The World of the Chinese(2021)
Documentary
First Air Date: 2021-01-10
Average Runtime: 45m
Rating: 8.6
Votes: 5
Seasons: 2
Episodes: 12
China is playing an increasingly important role worldwide. Under President Xi Jinping, substantial investments are being made in communication and cooperation and industrious Chinese people are settling abroad in large numbers. Documentary maker and China expert Ruben Terlou visits them in the new VPRO travel series ‘The World of the Chinese’. Who are they, what do they want to achieve and what impact does their presence have on the local population?
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Season 1
Episodes: 7E01
Kenya
Air Date: 2021-01-10
Ruben Terlou sees Kenyans expressing their love for the Chinese motherland through song in fluent Chinese, but discov...
E02
Cambodia
Air Date: 2021-01-17
On the coast of Cambodia, in only a few years a sleeping backpacker village has been transformed into a gigantic city...
E03
Madagascar
Air Date: 2021-01-24
Chinese companies enjoy doing business in the exotic, remote Madagascar. There is a lot to be gained, because the cou...
E04
Serbia
Air Date: 2021-01-31
Serbia and China are close friends, partly because of their shared communist past. The Chinese are rolling out railwa...
E05
United States
Air Date: 2021-02-07
Lots of Chinese settle in California, for different reasons. For some it's the American Dream, others want to offer t...
E06
Italy
Air Date: 2021-02-14
In Prato the last few decades, the biggest Chinese community of Europe, has taken over the textile industry, which is...
E07
The Netherlands
Air Date: 2021-02-21
After Ruben Terlou has met Chinese across the globe, he's now looking into the Chinese presence in The Netherlands. W...
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