EPISODE · Feb 7, 2011 · 23 MIN
Shaking the World - Part Three
from The Documentary Podcast: Archive 2011 · host BBC World Service
Michael Robinson examines the social tensions within China that threaten the growth upon which much of the rest of the world now relies. This programme examines China's leaders attempts to manage growing conflicts and calls for political change - not for multi-party democracy, as some in the West advocate, but for a shift from a system of absolute Communist Party rule to one where individual rights are protected under law.
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Michael Robinson examines the social tensions within China that threaten the growth upon which much of the rest of the world now relies. This programme examines China's leaders attempts to manage growing conflicts and calls for political change - not for multi-party democracy, as some in the West advocate, but for a shift from a system of absolute Communist Party rule to one where individual rights are protected under law.
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