Niall Ferguson shows how the vast apparatus of the Chinese state has always been called on to subjugate individual freedom to the higher goal of unity.
Ferguson also examines how, on the other hand, centralised control produces tensions that threaten to destroy the country.
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Series 1 Episode 1
Niall Ferguson shows how the vast apparatus of the Chinese state has always been called on to subjugate individual…
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Series 1 Episode 2
Niall Ferguson asks how China manages to live under a Communist system of government but with a thriving capitalist…
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Series 1 Episode 3
Niall Ferguson asks what China's growing global presence and aggressive nationalism mean to all of us.
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