5/5: The Trap
The People’s Republic turns 70 on October 1st. Mark Mardell tells the story of how much China has changed in those seven decades - politically, culturally and socially.
In this final episode, of the series, he unpicks the theory that China’s rise makes conflict with the United States an inevitability and hear from a group of students in Beijing about how they foresee their country’s place in the future.
(Photo: Bank notes of US Dollar and Chinese RMB
Credit: Getty Images)
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