unique region.

China claims that Tibet has been part of China for centuries, while Tibet maintains that China illegally invaded the independent country in 1949.

We will cover the role of the Dalai Lama and the views of China and the international community as we seek to understand the situation there - Tattered Cover

China Rethinks the Nature of Democracy

2008-12-21T14:40:00.001-08:00

Institute of Ideas
London, U.K.
Nov 2nd, 2008

Alan Hudson, Director of Leadership Programs for China at Oxford University, discusses the nature of democracy.

He explains China's modern take on the American model of democracy and its relationship between the elite and the masses.

China: New Hope or Threat to the World?

2008-12-21T14:37:00.001-08:00

The rise of China as both an economic and political power has provoked intense interest in the West.

Daily discussions in the US and Europe reflect on the rapid emergence of China's industrial might and potential on the world stage. Much of this discussion seems to be underscored by deep anxiety, however.

The Beijing Olympics provided a focus whereby this anxiety seemed to intensify. Some have raised concerns about a rise of 'China-bashing'. Has it become 'fashionable' to portray China as an 'evil' empire as a means playing up the comparative virtue of the West?

Talk of the impressive acceleration of China's productivity is invariably accompanied by environmental concerns, particularly with regard to pollution and China's increasing demand for material improvements leading to greater energy consumption.

The political character of the Chinese regime is also a cause for concern, with passions raised particularly with regard to the lack of free speech in China, abuses of human rights in Tibet, and alleged complicity with atrocities in Darfur and Zimbabwe, as China plays an ever greater international role.

To what extent is the expansion of China's productive capabilities to be welcomed? Can China provide an example of how to transform less developed parts of the world? Or is the growth of China a threat to the international order and humanity more broadly? Are Western observers right to fear the rise of China?

Is the discussion about China sufficiently objective, or has it rather become a focus for concerns within the West, such as our own ambivalent attitude to economic growth, and fears about our changing place in the world? - NY Salon

Will China Democratize?

2008-12-21T14:33:00.000-08:00

Will China Democratize? With a global trend toward democracy plus its remarkable success at economic development the question often arises whether China will make commensurate progress in democratization. There have been a few hopeful signs at the local level, including some competitive elections, but even there democratization is limited. Unrest has been growing among peasants and others left behind by economic progress and frustrated by corruption and lack of political responsiveness. At the national level there are some indications that toleration for dissent, essential for democracy, is actually decreasing. What are the obstacles to democratization in China? Are there now more pressures for democratization because of the vast expansion of education and the middle class? Is it possible China could experience top-down democratization initiated by the Communist authorities as happened throughout much of the former Soviet Bloc?

The China Fantasy

2008-12-21T14:32:00.000-08:00

Politics and Prose
Washington, D.C.
Feb 24th, 2007

Author James Mann discusses The China Fantasy at Politics and Prose Bookstore in Washington D.C.

James Mann is the senior writer in residence at the CSIS International Security Program and the author of two critically acclaimed books: About Face: A History of America's Curious Relationship with China from Nixon to Clinton and Beijing Jeep. Previously, he was a long-time correspondent with the Los Angeles Times, and his writing has also appeared in The New Republic and The Atlantic Monthly.

China according to China

2008-12-12T19:43:00.000-08:00

The online documentary is filmed by Diego Grass Puga of 0300TV, a site that specializes in "interviews, news, articles, videocast" about architecture. The video segments are listed under the titles "What is exactly happening here?” "Speed," "Agrilculture," "Education" and "Architecture: 2008, China."
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Jackie Chan: My Stunts (1999)

2008-12-12T17:56:00.000-08:00

\MY STUNTS is a close-up look at the world of Jackie Chan's action films, where he personally reveals some of the secrets behind his amazing talent for creating death-defying stunts. The film also feature thrilling action sequences from... MY STUNTS is a close-up look at the world of Jackie Chan's action films, where he personally reveals some of the secrets behind his amazing talent for creating death-defying stunts. The film also feature thrilling action sequences from Chan's work, as well as outtakes of near misses and humorous moments.

China's cyber vigilantes (CNN)

2008-12-09T22:22:00.000-08:00

Chinese Classical Dance: Flying Apsaras

2008-12-08T22:21:00.001-08:00

Classical ribbon dance patterned after the flying goddesses of Dunhuang Mural.

Video Of China's First Android Phone - QiGi i6

2008-12-07T21:55:00.000-08:00

Riz Khan - China in Africa

2008-12-07T12:49:00.000-08:00

In recent years, China has become the most aggressive investor nation in Africa. The Riz Khan show asks if China is exploiting African nations or offering real economic growth and opportunity to sub-Saharan Africa?

Can cleantech China teach the West how to be green?

2008-12-05T10:49:00.000-08:00

For Dr. Xingyi Xu, the grass used to be greener on the other side.

