
How China Got Rich
Over the last 40 years, China has been transformed out of all recognition. The scale of its growth and the sheer speed of change has been astonishing. The country has seen the largest lifting of people out of poverty that has ever taken place in human history. How did an impoverished and backward communist country become an engine of global capitalism? What lies ahead for this economic behemoth?
Cast

Michael Wood
Self - Presenter
Videos
Storyline
Over the last 40 years, China has been transformed out of all recognition. The scale of its growth and the sheer speed of change has been astonishing. The country has seen the largest lifting of people out of poverty that has ever taken place in human history. How did an impoverished and backward communist country become an engine of global capitalism? What lies ahead for this economic behemoth?
Recommended

Ascension
2021

The Class of ‘92
2013

Spider-Man: All Roads Lead to No Way Home
2022

No Half Measures: Creating the Final Season of Breaking Bad
2013

Becoming Warren Buffett
2017

Diego Maradona
2019

Hired Gun
2017

Louis Theroux: Twilight of the Porn Stars
2012

To Be Takei
2014

A Plastic Ocean
2016

Looking for Richard
1996

Avatar: The Deep Dive - A Special Edition of 20/20
2022
More Like This

The Corporation
2003

Swimming, Dancing
2023

From the Kill Pen
2016

Finding the Money
2024

Roger & Me
1989

Pathway
2012

The Pharmacy: Shanghai
1976

Draussen bleiben
2007

The Road to Fame
2013

Česká cesta
2016

Captain Elliot's Circle
2023

World War C
2021