NOVA

The Genius That Was China: The Threat from Japan (3) (17x8)

Air date: Apr 03, 1990

This episode is part-three of NOVA's instigative report on China and the country's battle in keeping up with western technology. In the nineteenth century, the west won the trade war with Japan, lending the small country access to the world's latest technology. NOVA explores what effect this had in China, and why Tokyo and Beijing seem worlds apart