Chinese engineer Xu spent a decade developing electric vehicle systems for Ford Motor Co. in America. In 2002, he decided to return to China to develop electric vehicle systems of his own.

"There are many guys like me," said Xu, founder of Shanghai Kinway Technologies, a small start-up specializing in motors for electric cars and manufacturing equipment.

Conversations With History: Mark Leonard China (UC berkeley)

2008-12-03T22:09:00.000-08:00

Conversations host Harry Kreisler welcomes Mark Leonard, Executive Director of the European Council on Foreign Relations, for a discussion of the ideas that are influencing the domestic and foreign policy debates in China. Through a careful examination of what Chinese intellectuals have to say on topics such as democracy, economy, and international relations, Leonard finds distinctive Chinese worldviews. The West must understand the contours of these debates to effectively address China's rise because they offer important insights into how China will use its enormous power to shape world order in the twenty-first century. Series: Conversations with History.

Hong Kong: 1938, a Gateway to China

2008-12-03T10:35:00.001-08:00

Chinatown, Africa

2008-12-02T23:22:00.000-08:00

Chinatown, Africa
In "Chinatown, Africa", Vanguard correspondent Mariana van Zeller travels to Angola to investigate China's rapidly growing presence in Africa. While many welcome China's investment, others see reason for concern. Chinatown, Africa is revealing look at a growing superpower's adventures abroad.

Opening Ceremony of Beijing Olympic Games (HDTV)

2008-11-30T09:38:00.000-08:00

India vs. China (CNN)

2008-11-29T15:23:00.001-08:00

They both have populations numbering over a billion, but that's where the similarities stop between India and China.

The Body Politic: China US Campaign

2008-11-23T23:33:00.000-08:00

As host of the 2008 Olympics, China sought to use this event to present itself in a positive light to the world. Did it succeed? Noted China experts Susan Shirk and Barry Naughton of UC San Diego join host Peter Gourevitch to assess the long term impacts of the games on China's reputation in the international community. Plus, presidential campaign analysis from UCSD'S Sam Popkin. Series: Body Politic,

Conversations With History: China and the United States

2008-11-23T23:28:00.000-08:00

Host Harry Kreisler welcomes James Fallows of the Atlantic Monthly for a conversation on U.S-China relations. They discuss the rise of China as a manufacturing superpower, the costs and benefits of economic interdependence between the two countries, and the implications of the relationship for global economic stability. Fallows also talks about the lack of media coverage of the international context of the U.S. financial crisis and speculates on how China will impact the agenda of the next President of the United States.

Cold War: China (1949-1972) (CNN)

2008-11-23T16:01:00.000-08:00

The emergence of the People's Republic of China signals a new and dangerous phase in the Cold War. But a split between Moscow and Beijing opens the door for a change in U.S.-Chinese relations.

China's fast food wars (CNN)

2008-11-13T21:53:00.001-08:00

CNN's Eunice Yoon reports how western fast food giants in China are facing some serious local competition.

Genghis Khan (BBC)

2008-11-02T13:02:00.000-08:00

Brutal tyrant or man of vision?

Always strike first and always take revenge. Genghis Khan learnt these lessons the hard way during a violent childhood. Son of a murdered father, Genghis grew up in the unforgiving environment of the Mongolian Steppe. But how did an outcast, raised in poverty, come to be the great Khan?

Combining live-action footage shot in Mongolia with CGI software used in Lord of the Rings, the recreation of battle scenes is taken to a new level in presenting the story of how Genghis conquered an empire greater than the Roman Empire at its peak.

Rural China "Children Left Behind" (TVB)

2008-10-18T14:00:00.000-07:00

UNICEF Awarded "Children Left Behind" in Rural China Documentary

"They have parents, but they live very lonely lives. They eat alone, they play alone."

Producer: Catherine Lee Yuk San

"Children Left Behind", a 30-minute documentary, chronicles the lives of children who are "left behind" in the villages of rural China, when their parents migrate to urban areas in search of work.

As part of China's economic boom, it is estimated that over 120 million rural migrants have moved to urban areas to work in factories and construction. A new phenomenon in China, the number of children "left behind" is now estimated to be over 22 million. Although it is their basic right to have their parent's love, concern and care, in reality you can see that they live like an orphan.

