This World

Season 2021

Award-winning BBC documentary strand reporting on social issues and current affairs stories from around the world.

54 Days: China and the Pandemic (1)
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54 Days: China and the Pandemic (1)Investigation into the initial Covid-19 outbreak in Wuhan, examining the gulf between what the authorities knew and what was made available to the public. Over the course of 54 days, Chinese officials maintained that the outbreak was under control, with only a few cases linked to a live animal market. However, the infection soon proved to be far more widespread, necessitating stricter lockdown measures.
54 Days: America and the Pandemic (2)
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54 Days: America and the Pandemic (2)Through moving and intimate interviews with public health officials and scientists, this film chronicles 54 days in which the United States made crucial decisions about the spread of Covid-19.
China's Magic Weapon
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China's Magic WeaponGovernments around the world are uncovering secret operations to expand China's influence - the work of a little-known branch of the Chinese Communist Party called the United Front Work Department. President Xi has called it his 'magic weapon'. Australia has changed its laws to combat foreign interference, and America says eight out of ten industrial espionage cases now involve China. So what is the United Front doing in the UK? Jane Corbin investigates this powerful but shadowy organisation. Has influence become interference as China bids to become the most powerful nation on earth?