China from the Inside includes perspectives ranging from those of the increasingly rich, to the increasingly poor, the powerful to the powerless and the supporters and detractors of today's China. It does not shy away from China's many contradictions, with scenes from some of the most breathtaking places on the planet as well as the most polluted and with its candid conversations with modern urban people as well as inhabitants of traditional rural communities.

China from the Inside 101: Power and the People
How does the Communist Party exert control over 1.3 billion Chinese? Are village elections a chance for people to share in power? Can the Party end rampant corruption and keep the peoples' trust? 101 films patrols along China's border with Kazakhstan, Party meetings, officials in Tibet, a village election, and a corrupt embezzler in prison, reprieved from a death sentence. Chinese people, from farmer to Minister, speak frankly about the problems the country faces and the ways forward.

China from the Inside 102: Women of the Country
China's women are fought over at their weddings and have one of the world's highest suicide rates. Now many are beginning to fight for their rights and their futures. 102 includes discrimination against Xinjiang's Muslim women, various hardships faced by Tibetan women, and the status of the many youth who have left the countryside for factory work in the cities.

China from the Inside 103: Shifting Nature
China's environment is in trouble, and solutions often appear to be as tough as the problems. A third of the world uses water from China's rivers, but rapid industrialization and climate change have led to bad air, polluted rivers and dire water shortages. One "solution" that has received considerable media attention in the West is the channelling of water in the biggest hydraulic project in world history. While it has benefited nearly half a million people, relocation from dam areas is causing mammoth social upheaval.

China from the Inside 104: Freedom and Justice
Religious worship in China is problematic for Tibetan Buddhists, Catholics separated from influence, the 40 million adherents of China's unofficial churches, and the Falun Gong. Civic problems include forced evictions, government cover-up of AIDS, corruption and land grabbing. Filmed in Tibetan temples, newspaper offices and a labor camp, 104 asks: what are the limits of freedom - and the threats to stability?

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