Election '08 and the Challenge of China (US-China Institute)

2008-10-10T11:17:00.000-07:00

The U.S.-China relationship is complicated and is vital for both countries and the world. Where do Senators McCain and Obama stand on U.S.-China trade, security, environmental, and human rights issues? How important has policy toward China been in past elections and in 2008? These are the questions explored in a USC U.S.-China Institute documentary.
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PBS: The People's Court (2007)

2008-10-05T12:15:00.000-07:00

Poised to surpass the United States as the largest economy in the world, yet facing mounting domestic and international pressure for a fair and transparent framework of laws, China is racing to reshape the rules of society. In the past quarter century, the country has opened nearly 400 law schools, trained hundreds of thousands of judges and lawyers, and launched education campaigns to encourage people to bring their grievances to court rather than taking to the streets. But the transformation is incomplete and the judiciary far from independent. Senior judges are appointed by, take orders from, and receive their paychecks from the one-party state. Hundreds of Chinese lawyers have been jailed in recent years while citizens are taking to the streets in record numbers to protest land seizures, corruption, pollution, or unpaid wages. And China executes more prisoners each year than the rest of the world combined.

WIDE ANGLE gained exclusive access to film in Chinese courts - a first for a Western documentary. Profiling itinerant judges, law students, a human rights lawyer, and ordinary citizens, The People's Court examines China in flux, revealing the lengths to which Chinese people must go to obtain justice and raising crucial questions about their emerging system of law.

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The Great Wall of China (2007)

2008-10-05T12:05:00.000-07:00

It was the most ambitious building project ever attempted in the history of mankind. And its story has been almost impossible to tell - until now. Based on astonishing new archaeological finds and extraordinary first-person accounts, Great Wall of China tells the story of one of the greatest wonders the world has ever known.

It's more than 3,000 miles in length and was built in just 20 years by a workforce of nearly two million using technology and construction techniques that continue to inspire awe even today. The story of its building, one of human drama, labour and loss, is told in this film through three individuals, each one central to the tale. Thirteen-year-old Emperor Muzong, whose Kingdom is pushed to the brink of destruction by invading Mongolian warriors, demands that a wall be built that can never be breached again. General Qi Jiguang, a military hero and engineering genius, is tasked with overseeing the largest workforce ever assembled on earth. And Zhou Li, an ordinary soldier, is forced to work in conditions of unimaginable hardship but ultimately finds sanctuary and peace in the shadow of this great wall.

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Up The Yangtze (2007) DVDRIP XVID-iGNiTE

2008-10-05T11:30:00.000-07:00

A luxury cruise boat motors up the Yangtze — navigating the mythic waterway known in China simply as “The River.” The Yangtze is about to be transformed by the biggest hydroelectric dam in history. At the river’s edge — a young woman says goodbye to her family as the floodwaters rise towards their small homestead. The Three Gorges Dam — contested symbol of the Chinese economic miracle — provides the epic backdrop for Up the Yangtze, a dramatic feature documentary on life inside modern China.

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Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao Interview on CNN

2008-10-03T22:02:00.000-07:00

China's challenges (Al Jazeera)

2008-09-29T23:38:00.001-07:00

In 25 years China has been taken from poverty to modernity, the Olympics and the brink of superpower status. But their have been costs - galloping inflation, the world's worst pollution and a social fabric that is showing the stain. This episode of 101 East asks what the future holds for China after the games.

China and the Olympics (Al Jazeera)

2008-09-29T23:36:00.000-07:00

China is pulling out all stops as its capital takes to the world stage as host of the 2008 Olympic games. Since winning the bid seven years ago, Beijing has undergone a construction boom, making this Olympics the world's most expensive games ever, at a cost of $43 billion. This week on 101 East we ask, what does hosting the 2008 Olympics mean for China and its people?

World's Biggest Airport - Beijing Airport (Discovery)

2008-09-24T13:29:00.000-07:00

Beijing Capital International Airport, (simplified Chinese: 北京首都国际机场; traditional Chinese: 北京首都國際機場; pinyin: Běijīng Shǒudū Guójì Jīchǎng) (IATA: PEK, ICAO: ZBAA) is the main international airport that serves the capital city of Beijing, People's Republic of China. The IATA Airport Code is PEK, reflecting Beijing's former Romanization Peking. The code BJS is also frequently used, reflecting the current pinyin spelling of Beijing and including all airports in the Beijing metropolitan area; currently, Beijing Capital (PEK) is the only civil aviation airport that falls under BJS.

The airport is located 20 km to the northeast of Beijing city center. Although many consider it to lie in Shunyi District, it is, in fact, an exclave of Chaoyang District, Beijing.

The airport is a primary hub of operations for Air China, which flies to around 120 destinations (excluding cargo). It is also a hub for Hainan Airlines and China Southern Airlines. The airport expansion is largely funded by a 500-million-euro (USD 625 million) loan from the European Investment Bank (EIB). The loan is the largest ever granted by the EIB in Asia; the agreement was signed during the eighth China-EU Summit held in September 2005.[citation needed]

Beijing Capital is today the busiest airport in the People's Republic of China, having registered double-digit growth annually since the SARS crisis of 2003. In 2004, it became the busiest airport in Asia by aircraft movements, overtaking Tokyo International Airport (Haneda). In terms of passengers, Beijing was the second-busiest airport in Asia after Tokyo International Airport (Haneda) and ninth-busiest worldwide in 2006. In 2007, it served 53,736,923 passengers and had 399,986 aircraft movements.[1] It was the 23rd busiest airport in terms of traffic movements. It is also the 20th busiest airport in terms of cargo traffic, having moved 1,028,908 million tonnes of cargo in 2006. It operates around 1100 flights a day, and is expected to rise to 1500-1600 at the Olympics in 2008.

