Title: What a spectacle!
Product review: Having lived in t China for 4 years, spread over 7 trips in 20 years, I would recommend this vid for anyone who wants to know what China is like today. Flashy, sexy, zippy, it will grab the most jaded viewer. It is not as useful in the classroom as some vids because it blends together stories throughout the four sections (so if, for instance, you want to focus on the environment or on the rich-poor disparity, or urban life, there is a) less meaty stuff than some vids and b) less continuous coverage -- you have to jump around, which is difficult). For the classroom I recommend PBS's China From the Inside. It even interviews the same environmental lawyer, and Pan Yue, the deputy minister of SEPA, but the quotes aren't as outrageous as in China Rises. I'd recommend all Americans to watch China Rises. It captures China!
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