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The Rape of Nanking
Item# 39119
© 2007
53 Min.
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VHS ISBN: 978-1-4213-9069-7
DVD ISBN: 978-1-4213-9070-3
Over the course of six weeks in 1937-38, Imperial Japanese forces massacred hundreds of thousands of Chinese civilians and prisoners of war as the Empire of the Rising Sun turned China's capital, Nank...
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Fine Rain: Politics and Folk Songs in China
Item# 39001
© 2007
58 Min.
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VHS ISBN: 978-1-4213-9016-1
DVD ISBN: 978-1-4213-9017-8
Whether they were crafted to spread Mao's message of class struggle or spun from the fabric of everyday life, Chinese folk songs carry with them immense historical and cultural importance. This progra...
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China on the Rise: Paul Solman Reports
Item# 35882
© 2007
77 Min.
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VHS ISBN: 978-1-4213-5120-9
DVD (Chaptered) ISBN: 978-1-4213-5121-6
Will the 21st century be the Chinese century? Economics correspondent Paul Solman examines the rise of China as a global economic power-and the challenges that lie before it-in this timely collection...
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China Rises: Inside the 21st Century's New Superpower
Item# 39657
© 2006
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VHS ISBN: 978-1-60467-726-3
DVD ISBN: 978-1-60467-727-0
Life in the world's most populous nation is filled with more hope and more uncertainty than ever before. This four-part series explores monumental changes unfolding in Chinese society and their impact...
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Tearing Down the Wall: The Decline of Socialism
Item# 35666
© 2005
58 Min.
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VHS ISBN: 978-1-4213-4529-1
DVD ISBN: 978-1-4213-4530-7
Did the Soviet Union collapse under external pressure or its own weight? What enabled free market forces to assert themselves in China? Is socialism dead, or has it simply evolved? This program addres...
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1893-1945: Against the Tide-Mao's Early Years
Item# 35370
© 2005
61 Min.
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VHS ISBN: 978-1-4213-3502-5
DVD ISBN: 978-1-4213-3503-2
Part one of the series China: Through Mao's Eyes describes Mao Zedong's youth, his formative adulthood, and his consolidation of power. Archival photographs from Mao's childhood and education, film cl...
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1945-1959: The Sorcerer's Apprentice-Founding the Republic
Item# 35371
© 2005
60 Min.
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VHS ISBN: 978-1-4213-3504-9
DVD ISBN: 978-1-4213-3505-6
Part two of the series China: Through Mao's Eyes explores the formation of the People's Republic of China, its complicated relationship with the Soviet Union, and events that prefaced the Cultural Rev...
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1958-1969: Not a Dinner Party-The Cultural Revolution
Item# 35372
© 2005
61 Min.
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VHS ISBN: 978-1-4213-3506-3
DVD ISBN: 978-1-4213-3507-0
Part three of the series China: Through Mao's Eyes examines the origins of the Cultural Revolution, Mao's orchestration of it, the political and economic shockwaves it created, and its human cost. Rar...
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1970 and Beyond: Mao Is Not Dead
Item# 35373
© 2005
59 Min.
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VHS ISBN: 978-1-4213-3508-7
DVD ISBN: 978-1-4213-3509-4
Part four of the series China: Through Mao's Eyes details the watershed Nixon-Mao diplomacy, Mao's death and its aftermath, and the legacy of his rule and philosophy. Scenes showing an aged and infirm...
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China: Through Mao's Eyes
Item# 35369
© 2005
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VHS ISBN: 978-1-4213-3500-1
DVD ISBN: 978-1-4213-3501-8
The video counterpart to Philip Short's monumental book Mao: A Life, this four-part series guides viewers through the dynamic, innovative, and brutal accomplishments of the revolutionary Chinese leade...
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