Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Writing about Chinese documentaries; Part I; 1 The documentary genre and Chinese documentaries; 2 Nationalism and the birth of Chinese documentary; 3 The dogmatic formula; Part II; 4 Media reform, documentary programming and the new citizen; 5 Documenting the law; 6 Documenting the minorities; 7 The many voices of Chinese documentary; Conclusion: Documentaries as critical discourse; Notes; Bibliography; Filmography of Chinese Documentaries; Index
Summary
China, in recent years, has experienced a meteoric rise in documentary TV programmes. Chu discusses the various types of these documentaries, under both a planned and market economy
