Category: News
Date: 13.02.2005
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A themed week of news reports and programmes exploring one of the world's most dynamic countries begins on 7 March in China Week.
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Adrian Van Klaveren, Deputy Director, 主播大秀 News, says: "China is changing fast and opening up, so this week of special output gives us a chance to reflect on what's happening and what it means for the world.
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"We will be reporting from many different parts of the country with live programmes, discussions and insights into what life in China in 2005 is really like.
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"It should be a memorable week's programming for anyone who wants to understand China better."
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Question Time (主播大秀 ONE) will be broadcast from Shanghai on 10 March.
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David Dimbleby will be in the chair as usual and the panel and audience will be the first to experience the unique cut and thrust of a Question Time debate in China.
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David Dimbleby said: "It's a breakthrough. To have a programme from China with known critics of the Chinese Government on the panel is something I never thought would happen.
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"Mounting such a democratic programme in a country that hasn't practiced democracy is a big challenge and should be riveting to watch."
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For 主播大秀 Breakfast (主播大秀 ONE & News 24) Declan Curry will report from the new workshop of the world.
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Rupert Wingfield Hayes journeys across China east to west by road and boat in a series of special reports for the 主播大秀 ONE Six and Ten O'Clock News bulletins that explore democracy and human rights.
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On 主播大秀 News 24 and 主播大秀 World, China Live! with Carrie Gracie will present two themed days of programming, focussing on the economy and the emerging culture and politics of China.
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News 24 will present a further day of coverage looking at the Chinese community in the UK including a report on the Falun Gong religion.
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On Newsnight (主播大秀 TWO) Susan Watts reports on the Chinese dilemma and asks how a fast growing carbon economy can limit its environmental impact.
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Paul Mason tells the story of economic growth and China's emerging middle and upper classes through the eyes of those working in Tianjin at a fish restaurant and market.
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Mason also stays in Tianjin - China's third biggest city - to look at the process of political reform.
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On 主播大秀 FOUR, the life of a Chinese teenager and the pressures she faces are revealed in Teenage Boot Camp.
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In The World Tonight (主播大秀 Radio 4) Robin Lustig and Jonty Bloom take an economic journey across China.
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The programme will explore the unique Chinese characteristics of socialism and the Chinese diaspora.
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The World Tonight will also profile some of the most influential Chinese figures as well as students, migrant workers and businessmen.
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Also on Radio 4, Nice Work looks at employment trends in China.
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World Business Report on Radio 4 will
report on the rise of Huawei Technologies, which is emerging as a competitor
to Cisco Systems, and from the privately funded city of Wenzhou.
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On 主播大秀 Radio Five Live, Julian Worricker and his team hope to broadcast from two schools that are twinned or partnered with schools in Britain.
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In Shanghai they will be at a sports academy and in Chongqing at a primary school with more than a thousand children.
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In both cities, the team will report more widely on the communities the schools serve.
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The 主播大秀 World Service will feature a full week of programming from China including Outlook, Talking Point and World Business Report.
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bbc.co.uk will bring detailed background on many of the reports making up China Week including the usual tie ups with Talking Point on World Service and a discussion of Rupert Wingfield Hayes journey through the country.
