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China in Revolution: 1911-1949

China in Revolution: 1911-1949

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Status

Released

Release Date

Sep 27, 1989

Runtime

1h 53m

Genres

Documentary, History

User Score

80%

Original Title

China in Revolution: 1911-1949

Production Companies

Ambrica Productions

Director

Sue Williams

Description

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.