Young and Restless in China (PBS)

2008-09-02T21:15:00.000-07:00

The Rise of China on the World Stage

2008-08-22T21:47:00.000-07:00

The surge of China on to the world stage has been called the single most important geopolitical event in this century. Will the nation of nearly 1.3 billion be a force for good or ill in world affairs writ large? What are the challenges of integrating China into a stable and secure world? The Great Decisions Television Series is a thirteen show series broadcast each year on PBS stations nationwide. Each show brings together experts on a specific topic in order to examine all sides of a foreign policy issue. The 2005 Television Series features the eight topics from the Great Decisions briefing book, as well as five election specials. This year's series is hosted by Peter Krogh, Dean Emeritus at the Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University

The Emergency of New China (UC Berkeley)

2008-08-07T17:48:00.000-07:00

Washington Post reporter John Pomfret discusses his new book, "Chinese Lessons: Five Classmates and the Story of the New China."

China and the US: Geostrategic Partners, Competitors or Adversaries?

2008-08-01T21:46:00.000-07:00

Guests: Professor Michael Chambers, Chair, Political Science Department, Indiana State University (Assistant Professor of International Relations and Asian Politics) Summary: The 2005 US trade deficit with China eclipsed $201 billion and overall US current account deficits reached $900 billion, while China enjoyed a current account surplus of $150 billion. Much of this difference is linked to aggressive currency manipulation practices and unfair trade policies. Similarly, China is increasing its security posture in Asia, building its offensive military capabilities. As US Secretary of State Donald Rumsfeld noted, “…many countries with interests in the region are asking questions about China’s intentions.” China also fosters strong working relationships with Venezuela, Iran and Cuba to help feed its growing appetite for oil. And human and civil rights issues remain constant sore points in US-Sino relations. Yet moving beyond macro-economic and security concerns, the relationship between American and Chinese citizens is as robust as ever—education, cultural, and business links abound. And, in the final analysis, despite trade deficit figures, China provides for the American consumer low-cost electronics, clothing and other merchandise that they might not otherwise afford. Is China a friend, competitor or adversary in its relationship with the US?

Space Race With China? (New America Foundation)

2008-07-27T21:22:00.000-07:00

Before China carried out an anti-satellite test in January 2007, some U.S. policy-makers, including NASA Administrator Michael Griffin and the U.S. House China Working Group, advocated greater cooperation between the United States and China in space. After the test, which created a massive cloud of space debris that angered international space professionals and alarmed the American public, increased references to U.S.-China competition and hints of a new space race drowned out calls for cooperation.

Using the experience they gained from visiting China several times in the last eight months, analysts Jeffrey Lewis and Gregory Kulacki will evaluate the costs and benefits of cooperation and competition between the United States and China in light of the history of Chinese interest in ASAT technology and an assessment of China's growing aerospace industry.

They Chose China

2008-07-27T21:19:00.000-07:00

It is January 1954. The Korean War is over. Captured UN soldiers held in POW camps are free to return home. Those who refuse repatriation to their homeland are transferred to a neutral zone and given 90 days to reconsider their decision. Among them are 21 American soldiers who decide defiantly to stay in China. Back in the United States, McCarthyism is at its height. Many Americans believe these young men have been brainwashed by Chinese communists through a new form of thought control. But what really happened? Featuring never-before-seen footage from the Chinese camps as well as interviews with former POWs and their families, They Chose China tells the fascinating stories of these forgotten American dissidents. With the Cold War fading into memory, Oscar-nominated filmmaker Shuibo Wang (Sunrise Over Tiananmen Square) aims his camera on this astonishing story. In They Chose China, we meet and begin to understand a group of courageous men who fought for and then cut ties with the USA.

Nanking (2007)

2008-07-20T14:08:00.000-07:00

"Nanking" tells the story of the rape of Nanking, one of the most tragic events in history. In 1937, the invading Japanese army murdered over 200,000 and raped tens of thousands of Chinese. In the midst of the horror, a small group of Western expatriates banded together to save 250,000 -- an act of extraordinary heroism. Bringing an event little-known outside of Asia to a global audience, "Nanking" shows the tremendous impact individuals can make on the course of history. It is a gripping account of light in the darkest of times.

