NPR: The Coming Collision With China

NPR's Talk of the Nation (July 9, 2008) features a conversation with Ted Koppel on his four-part series on China, "The People's Republic of Capitalism." For details and to listen to the audio program, see: http://www.npr.org/blogs/talk/2008/07/the_coming_collision_with_chin.html

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Global Issues in China: NPR: The Coming Collision With China

Interview with Ted Koppel

Charlie Rose interviews Ted Koppel [July 9, 2008] on his documentary series The People's Republic of Capitalism. To view the video, click on following link: http://www.charlierose.com/shows/2008/07/09/1/a-conversation-with-ted-koppel


See also: http://globalissueschina.blogspot.com/2008/07/peoples-republic-of-capitalism.html

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Global Issues in China: Interview with Ted Koppel

The People's Republic of Capitalism

A four-part documentary series, "The People's Republic of Capitalism" by Ted Koppel airs on the Discovery Channel [July 9-12 at 10 p.m. ET/PT].

Part 1, "Joined at the Hip" — focuses on the irreversible interconnection and interdependence between the American and Chinese economy.

Part 2, "MAOism TO MEism," focuses the migration of peasants to Chongqing and how it affects the values, religion, sexuality and political freedom in this region and throughout China.

Part 3, "The Fast Lane," discusses the rapid increase of automobiles and roads in China and their impact on public safety, traffic jams, and pollution.

Part 4, "It's the Economy, Stupid" shows the downside of lifting 300 million people out of poverty in a single generation: Pollution, Corruption, Suppression of free speech.

For more information, see:
http://dsc.discovery.com/convergence/koppel/highlights/highlights.html

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Global Issues in China: The People's Republic of Capitalism

The Telegraph: China is at risk of blowing up

In the article "Oil price shock means China is at risk of blowing up," The Telegraph [http://www.telegraph.co.uk] reports (Aug 07 2008) on the major potential consequences of the rapidly rising oil prices in China. This includes an energy crisis that has could mean the end of outsourcing manufacturing to China and other Asian nations. For the full article, see: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtml?xml=/money/2008/07/07/ccview107.xml

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Global Issues in China: The Telegraph: China is at risk of blowing up

PRI: China's urban explosion

PRI's The World features a series on the urbanization of China. The first installment focuses on the rapid population growth in Shenzhen. The "houkou" system and its current status are explained.

For the audio program, click here: http://www.theworld.org/audio/0707088.mp3

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Global Issues in China: PRI: China's urban explosion