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Through the Heart of China

2018 1 season 7 eps

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Season 1

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Season 1

45 min

S1 · E1 · Jan 14, 2018

Mines and Deserts Episode 1

Continuous drought because of climate change is making life hard for Mongolian herders and miners. Many farmers feel forced to move.

7.7 · You

45 min

S1 · E2 · Jan 21, 2018

Double Life Episode 2

In Beijing a smartphone is essential for paying, navigating, identification but also to meet like-minded people. How long will the government keep allowing this freedom?

7.7 · You

45 min

S1 · E3 · Jan 28, 2018

A Refrigerator for the Afterlife Episode 3

Chinese people bring yearly offerings to their deceased relatives. Every necessity for the afterlife is burned at the grave site. Also deceased ones can still be united to each other in a spiritual marriage.

8.0 · You

45 min

S1 · E4 · Feb 4, 2018

The Straight Path Episode 4

Ruben examines what the Tao means for Chinese youngsters and he meets a hermit who has been living in a cave for decades.

7.9 · You

45 min

S1 · E5 · Feb 11, 2018

The K-Street Episode 5

Young migration towards China's cities heavily affects health care around the country. Ruben talks to elderly people in rural areas waiting for their treatment for serious diseases.

8.1 · You

45 min

S1 · E6 · Feb 18, 2018

The Factory of the World Episode 6

Everything that has a power cord contains at least one Chinese component. With the same sense of productivity China wants to enter a bid for the 2050 world soccer championship.

8.0 · You

45 min

S1 · E7 · Feb 25, 2018

The Plans of Xi Episode 7

In Macau, an autonomous region with China, there is a certain level of democracy. Their is a growing influence of the Communist party however. Ruben talks to a critical politician.

8.1 · You

7 episodes in Season 1

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In the travel series Through the heart of China photographer Ruben Terlou and director Maaik Krijgsman make their way from the far North to the Southern tip of China: from the dried-out steppes of inner Mongolia to the tropical coast of Macau-straight through the heart of China indeed.

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Cast

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Ruben Terlou

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Pelle Asselbergs Editor

Editor

Pelle Asselbergs

Total runtime 5h 1m · Episode length 43 min · Type Miniseries

Show info

Premiered

January 14, 2018

Final episode

February 25, 2018

Status

Ended

Network

VPRO

Country

Netherlands

Type

Miniseries

Episode length

43 min

Total runtime

5h 1m

Original language

Dutch

Production

D

De Haaien

Production

V

VPRO

Production

Netherlands

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Languages

Original title

Door het hart van China

Spoken on screen

Chinese · Dutch

Some details come from TheTVDB.

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