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Inside The Emperor's Treasure (National Geographic)

2008-07-19T13:21:00.000-07:00

Inside: The Emperor's Treasure takes viewers, for the first time, on an amazing journey into the secret imperial treasure trove at the National Palace Museum in Taiwan. It features the story of a Chinese emperor's ambitious art collection, the courage of the people who protected it from destruction during the two wars and the technology used to preserve the masterpieces for future generations.

China's Mystery Mummies (National Geographic 2007)

2008-07-05T12:12:00.000-07:00

Mummies from a vanished world have been discovered in China's Tarim Basin, buried for up to 4 000 years. Who were they and where did they come from? The answers may force us to rewrite history.

复活的军团全集(CCTV)

2008-06-29T11:33:00.000-07:00

The Women's Kingdom (PBS)

2008-06-28T15:26:00.000-07:00

Wild China: Tides of Change (BBC)

2008-06-25T21:33:00.000-07:00

From the eastern end of the Great Wall, China's coast spans 14,500km and more than 5,000 years of history. This is a place of huge contrasts: futuristic modern cities jostling with traditional seaweed-thatched villages, ancient tea terraces and wild wetlands where rare animals still survive.

Here Chinese white dolphins, red-crowned cranes, deadly vipers, giant sturgeon and sabre-wielding monkeys struggle to eke out a living faced by competition from 700 million people, widespread pollution and over-fishing. How China is managing such conflicting pressures has lessons for us all.

Beijing, are you ready - Episode 13 (PBS)

2008-06-22T16:24:00.001-07:00

Beijing, are you ready - Episode 12 (PBS)

2008-06-22T16:23:00.004-07:00

Beijing, are you ready - Episode 11 (PBS)

2008-06-22T16:23:00.003-07:00

Beijing, are you ready - Episode 10 (PBS)

2008-06-22T16:23:00.001-07:00

Beijing, are you ready - Episode 9 (PBS)

2008-06-22T16:22:00.005-07:00

Beijing, are you ready - Episode 8 (PBS)

2008-06-22T16:22:00.003-07:00

Beijing, are you ready - Episode 7 (PBS)

2008-06-22T16:22:00.001-07:00

Beijing, are you ready - Episode 6 (PBS)

2008-06-22T16:21:00.003-07:00

Beijing, are you ready - Episode 5 (PBS)

2008-06-22T16:21:00.001-07:00

Beijing, are you ready - Episode 4 (PBS)

2008-06-22T16:20:00.002-07:00

Beijing, are you ready - Episode 3 (PBS)

2008-06-22T16:20:00.001-07:00

Beijing, are you ready - Episode 2 (PBS)

2008-06-22T16:19:00.000-07:00

Beijing, are you ready - Episode 1 (PBS)

2008-06-22T16:18:00.000-07:00

Jiuzhai Valley - The Fairyland on Earth

2008-06-22T15:35:00.000-07:00

Kai-Fu Lee Lecture: Google in China

2008-06-20T00:33:00.000-07:00

Kai-Fu Lee, President of Google Greater China and Carnegie Mellon School of Computer Science alum, gave the School of Computer Science Distinguished Lecture. In his lecture "Google China -- Can a Multinational Internet Company Succeed in China?", he discusses Google's success in China at a time when virtually every multinational Internet company was failing or pulling out.

Lost Treasures of the Ancient World: Ancient China

2008-06-20T00:15:00.000-07:00

圆明园（CCTV）

2008-06-19T23:52:00.000-07:00

1860年，英法聯軍用一把野蠻的烈火將中國園林建築的集大成者——圓明園化為灰燼。紀錄片《圓明園》採用演員演繹宮廷帝王生活的方式，對與之相關的歷史橫斷面進行了一次藝術梳理，並運用數字技術，以虛擬的方式完成了對這座"萬園之園"的一次影像再現。影片配以繪畫、檔案文獻和圓明園遺址的紀實手法拍攝，講述了圓明園從無到有、從輝煌到毀滅的整個過程。

Antonioni - China 1972

2008-06-18T20:06:00.000-07:00

Chung Kuo (Italy) / Cina
Director: Michelangelo Antonioni
Footage: 217min
Year: 1972
Invited to China by the Chinese government, at the height of the Cultural Revolution, Antonioni made a documentary about new China which was fiercely condemned by the Chinese government for seeing the "wrong" China (just as Zabriskie Point was denounced for seeing the wrong America). Chung Kuo consists of three parts. The first part, taken around Beijing, includes kids at an elementary school; older sections of the city; a clinic where a Caesarean operation is performed, using acupuncture; and a cotton mill and its workers. The second part visits the Red Flag canal and a collective farm in Henan, as well as the old city of Suzhou. The final part shows the port and industries of Shanghai. The film and ends with a stage presentation by Chinese acrobats. We see clean streets, apparently happy and well-fed people, bright and beautiful children, an orderly and progressive society... Day-to-day life at every level is captured by the hand-held cameras.

