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China: Triumph and Turmoil, Episode 1, Emperors
directed by Adrian Pennink; presented by Niall Ferguson, 1964-; produced by Melanie Fall, fl. 1999 and Susannah Price, fl. 2013, Chimerica Media, in China: Triumph and Turmoil, Episode 1 (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 2012), 48 mins
The transformation of China into a global superpower raises some of the most challenging questions of our time – and this revealing series seeks out the answers. Will this turn out to be China’s century or will the Red Dragon crash and burn? Niall Ferguson travels through this vast country to find out how a fi...
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directed by Adrian Pennink; presented by Niall Ferguson, 1964-; produced by Melanie Fall, fl. 1999 and Susannah Price, fl. 2013, Chimerica Media, in China: Triumph and Turmoil, Episode 1 (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 2012), 48 mins
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The transformation of China into a global superpower raises some of the most challenging questions of our time – and this revealing series seeks out the answers. Will this turn out to be China’s century or will the Red Dragon crash and burn? Niall Ferguson travels through this vast country to find out how a fifth of humanity can live under a Communist system of government with a capitalist economy when, according to all the laws of history, i...
The transformation of China into a global superpower raises some of the most challenging questions of our time – and this revealing series seeks out the answers. Will this turn out to be China’s century or will the Red Dragon crash and burn? Niall Ferguson travels through this vast country to find out how a fifth of humanity can live under a Communist system of government with a capitalist economy when, according to all the laws of history, it should fall apart. Held together for more than 2000 years, firstly by imperial rule and now by an imperious Communist Party, what does China stand for? Ferguson talks to the people who know – including its new billionaires, survivors of Chairman Mao’s regime, ardent young nationalists and those defending China’s rural poor.
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Field of Study
World History
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Niall Ferguson, 1964-, Su Kai, fl. 2012, Melanie Fall, fl. 1999, Susannah Price, fl. 2013, Chimerica Media
Author / Creator
Adrian Pennink, Niall Ferguson, 1964-
Date Published / Released
2012
Publisher
BBC Worldwide
Series
China: Triumph and Turmoil
Person Discussed
Confucius, 551 BC-479 BC, Qin shi huang, Emperor of China, 260 BC-210 BC
Topic / Theme
China's Economic Rise, Bureaucracy, Corruption, Communism, Government, History, Politics & Policy, Big Emerging Markets, Industrial Transformation, Innovation, and Competition, Chinese, 21st Century in World History (2001– )
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Frontiers, Gold and the Gun
produced by Jenny Barraclough, in Frontiers (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 1990, originally published 1990), 50 mins
Distinguished presenters visit some famous dividing lines between nations. Sometimes against a backdrop of breathtaking beauty, sometimes of bleak barbed wire, each film shows what a frontier does to the people who live in its shadow. Among those explored are former East/West Germany, South Africa/Mozambique, and...
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produced by Jenny Barraclough, in Frontiers (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 1990, originally published 1990), 50 mins
Description
Distinguished presenters visit some famous dividing lines between nations. Sometimes against a backdrop of breathtaking beauty, sometimes of bleak barbed wire, each film shows what a frontier does to the people who live in its shadow. Among those explored are former East/West Germany, South Africa/Mozambique, and Thailand/Cambodia.
Field of Study
World History
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Jenny Barraclough, Nadine Gordimer, 1923-2014
Date Published / Released
1990
Publisher
BBC Worldwide
Series
Frontiers
Speaker / Narrator
Nadine Gordimer, 1923-2014
Person Discussed
Samora Moises Machel, 1933-1986, Pierter Willem Botha, 1916-2006
Topic / Theme
Mozambique and its Borders, International relations, Migrant life, Political boundaries, Poverty, Refugees, War crimes, Terrorism, Nkomati Accord Signed, March 16, 1984, Imperialism and Colonialism, War and Violence, Sociology, Politics & Policy, Law, World History, Mozambicans, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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Copyright © 1990 BBC Worldwide
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