China From the Inside
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Actor: Artist Not ProvidedDVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Color, DVD-Video, NTSC, Widescreen
Running Time: 240 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2007-02-06
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: PBS (Direct)
DVD Reviews of China From the Inside
DVD Review: A real look at China
Summary: 5 Stars
I was surprised by what China really looks like. This is not the news or "China Approved" view of what is happening to the land and the people.DVD Review: Good, but not deep
Summary: 4 Stars
The economic growth of China may be the focused point for most people right now. This piece, however, reveals the dark sides behind these bright scenes.
There are four parts in this film. First is about how the Communist Party controls the people. The second is about the struggle of women in China. In general, they don't share the same equality as men. The third part is about the environmental trouble resulting from the economic growth. Certain people do enjoy the benefit from the economic growth at the expense of the deterioration of the environment. Last is about the justice and freedom, which are seldom fulfilled in China.
Most analysis is done by Chinese Officials, experts and professors. These problems are touched and analyzed to a certain degree, but it then stops. I don't blame them for not going any further about these because of their status.
In general, this is a good film for people to know that China is not that good as it appears. You can say it looks strong outside but in fact is pretty troublesome inside. If they don't handle these internal problems well, they will bite themselves sooner or later.
DVD Review: Really reveals what is going on inside China
Summary: 5 Stars
This documentary is really excellent in terms of bringing one up to date on recent developments in China. I particularly recommend it to people who want to understand what is behind the rat poison that is banned in the U.S. and the plastic field fertilizer used only for that purpose in Asia, that caused the recent pet food recall. DVD Review: China's challenges
Summary: 4 Stars
In four episodes of about 55 minutes each, this PBS documentary examines some of the major challenges facing contemporary Chinese society.
Episode 1, "Power and the People," focuses on the Communist Party's rule of China. Topics include government opposition to separatism in the heavily Muslim province of Xinjiang; the Party's efforts to create a prosperous society; the governance of Tibet; the National People's Congress, which puts the Party's decisions into action; the election of a village committee; and corruption in the Party.
Episode 2, "Women of the Country," focuses on the difficulties faced by Chinese women, especially in rural areas (where two-thirds of China's population lives). The episode examines birth planning, marriage, women who live in the country while their husbands work in the city, women in Tibet, the hopelessness of many young women in China, the Muslim women of Xinjiang, and the opportunities and hardships for women in cities.
Episode 3, "Shifting Nature," focuses on pollution brought on by rapid industrialization and on massive water diversion projects that involve resettling the populations of entire towns.
Episode 4, "Freedom and Justice," examines the limits on religious freedom and freedom of the press, AIDS deaths that the government could have prevented, the displacement of poor people by land "development," and injustices in the justice system.
This is an interesting, informative, and thought-provoking documentary.
(If you want to learn about the history of China in the twentieth century, I'd highly recommend the documentary "China: A Century of Revolution.")
DVD Review: Authentic Reportage of How Chinese Nationals Think of China and Their Problems
Summary: 5 Stars
This is indeed a documentary looking at China from the INSIDE. Its greatest value is that the reporters interview those who really work and live inside China. In dealing with the problem of power and the people, the documentary takes in the first parliament member who ever voted against the majority's opinion. When it discusses women's issues, it films the activities and opinions of those who were in charge of such affairs at the local level. In controversial issues such as Xinjiang independence and religion in Tibet, it does not introduce the views of some political activists, whose voice is readily heard in the West, but the party officials who govern these territories, whose words indeed are rarely heard. *China from the Inside* does not seem to argue anything but patiently shows you what the Chinese nowadays think of their own nation and those particular controversies. For those with insightful eyes, they would see the ignorant and the naive side of China as well as the amazing civic virtue lingering along its long history. For those just being sparkled with growing interests in either Chinese culture or Chinese society, they would find an authentic 5-hour multimedia tour into China, a country claims to be the next world power with an immense amount of social and political challenges waiting for it.
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