Paul Merton in China Episode 1 and 2

2008-06-14T11:27:00.000-07:00

Wild China - Land of the Panda (BBC)

2008-06-10T11:32:00.000-07:00

China's heartland with its Han people is the centre of a 5,000-year-old civilization. This land contains the Great Wall, the Temple of Heaven, and Beijing's Olympic Stadium and is home to some of China's most charismatic creatures such as the giant panda, golden snub-nosed monkey, and golden takin.
China has undergone significant development in the past 50 years, bringing many environmental problems. The programme explores the deep, complex and often extraordinary relationship between the Chinese peoples, their environment and its creatures, and finds out what it means for the future of China.

Battle for Macau : Vegas Comes to China ( National Geographic)

2008-06-09T20:45:00.000-07:00

世纪行过张学良传 (A Century Memory of Young Marchal)

2008-06-09T10:14:00.000-07:00

张学良将军生前常说：「我从来没想到自己会活这么久！」，然而在2001年（民国90年）10月15日，张学良将军因病抢救无效，在美国夏威夷逝世，享年101岁。公视精心推荐「世纪行过---张学良传」，由作家郭冠英和资深媒体人周玉蔻专访张学良；制作单位远赴中国大陆东北等地，拍摄张学良一生走过的地方，节目从筹备整理到最后播出，长达十年之久！「世纪行过」共有四集，分别介绍张学良生长的地方，以及特殊的家庭背景、在东北与日本人对峙的过程、西安事变发生的始末，以及来台后度过的余生。张学良一生饱受各种抨击，经历过亲师挚友在阵前成仇的往事，导致自己被终生软禁。张学良将在「世纪行过」节目中畅诉初衷，勾勒他这「引颈就戮」的大块人生。第一集白山黑水第二集国难家仇第三集西安事变第四集真自由

Declassified: Chairman Mao (History Channel)

2008-06-07T19:18:00.000-07:00

Mao was the 20th Century's answer to Napoleon: a brilliant tactician, a political and economic theorist, and a statesman who ruled a billion people for three decades. In death, he has become divine, worshiped as a god in a godless country. Considering who and what he ruled, Mao, with his Little Red Book, might just be the single most powerful human being who ever lived. We mine formerly guarded vaults and archives to reveal untold stories in a relentless search for the truth behind the legend.

Asia vs. the West (New America Foundation)

2008-06-05T16:59:00.000-07:00

For two centuries Asians have largely been bystanders in world history, reacting to surges of Western commerce, thought, and power.Now former United Nations Ambassador Kishore Mahbubani -- whom Foreign Policy magazine ranked as one of the top 100 public intellectuals in the world -- declares that era is over and the West must embrace rather than resist this structural shift.

Wild China - Beyond the Great Wall (BBC)

2008-06-05T10:37:00.000-07:00

China's emperors built the Great Wall to keep their kingdom safe from the hostile barbarians to the north. This is a land of warrior tribes, bizarre wildlife and extreme weather, but also of vast and breathtaking evergreen forests, grassy plains and sweeping desert dunes, rich with history.
The legendary Silk Road drew traders and their camels across the deserts in search of fabulous wealth, and fierce Mongolian horsemen conquered the known world. Today, nomadic tribesmen still race horses and hunt with golden eagles, while tiny hamsters and Asia's last wild horses struggle to survive in the world's most northerly desert.

Is China Friend or Foe? (Lee Kuan Yew)

2008-06-04T23:56:00.000-07:00

In a keynote session at the INSEAD Leadership Summit in Asia, the founder of modern Singapore, Lee Kuan Yew, revealed that during a meeting with Washington aides to presidential candidates, he was asked whether the US should regard China as a friend or foe. His reply: “Neither at the moment.” He then added that in 20 years’ time, the US will be dealing with a different set of leaders.

China's Water Challenge (Asian Development Bank)

2008-06-04T23:30:00.000-07:00

Rapid economic development and population growth are putting severe pressure on water resources in the People's Republic of China (PRC). This DVD features Shanghai, Gansu Province, and the Yellow River basin as models of PRC's commitment to developing its water sector. Investments in rural and urban water services and in river basin management are underway.

China's Sexual Revolution 2007 (CBC)

2008-06-04T15:53:00.000-07:00

China Vs The U.S. - The Battle For Oil

2008-06-02T19:45:00.000-07:00

China's sky-rocketing growth and shortage of sufficient resources is forcing China to set its sights outside its borders in a frantic search for oil, but the major oil-producing countries are kept off-limits by the United States, forcing China to do business with the rogue states, African dictatorships, Iran and former Russian states - to get the oil they desperately need. Featuring field encounters, archival footage, news reports and maps to outline the latest threat in world geopolitics.

