Two-Way Traffic. China, the Hub of the East

Description

China's Great Wall suggests a land that shut itself off from the world, yet travelers, ideas, inventions, and goods have flowed in and out of China since ancient times. Buddhism and Islam entered via its fabled silk roads, and innovations in the arts and industrial sciences were exported from its cosmopolitan seaports to the centers of the known world. Why, then, did the most powerful economy on Earth isolate itself from outside trade? In this program, archaeologists, scholars, and others shed light on the tides of China's cultural and economic fortunes, from ancient times to today, as the country once again opens its doors to the world.

Runtime

58 min

Series

Subjects

Geography

Genre

Date of Publication

[2012], c2000

Database

Films on Demand

Direct Link

Similar Films

Branson. The global economy is turning the corner
Now with Bill Moyers. Question of fairness
Mortgage meltdown. Primer on America's subprime crisis
End of the Rainbow
Banana Wars. Global Fury Over a Humble Fruit
Globalization Has Undermined America's Working Class. A Debate
Lehman Brothers
Teaching Tools for Macroeconomics, Government, and International Trade
Homeless in Japan
Global Car. Who Really Builds the American Automobile?
Green building and design
Manufacturing will return to Europe. Lilley
Addicted to cheap shopping? Why the real cost of goods keeps going down
Google China Standoff
The Debt Of Dictators