Rediscovering China

Murray Clive takes you through a miraculous journey of one man's life, Pilot William Findley after being saved by 2 Yongle Village farmers when his plane crashed in Jietou after World War II. Live the Story of his daughters search after 60 years since the crash to find the amazing people who saved her father's life. Uncover the lessons her father learned from the people in the Yongle Village.

The Qinghai Tibet Railway, the longest Plato railway in the world extends 1,215 miles from Xining, Qinghai to Lhasa, Tibet. Journey with us as we discover how the Qinghai Tibet Railway changed this sacred land.

Visit the Qinghai Tibet Railway one year after it opened. Witness how modern medicine has reached these mountains. See how the environmental changes taken have worked and we will take a look at a simple man's life living along the railway.

Fierce, powerful, mysterious, the sacred object once united entire civilizations saving the lives of millions. The weapon itself had a soul and was revered by all Chinese. People bowed to the sword and all its enchanting power. There is one man who has dedicated his life to restoring the respect for the sword. Join us to discover the art of Chinese sword making and how it's being revived.

Now days in China from youngsters to the elderly you will see them all playing with their pets. Many are treated like members of the family. Join us as we take a look at China's new obsession with pets.

China has a long history of sending the best and the brightest abroad to study so that when they return to China they could help build China into the modern country it is today. In this program we meet some of the students who studied abroad and then we sit down and chat with international students who have come to China to study.

Explore the Hakka Culture and take a look inside tulous, these are the houses Hakka people live in. They are usually 3 to 5 stories high and house up to 80 families. Join us and discover how Hakka's live and how they go about their daily lives.

Ten years ago the island of Weizhou was completely undeveloped, but in recent years all that has begun to change. In this program we will show you how these changes have started to affect the local people of Weizhou. We will be focusing on a personal story of one fisherman who a local television station visited and made a program about over ten years ago.

On this program we're going to Europe to interview a full range of very interesting people and also to look at the spread of traditional Chinese medicine into Europe.