Please Vote for Me - (PBS)

2008-06-02T19:41:00.000-07:00

PLEASE VOTE FOR ME is an award-winning documentary about an interesting social experiment with democracy in China. In an elementary school in the city of Wuhan in central China, three eight-year-old students campaign for the coveted position of class monitor. This is the first election for a class leader to be held in China. The three candidates hold debates, campaign tirelessly and show their intellectual and artistic skills, until one is voted the winner. Their parents, devoted to their only child, take part and start to influence the results. Language: Mandarin+English Subs Director: Weijun Chen

China's Driving Dreams - National Geograhic (2007)

2008-06-01T20:16:00.000-07:00

Cars are racing into China, supercharging its economy and delivering dreams of a better life. But cars are now clogging highways and spewing out clouds of pollution. The rest of the world better watch out, because some Chinese automakers have plans to flood the global market with cheaper models. In the Geely Automotive plant in Ningbo, a worker shares some alone time with his girlfriend in the canteen after hours before heading back to the dormitory he shares with seven other men. The company's chairman and founder, Li Shufu, welcomes the freshmen at his university in Beijing, who one day will work at Geely and take its products global. David and Vivian Ren shop for a car in Beijing, before spending a 12-hour day picking it up, arranging the licence plate and paying for it all with cash. The automobile industry and private car ownership are pivotal to China's economic advancement. Call it a driving dream or a nightmare, this is China's revolution on wheels.

Great Wall Of China - Mongol Invaders (National Geographic 2007)

2008-05-31T16:03:00.000-07:00

Great Wall Of China - Protecting The Dragon (National Geographic 2007)

2008-05-31T16:01:00.000-07:00

Mega Structures - Beijing Water Cube (National Geographic)

2008-05-31T11:57:00.000-07:00

A Year in Tibet 5/5 - A Tale of Three Monks (BBC)

2008-05-30T19:52:00.000-07:00

Documentary series following a year in the life of the society living in and around the Tibetan town of Gyantse. Deputy head lama Tsultrim has to juggle running the monastery whilst complying with a myriad of government restrictions. Young monk Tsephun lives and works with his master Dondrup, a curmudgeonly old lama. Tsephun helps his master with the day-to-day jobs of cleaning and tidying; in return, Dondrup teaches Tsephun the sutras and scriptures, an essential part of becoming a monk.

A Year in Tibet 4/5 - Monks Behaving Badly (BBC)

2008-05-30T19:14:00.000-07:00

Documentary series following a year in the life of the society living in and around the Tibetan town of Gyantse. In the Pel Kor monastery, the director Choephel discovers that some irreplaceable statues have been stolen and the theft gives the local Communist Party an excuse to put in a government 'work team' to weed out monks they think are behaving badly. Lhakpa heads north in search of a lucrative job on a building site, and Butri gets an unpleasant surprise as she approaches her retirement.

A Year in Tibet 3/5 - Faith, Hope and Charity (BBC)

2008-05-30T19:11:00.000-07:00

Documentary series following a year in the life of the society living in and around the Tibetan town of Gyantse. The monks begin preparations for New Year, one of Tibet's biggest festivals. Lhakpa, a local rickshaw driver, struggles to earn money as winter approaches. He embarks on a scheme to buy and sell puppies, with disastrous consequences. Hotel owner Jianzang gets involved in a court case which has a surprising outcome. In Tangmai, the doctor cannot cure Lhamo's crippling stomach pains.

Unit 731: Nightmare in Manchuria (History International)

2008-05-29T12:54:00.000-07:00

uring World War II, Japanese scientists, led by Shiro Ishii, built a medical facility in Manchuria. It is in this place, Unit 731, that Ishii and his scientists conducted some of the most horrific war crimes of the 20th century. The goal of Unit 731 was to experiment with germ warfare, with the ultimate aim of using these weapons on the United States during the war. Experiments were conducted on Chinese civilians, soldiers and American prisoners of war. They ranged from live dissections to the deliberate infection of surrounding villages with diseases such as the bubonic plague. Now, over fifty years later, activists, journalists and historians are uncovering the story of Unit 731, and the American complicity that let these war crimes go unpunished.
Unit 731: Nightmare in Manchuria would be useful for classes on World History, Asian History, American History, Military History, History of Medicine and Ethics. It is appropriate for middle school, high school and college students.
Students will explore the ethics of war and war crimes. They will analyze the political expediency that permitted the United States to cover-up these crimes. They will also examine how activists, journalists, and historians are uncovering these atrocities and the role of human rights in war and politics.
Unit 731: Nightmare in Manchuria fulfills the following National Standards for History for grades 5-12: chronological thinking, historical comprehension, historical analysis and interpretations, and historical research capabilities for World History eras 8 and 9.

