China Daily USA – Samantha Vadas
“A new six-part television series celebrating stories of China’s ancient history has begun showing on the UK’s public broadcasting service, BBC Two. Written and presented by British historian, Professor Michael Wood, ‘The Story of China’ explores the development of Chinese civilization over more than four thousand years. “China is the country we all want to know about today, and if you want to understand China you have to know about its history,” Wood told China Daily. “People have such set ideas about China, all you see on the news is high rise, mass industry, Gucci and Armani and yet what you don’t realize is the amazing vitality, energy and diversity of the culture, and our job is to try and unfold that.”…’The Story of China’ series debuted just six months after a ground-breaking three-part documentary on Chinese education which sparked a heated debate in China and the UK…It also created a three-week long social media frenzy about varying education systems in both Britain and China.”(more)