NOVA : China Revs Up (2004)
Directed by Chris Schmidt
Genres - Science & Technology |
Sub-Genres - Social Issues, Environmental Science |
Run Time - 60 min. |
Countries - United States |
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Synopsis
Reviewing upsides and downsides of China's economic "binge" of the last quarter century. "The world has never seen a country get so rich so fast," says narrator Oliver Platt. One telling statistic: 200,000 cars in 1995; 30 million in 2004. One telling harbinger: Scientists are finding traces of pollution from China in the air in Washington State.
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Moods
Keywords
China, economy, environmental-hazard, growth, over-population, pollution, population
