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中国故事 The Story of China (2016) *8,2* BBC - hardsubs EN and CHS
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Other > Other
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34
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4.28 GB

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IMDB
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English
Texted language(s):
English, Chinese
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2016 BBC China history Michael Wood

Uploaded:
Jul 27, 2019
By:
asc11



This should be in TV Shows, but I got "Error - Filename error."

www.imdb.com/title/tt5361834/

Complete series in six episodes - conveniently fills one DVD
AVC-1280x720, AAC

*** HARDCODED *** English AND Chinese subtitles
The Chinese subtitles appear to have been added for viewing in (mainland) China.

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********** [10 stars of 10 possible] Informative and Insightful
18 February 2016 | by aarondodo

This new BBC series on Chinese history was full of pleasant surprises.

First surprise: the level of bias, for what I can remember as the first time in BBC or even the whole of western history, was as neutral as it gets. It is so often that we see strong bias against anything Chinese in the past few decades. Sometimes aggressive, sometimes defensive, most of the time suspicious and condescending. So much so that the joy of watching a good documentary - the exploration, the admiration, the feeling of opening up a door to a brand new world - were all lost. Nowadays "documentaries" about China are no longer documentaries, but excuses for us to criticize it. But that is not true for this series. It takes as little political position as possible, it speaks of China in ways that both the host and the Chinese themselves can agree with, all with understanding eyes instead of suspicious ones. And that, is the top notch documentary that so many of us are drawn to.

Second surprise: The host is so cheerful and charming, not to mention he seems utterly fascinated and awed by his subject matter, and that definitely leaves a mark on all of us watching. I see so much sincerity in his interest and joy, that I can't help but get excited too.

Third surprise: I knew that Michael Wood is an experienced and well known host/historian, but for anyone who have studied eastern cultures/history it is simply amazing that he can go through the history of China in 6 episode yet still point out the essential and important turns of events.
[See IMDb for the rest.]