Synopsis
Michael Wood explores the history of the world's newest superpower. Michael investigates three cataclysmic revolutions which shaped modern-day China.
- Programme: The Story of China
- Episode: 6: The Age of Revolution
- Channel: BBC Two
- Broadcast year: 2016
- History
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