China: Triumph and Turmoil - Episode Guide

Niall Ferguson shows how the vast apparatus of the Chinese state has always been called on to subjugate individual freedom to the higher goal of unity

In the second episode, Niall Ferguson asks how China manages to live under a Communist system of government but with a capitalist economy, and examines the legacy of Chairman Mao.

China's supercharged economic growth signals a seismic shift in political power from West to East. We are increasingly dependent on China's money to bail out our fragile economies. But at what price?