China is playing an increasingly important role worldwide. Under President Xi Jinping, substantial investments are being made in communication and cooperation and industrious Chinese people are settling abroad in large numbers. Documentary maker and China expert Ruben Terlou visits them in the new VPRO travel series ‘The World of the Chinese’. Who are they, what do they want to achieve and what impact does their presence have on the local population?

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SEASONED traveller Joanna Lumley shares some of her best travel adventures with viewers in this seri...

James May embarks on a remarkable journey across Japan, from its icy north to its balmy south. He’ll...

Anthony Bourdain uncovers the best cuisine across the world. At each location, Tony dives headfirst ...

Explorer Levison Wood sets out to walk the length of the world's highest mountain range, from Afghan...

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Michael Palin explores European countries that were once behind the Iron Curtain.

A six-part series in which photographer Ruben Terlou travels from Shanghai, the most westernized par...

Examining the controversial presidency of Xi Jinping and how he is reshaping the world order.

Billie JD Porter finds out what it’s really like to grow up in China, the country with the highest p...

From its highest mountains and plateaus, to its thickest jungles and bamboo forests, CHINAS HIDDEN K...

In a unique experiment, five teachers from China take over the education of fifty teenagers in a Ham...

Tracing Xi Jinping's defining moments, how he's exercising his power and the impact on China and rel...

Carla Hall travels around the world to track down the unexpected lineage and international origins o...