Omnibus (1967)

China and the Barbarians 1793-1842: A chance lost (1x24)

Air date: Apr 23, 1968

with Professor Denis Twitchett, Dr. Joseph Needham, F.R.S., Dr. Jerome Ch'en. About a quarter of the world's population is Chinese. China is not a member of the United Nations; why is it cut off from the rest of the world? There are many reasons, and Communism is not the most important one. The programme describes the civilisation with which the West came in contact at the time of the Industrial Revolution; its attitude of mind, its philosophy, science, art and religion, and tells the story of those critical years, from the failure of which we have not yet recovered. See page 34 Contributors Narrator: Patrick Wymark Speaker/script: Professor Denis Twitchett Speaker: Dr. Joseph Needham Speaker: Dr. Jerome Ch'en Script/producer: Leo Aylen