Episodes
1. Mines and Deserts
January 14, 2018
43 min
Continuous drought because of climate change is making life hard for Mongolian herders and miners. Many farmers feel forced to move.
2. Double Life
January 21, 2018
43 min
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?
3. A Refrigerator for the Afterlife
January 28, 2018
43 min
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.
4. The Straight Path
February 4, 2018
43 min
Ruben examines what the Tao means for Chinese youngsters and he meets a hermit who has been living in a cave for decades.
5. The K-Street
February 11, 2018
43 min
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.
6. The Factory of the World
February 18, 2018
43 min
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.