Wild China - Tibet (BBC)

2008-05-28T22:32:00.000-07:00

The Tibetan plateau covers a quarter of China – an area the size of Western Europe. This vast, windswept wilderness is one of the world's most remote places, defined by the glacier-strewn Himalayas. It's also home to some incredible wildlife such as the rare chiru, brown bears, wild yaks and the highest-living predators on Earth. There are more large creatures here than anywhere else in China.
Defined by over a thousand years of Buddhism, Tibet has a unique culture that has nurtured remarkable beliefs. The programme discovers why this landscape and ancient culture is the life support system for much of the planet.

Inside the Forbidden City (Natonal Geographic)

2008-05-27T23:23:00.000-07:00

The Forbidden City, for 500 years the capital of the Chinese empire, lies in the heart of Beijing. It was the home of 24 Chinese emperors from 1420 to 1912. More than a residential palace, it is a city within a city, the seat of a vast bureaucratic government that ruled the most populous empire on earth. Rumoured to have 9,999 rooms, the Forbidden City is the largest palace on earth. The palace buildings, constructed almost entirely of wood, are the largest wooden buildings ever built. It was a truly "forbidden" city. For centuries access was denied to all but the emperor's family and his most senior officials and servants. A swift and painful execution faced anyone who trespassed on its sacred precincts. With unprecedented access our cameras enter into the heart of the palace, into its most secret corners, to provide the most stunning images of the magnificent buildings and reveal the secrets of those who lived there.

Mysteries Of Asia - Secrets of the Great Wall (DISCOVERY CHANNEL)

2008-05-27T23:13:00.000-07:00

The Great Wall of China covers 40,000 miles and remains the largest man-made structure in the world. During this segment of the three-part Mysteries of Asia series, the filmmakers travel to different parts of the wall, including some that tourists cannot visit. They interview local authorities and historians who reveal that the Great Wall is not just one large wall but actually more than 20 walls that were built over 2,000 years. Though the wall was partially built to help keep out enemies, Chinese rulers also used it to keep their people from trying to leave. This Learning Channel production also profiles the emperors who oversaw the construction of different parts of the Great Wall. ~ Elizabeth Smith, All Movie Guide

Beijing's Olympic Marvels

2008-05-27T23:02:00.000-07:00

The Olympic Stadium
The Beijing National Swimming Centre

Secrets of the First Emperor (National Geographic)

2008-05-27T22:52:00.000-07:00

First Emperor - The Man Who Made China (Discovery)

2008-05-27T22:45:00.000-07:00

Emperor Chin or Shi Huangdi [246-210 BC], is known as the Tiger of Qin, and the unifier of all China who ruled between 221 and 210 BC. Emperor Qin built much of the Great Wall of China, but is best known in archaeological circles for his legendary tomb. In 1974, workmen discovered the tomb of Shi Huangdi near the city of Xi'an in the modern Shensi province. Among the treasures found there is a marvelous army of terracotta soldiers and horses, consisting of nearly 8,000 life sized individual statues that were sculpted from clay and fired.

China's Economy 2008 (AlJazeera)

2008-05-27T22:38:00.000-07:00

The US economy is facing the prospect of a recession, with the sub-prime credit crunch adding to its problems. But many analysts are looking to China to pick up the global economic slack. China's phenomenal expansion in the last 25 years, with current growth roaring ahead at more than ten per cent annually, has raised hopes that its strength could insulate Asia from the weakening American economy. That has not been an entirely painless process; inflation on the mainland has been climbing, with many ordinary Chinese suffering as the cost of staple foods and goods soar. So while for some there is optimism that Asia maybe able to weather the economic storm ahead, others warn that even here the economic picture is cloudy, forecasting lower growth rates and dangerous times ahead not just for China but for the rest of Asia as well.

Conversations With History - The Rise of Asia (Berkeley)

2008-05-27T22:27:00.000-07:00

Conversations host Harry Kreisler welcomes Kishore Mahbubani for a discussion of the changing relationship between the West and Asia. In the interview, he describes the major transformations occurring because of the march of modernity made possible by the ideas and global institutions created by the West. He goes on to criticize the West for failing to adapt to the changing balance of power which follows from Asia's rise.

The History of Kung Fu (History Channle)

2008-05-27T22:18:00.000-07:00

Hosts Jason Chambers and Bill Duff journey to China, home to one of the oldest and most famous martial arts of all; Kung Fu. From Beijing to the Great Wall, our hosts will travel this vast country learning techniques from some of the greatest living masters. After practicing flying kicks fifteen feet in the air at a kung fu film studio and learning the brutal moves of the Chinese police, our hosts will arrive at one of the most sacred sites in all martial arts to witness the awesome feats of the Shaolin fighting monks. And finally one of the hosts will step into the ring to take on a true kung fu champion.