Joan Baez - Knowledge Network

East is East
Wednesdays at 8pm
Lijiang: One City, Two Tales
Wednesday, May 4 at 8pm
Repeats at midnight
Discover the rich life and culture of one of China’s most unique cities – Lijiang, a
UNESCO World Heritage Site. Built by the mysterious Naxi minority centuries ago,
Lijiang was engineered to benefit from its rivers - from the cleansing of the streets
in timed daily floods, to separate basins designed to supply water for cleansing,
bathing and drinking.
Barefoot Doctor: Mongolia 30 Years Later
Wednesday, May 11 at 8pm
Repeats at midnight
Richmond resident Dan Zhang, who was born in China, was 17 years old when
Mao’s Cultural Revolution got under way and young people had to abandon school
to be re-educated in the countryside. Dan chose Mongolia, where she became a
“barefoot doctor.” 30 years later, she returns to discover how life has changed on the
vast steppes of Inner Mongolia.
I Want to Grow Old in China
Wednesday, May 18 at 8pm
Repeats at midnight
Early each morning, Bejing’s Tuanjiehu Park hosts a stunning spectacle performed
by thousands of the city’s elderly. From gymnastics to disco-dancing, bird training to
singing, they each have a hunger for living. Intimate and character driven, the documentary
follows four distinct groups as their lives and rituals unfold each morning.
I.M. Pei: Building China Modern
Wednesday, May 25 at 8pm
Repeats at midnight
Architect I.M. Pei returns to his home city of Suzhou, China to work on his most
personal project to date: a modern museum that complements the architecture of
the 2,500-year-old city. For the architect who placed the pyramid at the Louvre,
integrating the new with the old is familiar ground. But this project proves to be his
biggest challenge yet.
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