NHK WORLD PRIME
Season 3 Episode 11 - Bettering Tibet
The largest Buddhist academy in the world lies deep in the mountains of the Chinese province of Sichuan. Larung Gar is a holy place of Tibetan Buddhism, where some 10,000 monks and nuns train. Here, under the auspices of a Chinese government antipoverty program, infrastructure "betterment" projects have been launched, aiming to turn the area into a tourist destination. The government has also pushed the resettlement and concentration of Tibetan nomads, education in Chinese language, and patriotic indoctrination. The past 3 years have brought major changes to the lifestyles of Tibetans, who have preserved their unique culture and religious traditions for over a millennium. This carefully documented, on-the-ground report provides the world's first window on these developments.
Episodes in Season 3
A Doctor Beside the Deathbed
50 min
Epic Challenge: A Race Across the Japanese Alps
50 min
Reviving Kumamoto Castle
45 min
Class Struggle: Changes to China's Education System
49 min
A Vanished Dream: Wartime Story of My Japanese Grandfather
50 min
Vessel of Friendship: An Untold Story
49 min
Battling a Radiation Emergency: The Doctors at Fukushima Part 1
50 min
Battling a Radiation Emergency: The Doctors at Fukushima Part 2
49 min
Split-Screen Documentary: Nuclear Ghost Town - After 8 Years
43 min
A Journey through Genders
49 min
Bettering Tibet
50 min
I too was a Child of Camp.
49 min
Hope in the Dark
50 min
MATAGI - Worshipping Bears
50 min
Helping Hands - The Lives of Atomic Bomb Orphans
49 min
The United Red Army: A Troubled Legacy
50 min
The Lives of Japanese War Brides in America: Part 1
50 min
The Lives of Japanese War Brides in America: Part 2
50 min
1971 - Japanese Rugby Takes On England, And The World
49 min
Chinese Internet Celebrities: Influencing the Huge Online Market
Henoko: Living with an American Base
49 min
Digging the Untold History
50 min
No More Plastic: In Search of a Sustainable Future - Part 1: Clearing Plastic from the Ocean
50 min
No More Plastic: In Search of a Sustainable Future - Part 2: Frontlines of Global Business
50 min
