Podcast Directory
| Podcast title | China on the Rise | NewsHour with Jim Lehrer Podcast | PBS
 |
|
| http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rs... | ||
| Description | NewsHour correspondent Paul Solman traveled to China in the summer of 2005 to produce a seven-part series on the Asian nation's rise as a global economic contender and America's anxiety that China will overtake the United States as a superpower in the 21st century. | |
| Updated | ||
| Image |  |
|
| Category | News |
|
| Subscribe |
|
|
Vote for this podcast |
||
| Link to this podcast |
|
|
Episodes |
||
|
1. Bumps in the Road? http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rs... download (audio/mpeg, 3.65Mb) Description: Paul Solman explores whether China can continue to grow at its incredible pace without political reform. |
||
|
2. Piracy Explored http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rs... download (audio/mpeg, 9.93Mb) Description: Paul Solman reports on piracy and the lack of safeguards for intellectual property in China. |
||
|
3. Interview with Cheng Si-Wei http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rs... download (audio/mpeg, 3.81Mb) Description: Paul Solman interviews Communist official Cheng Siwei, known as the "father of venture capital" in China. |
||
|
4. Misinvestment in China http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rs... download (audio/mpeg, 3.74Mb) Description: This report looks at how misinvestment in China and government control of the banks and businesses affect the economy. Digital TV and the World reporters Jonathan Kaminsky and Joe Mullin contributed to this report. |
||
|
5. Mao Still Impacting China's Economic Rise http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rs... download (audio/mpeg, 2.88Mb) Description: Mao Zedong, the influential former leader of communist China, remains a face on Chinese currency even as the country's modern market economy shifts toward capitalism. |
||
|
6. Consumerism Booming in China's Cities http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rs... download (audio/mpeg, 11.69Mb) Description: As a modernized culture envelopes China's large cities, the population aims to maintain a balance of consumer-driven, modern living with a traditional Chinese worldview. |
||
|
7. China's Growing Economy http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rs... download (audio/mpeg, 3.72Mb) Description: China's powerful central government has created one of the most freewheeling economies in the world, set to overtake the United States in the next few decades. |
||