China: A Hole In The Bamboo Curtain

Duration: 9:00

Year Published: 1970

Complete Record: Overview of contemporary China includes visits to Shenyang, Peking (Beijing), Shanghai, and Canton, focusing on people, lifestyles, schools, and traditions. Contrast between artifacts housed in ancient palaces and today’s mass-produced paintings and ceramics for export. Use of acupuncture to treat the congenitally deaf. and as an anesthetic during surgery.