China: A Century of Revolution: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

China: A Century of Revolution is a six-hour tour de force journey through the country's most tumultuous period. First televised on PBS, this award-winning documentary series presents an astonishingly candid view of a once-secret nation with rare archival footage, insightful historical commentary and stunning eyewitness accounts from citizens who struggled through China's most decisive century. China in Revolution charts the country's most violent era where decades of civil war and foreign invasions led to the bloody battle for power between Mao Zedong and Chiang Kai-shek. The Mao Years examines the turbulent era of Mao's attempts to forge a "new China" from the war-ravaged and poverty-stricken nation. Mao's death begins Born Under the Red Flag, which follows the country's new leadership of Deng Xiaoping and its unlikely transformation into an extraordinary hybrid of communist-centralized politics with an ever-expanding free market economy. Monumental in scope, China: A Century of Revolution is critical viewing for anyone interested in this increasingly powerful and globally influential country.

Series details

• Title: China: A Century of Revolution
• Format: Documentary
• Language: English
• Genres: History
• Premiere date: 1989-09-27
• Final broadcast date listed: 1997-07-09
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: PBS
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 120 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 77325
• IMDb ID: tt5776992

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1989: premiered 1989-09-27; final listed air date 1989-09-27; episode order: 1.
• Season 1994: premiered 1994-04-13; final listed air date 1994-04-13; episode order: 1.
• Season 1997: premiered 1997-07-09; final listed air date 1997-07-09; episode order: 1.

Source and licence

Adapted from China: A Century of Revolution on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.