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Experiencing China

Our correspondents give their different takes on life in China. We explore politics, Maoist history and the attitudes of Chinese tourists to Europe.

Carrie Gracie explores how Beijing has changed since the 1980s when she first worked there.

Michael Bristow spends the day with a group of Chinese tourists as they embark on a whistle-stop trip around Europe.

Neal Razzell struggles to persuade a Chinese and a Japanese journalist to be best friends when they make a documentary together. It seems the animosity between the two countries dating back to the Second World War is not so easily forgotten.

Peter Day visits a commune in Henan where time has stood still and faith in Chairman Mao is still intact.

Josephine McDermott attends a Chinese wedding where she takes part in traditional 'love tests' and introduces a Chinese uncle to the Bee Gees and disco dancing.

Presenter: Owen Bennett Jones
Producer: Laura Gray

Picture: Beijing skyline, Credit: Feng Li/Getty Images

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25 minutes

Last on

Sun 24 Aug 2014 08:05GMT

Broadcasts

  • Sat 23 Aug 2014 11:05GMT
  • Sun 24 Aug 2014 00:05GMT
  • Sun 24 Aug 2014 08:05GMT