Through the Heart of China

2018
Through the Heart of China

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EP1 Mines and Deserts Jan 14, 2018

Continuous drought because of climate change is making life hard for Mongolian herders and miners. Many farmers feel forced to move.

EP2 Double Life Jan 21, 2018

In Beijing a smartphone is essential for paying, navigating, identification but also to meet like-minded people. How long will the government keep allowing this freedom?

EP3 A Refrigerator for the Afterlife Jan 28, 2018

Chinese people bring yearly offerings to their deceased relatives. Every necessity for the afterlife is burned at the grave site. Also deceased ones can still be united to each other in a spiritual marriage.

EP4 The Straight Path Feb 04, 2018

Ruben examines what the Tao means for Chinese youngsters and he meets a hermit who has been living in a cave for decades.

EP5 The K-Street Feb 11, 2018

Young migration towards China's cities heavily affects health care around the country. Ruben talks to elderly people in rural areas waiting for their treatment for serious diseases.

EP6 The Factory of the World Feb 18, 2018

Everything that has a power cord contains at least one Chinese component. With the same sense of productivity China wants to enter a bid for the 2050 world soccer championship.

EP7 The Plans of Xi Feb 25, 2018

In Macau, an autonomous region with China, there is a certain level of democracy. Their is a growing influence of the Communist party however. Ruben talks to a critical politician.
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Released: 14 January 2018 Ended
Producted By: VPRO
Country: Netherlands
Budget: 0
Revenue: 0
Official Website: https://www.vpro.nl/programmas/door-het-hart-van-china/
Synopsis

In the travel series Through the heart of China photographer Ruben Terlou and director Maaik Krijgsman make their way from the far North to the Southern tip of China: from the dried-out steppes of inner Mongolia to the tropical coast of Macau-straight through the heart of China indeed.

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