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Reinventing China

IMDb 7.5 2023 • 52 min • DocumentaryWar & Politics

Director

Karim Miské

Country

FR

Plot Summary

China's history of the last 200 years seems like a boomerang, returning to the West what it once unleashed. The series reveals how devastating the struggles for identity and power have been for the population since the fall of the "Middle Kingdom," and how closely these tragedies are intertwined with our own. Great hopes were placed in a wide variety of visions for the future—and each time, bitter disappointment ensued. From the decline of the empire to its resurgence as a superpower, China's history is both a dream and a nightmare, in which human life is of little value.

Top Cast

Karim Miské
Karim Miské Narrateur
Timothy brook
Timothy brook Intervenante
Anne Cheng
Anne Cheng Intervenante
Yang-wen zheng
Yang-wen zheng Intervenante