Socialism

Meet the Chinese Billionaire Who Opened Shop in Ohio

This documentary follows Cao Dewang, the founder of Fuyao Glass, as he opens a vast auto-glass factory in a former General Motors plant in…

This is Cuba’s Netflix, Hulu, and Spotify – all without the internet

In Cuba, where home internet access has long been scarce and expensive, people found their own way to watch films and television and to…

Why Cuban cab drivers earn more than doctors

In Cuba, a taxi driver can earn more in a day than a doctor earns in a month. The claim sounds like an exaggeration,…

Exiled Chinese Billionaire Uses YouTube To Wage A War On Corruption

Socialist China’s Billionaire Playboys

China's rise has created a class of very wealthy young people, and this film looks at how some of them spend their money. Fast…

12,000 startups are being created every day in China

Twelve thousand new businesses a day is a startling figure, and this video looks at the entrepreneurial boom behind it. In China, starting a…

Zhang Xin: China’s real estate mogul

Zhang Xin is one of China's best-known property developers, and this film tells the story of how she built a real-estate empire in Beijing.…

What does China own in the U.S.?

What does China actually own in the United States? This report sets out to answer a question that has fuelled a great deal of…

Why China is building islands in the South China Sea

In the South China Sea, China has been turning reefs and sandbars into islands, and then building runways, harbours and buildings on them. This…

The China Syndrome: – Is China taking over the South Pacific?

The South Pacific is a region of small island states spread across a vast ocean, and this report asks whether China is taking it…

China’s Empty Cities

Across China, whole new cities have been built, with tower blocks, wide roads and shopping centres, and then left largely empty. This film visits…

The cost of China’s millionaire migration

Every year, thousands of wealthy Chinese people leave China to live abroad, taking their money with them. This film looks at the cost of…

China’s Empty Cities

China built new cities at a pace the world had never seen, and this film walks through the ones that never filled up. Rows…

Why is the CHINESE Economy ADDICTED to DEBT? –

China's economy has grown on borrowed money, and this film asks why it became addicted to debt. Local governments borrowed to build roads and…

Putin’s Secret Riches

Vladimir Putin is presented in the West as one of the world's most powerful men, and this film asks a different question: how rich…

China’s Geography Problem

China is a vast country, but its geography presents a problem that has shaped its history. In the west are high mountains and deserts,…

How Africa is Becoming China’s China

Africa is becoming China's China, in the words of this film, because Chinese factories are moving there. For decades China was the workshop of…

America’s Fundamental Misunderstanding of China | Kishore Mahbubani

Kishore Mahbubani, a Singaporean diplomat and academic, argues in this talk that America fundamentally misunderstands China. The United States, he says, sees China through…

How is CHINA challenging the AMERICAN EMPIRE?

The United States has been the world's most powerful country for most of the last century, and this film asks how China is challenging…

How is CHINA challenging INDIA?

China and India are the world's two most populous countries, and this film asks how China is challenging its great Asian neighbour. The two…

A Look Inside Russia’s Creepy, Innovative Internet

Russia has its own internet, and this film looks inside it. While the rest of the world uses Google, Facebook and YouTube, many Russians…

Hong Kong police advance on protesters in Mong Kok

Mong Kok is one of Hong Kong's busiest districts, and this footage shows police advancing on protesters there, in a confrontation that became a…

Hidden state: Inside North Korea | Fault Lines

North Korea is one of the most closed countries in the world, and this Fault Lines documentary tries to look inside it. Through smuggled…

Traitors Within – Spies Who Sold Out America

During the Cold War, the greatest threat to American security sometimes came not from outside the country, but from within it. The video below…