China’s soaring economy fuels its huge appetite for natural resources. The BBC’s Lucy Ash looks at how China tries to meet this need by looking abroad – from Africa to Minnesota.
PART 1
Angola is China’s largest supplier of oil, but not everyone in Angola is happy about this burgeoning trade relationship. In this documentary produced for the BBC World Service, Lucy Ash explores the pluses and minuses of Chinese involvement in Angola.
PART 2
Beijing has turned to the U.S. to help feed its hunger for natural resources. In Minnesota, Chinese investment has enabled the re-opening of an abandoned iron mine. Minnesota’s governor is enthusiastic about building trade links with China, and teaching Mandarin in preschools. The BBC’s Lucy Ash concludes this series on “China’s Long Arm” by exploring the impact of deepening economic ties between the U.S. and China.
THE CHANGING WORLD is the sister documentary series of PRI's The World. Each week, we offer American radio listeners two in-depth documentaries from the BBC World Service that probe issues critical to our understanding of our evolving world.