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Catalogue Number: 393361
Producer: Films Media Group
Subject: Business Studies, Global Issues
Language: English
Grade Level: 9 - 12, Post Secondary
Copyright Year: 2007
Running Time: 77
China on the Rise: Paul Solman Reports

Catalogue Number: 393361
Producer: Films Media Group
Subject: Business Studies, Global Issues
Language: English
Grade Level: 9 - 12, Post Secondary
Copyright Year: 2007
Running Time: 77
Will the 21st century be the Chinese century? Economics correspondent Paul Solman examines the rise of China as a global economic power and the challenges that lie before it in this timely collection of NewsHour reports.
The episodes are:
- China's Growing Economy: This segment spotlights the freewheeling Chinese economy and its growing pains
- The Chinese Consumer: This segment seeks to understand Chinese consumers and how both Wal-Mart and high-end boutiques are catering to them
- The Cult of Mao Zedong: This segment illustrates how the idealism and enthusiasm of the early Mao years is influencing China's emerging free market economy
- Misinvestment in China: This segment sheds light on the Chinese government's notably opaque investment practices and the failing Shanghai Stock Exchange
- Interview with Cheng Siwei: In this segment, China's "father of venture capital" speaks on economic relations with the U.S., foreign investment, textile exports, and the revaluation of the yuan
- Piracy Explored: This segment investigates piracy of foreign intellectual property rights in China, using Viagra as a case in point
- Bumps in the Road?: This segment seriously questions whether China's economy can continue to grow at its incredible pace without major political reform
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