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Story of China
The Magic of the Silk Road
Michael takes a stroll through the fabulous markets of Kashgar in Chinese Central Asia, still today full of different people, religions, cultures and cuisines. More than 1300 years ago, during China’s brilliant Tang dynasty, this was a crossroads of the world: "East and West first start to get to know each other then," Michael says: "You might say it's the beginning of universal history."
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The great Taiping Rebellion, the fall of the Empire and the rise of Mao.
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Michael Wood tells the dramatic tale of China's last empire, the Qing.
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The time of the Great Wall , the Forbidden City and treasure ships sent on ocean voyages.
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Michael Wood tells the tale of China's Renaissance.
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Michael Wood conjures up China's first great international age, the Tang Dynasty.
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Michael Wood returns to the beginnings of Chinese history to find clues to today's China.