Donate NowPBS NewsHour goes inside China for a week-long series that is one of the most robust efforts about China by any American television program. Exactly 40 years after the U.S. and the People’s Republic of China launched diplomatic relations, there is no more important bilateral relationship in the world. Ten stories cover the Belt and Road Initiative, the US-China trade and technology wars, China’s powerful leader Xi Jinping, China’s electric car revolution, and other topics. A collaboration with the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting, the series is reported from half a dozen Chinese cities and a half dozen countries.
September 27, 2019 | PBS NewsHour
How President Xi Jinping Is Transforming China at Home and Abroad
Chinese President Xi Jinping’s philosophy has been written into the country’s constitution. He has sought to raise the standard of living at home, while boosting China’s power and influence across the globe. But critics accuse him of consolidating power and creating a campaign of oppression against the Chinese people—especially those who disagree with him. Nick Schifrin reports from Beijing.
September 26, 2019 | PBS NewsHour
Taking Stock of China’s Growing Power and Prosperity
When it comes to military strength, the global economy, and global influence, the two most important countries in the world are China and the U.S. And in recent years, both sides of that rivalry have become more combative.