Secrets of China's Forbidden City

With unique access to the Forbidden City, this documentary reveals the spectacular history of the world's largest palace, and the secrets of its astonishing design

Tinderbox, Belt & Road: China in the Balkans

In recent years, Chinese investment has poured into Southeast Europe, offering access to desperately-needed development financing. But at what cost? The conditions around the cash have raised concerns related to democrac

I.M. Pei: Building China Modern

Entering the twilight of his career, Pei returns to his ancestral home of Suzhou, China to work on his most personal project do date. He is commissioned to build a modern museum in the city's oldest neighborhood which is

E.T. Made in China

A villager stumbles across an alien's corpse. Convinced it is somehow related to his missing son, the villager doggedly guards his mysterious new find.

Storm Over The South-China Sea

Dramatic representation of the Battle of the Paracel Islands (1974) between the China and South Vietnam.

China, From the Abacus to the Computer

The Great Wall of China with Dan Snow

The historian heads to China to find out more about the country's iconic landmark – the world's biggest building project that changed the course of Chinese history.

China's Bleak House

Thousands of poor Chinese workers wait years to petition against injustices suffered in their home districts with the court of the plaintiffs in Beijing - often the last resort for those seeking redress for dismissals, l

Behind the Great Wall of China

A short documentary on the Great Wall of China.

Kingdom Of Women: The Matriarchal Mosuo of China

In a remote corner of southwestern China are the Mosuo, arguably the best remaining example of a matrilineal society in the world today. In this program, anthropologist Chou Wah-Shan—one of few outside scholars who have

Visions Cinema: Cinema in China - An Account by Tony Rayns

History of filmmaking in China from its beginnings in the 1920s to 1982, featuring Shanghai cinema of 1930s; the progressive filmmakers; the organisation of filmmaking under the post-war communist government; the impact

China's problems with the Uyghurs

For the first time, a French director-journalist will join an official trip to the heart of one of the most secret regions in China: Xinjiang. Unstable and by far the most volatile province in the country, it’s a unique

No. 17 Cotton Mill Shanghai Blues: Music of China

This thought-provoking documentary examines the ancient musical traditions of China and the near-elimination of them during the Cultural Revolution of the 1980s. Among the subjects observed: one of the less than 100 Chin

Rare Survivors: China's Iconic Wildlife

Mist swirls around the base of Shanghai's skyline. From the city, tigers and monkeys seem as unreal and distant as dragons and mermaids emerging through the mist. Yet they do exist, as rare survivors in an extraordinary

Amado Batista - O Negócio da China

The Baidu Billionaire: Inside the Google of China

Although it's a familiar name in China, the search engine Baidu is little known elsewhere -- despite being the fifth most-visited website on Earth. Robin Li, the company's founder, details Baidu's complex corporate histo

Falun Gong's Challenge to China

Documentary about the controversial religious faction.

What I Learned of China from the Sky

2021. China/USA. Filmmaker Leslie Thornton. 1 min. Digital.

Finding Samuel Lowe: From Harlem to China

Paula Madison searches for descendants of her Chinese grandfather in China.

The China's Next Top Princess

In the ancient Chinese dynasties, there were thousands concubines but only one Princess in the palace. To be the only one, girls fought by all means. Two beauties, Mandy came from poor family and Pearl came from aristocr