Seasons & episodes
1 season · 7 episodes
Episode 01
Mines and Deserts
Continuous drought because of climate change is making life hard for Mongolian herders and miners. Many farmers feel forced to move.
Episode 02
Double Life
In Beijing a smartphone is essential for paying, navigating, identification but also to meet like-minded people. How long will the government keep allowing this freedom?
Episode 03
A Refrigerator for the Afterlife
Chinese people bring yearly offerings to their deceased relatives. Every necessity for the afterlife is burned at the grave site. Also deceased ones can still be united to each other in a spiritual marriage.
Episode 04
The Straight Path
Ruben examines what the Tao means for Chinese youngsters and he meets a hermit who has been living in a cave for decades.
Episode 05
The K-Street
Young migration towards China's cities heavily affects health care around the country. Ruben talks to elderly people in rural areas waiting for their treatment for serious diseases.
Episode 06
The Factory of the World
Everything that has a power cord contains at least one Chinese component. With the same sense of productivity China wants to enter a bid for the 2050 world soccer championship.
Episode 07
The Plans of Xi
In Macau, an autonomous region with China, there is a certain level of democracy. Their is a growing influence of the Communist party however. Ruben talks to a critical politician.
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