History of China in 3½ Minutes
18 Mighty Mountain Warriors first music rap video surveying the history of China from prehistoric times to present day! Directed by Lushun Quon Director of Photography “Big” John Takenaka Written and Edited by Michael Chih Ming Hornbuckle Featuring Michael Chih Ming Hornbuckle Greg Watanabe Peter J. Wong Recording and Mixing Glenn Suravech “Mosaic” Music Composer Douglas Hirai Thanks to Ryan Suda and Blacklava.net -A store for all things Asian American. For location and greenscreen and support Thanks to traci kato-kiriyama June 8 2011 The story of China starts with Peking Man He lived in Beijing he was a real caveman Me caveman. Ug! Life just fine. Until I came along. Cro-Magnon? Good bye. (Clubs Peking Man) My people evolved near the Yellow River Where we made lotsa silk from the lowly caterpillar And started 3 dynasties, Hsia, Shang and Zhou And then a cat came along his name was Lao Tzu I taught a school of thought which I called “the Tao” I wanna learn the Tao, can you please tell me how? There’s nothing to learn. It’s the way of “no way” Which way? Wu Wei! No way! Yes way! Next all of China learned to obey The proper ways of acting when “Confucious Say.” Levels of authority, morality, sincerity Are taught to the masses and passed to posterity The Tao, I Ching, and Confucious, la Were bases of philosophy in old China. Say, did you fellows forget about me? You come later on. Oops. Sorry. With the Qin/Han dynasty peace came to all What about the huns? Arg! Let’s build a …
History of China: The Roots of Madness – CIA Cold War Documentary Film (1967)
DVD: www.amazon.com thefilmarchive.org China: The Roots of Madness is a 1967 Cold War era, made-for-TV documentary film produced by David L. Wolper, written by Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Theodore H. White with production cost funded by a donation from John and Paige Curran. It won an Emmy Award in the documentary category. The film attempts to analyze the Anti-Western sentiment in China from the official American’s perspective, covering 170 years of China’s political history, from Boxer Rebellion of the Qing Dynasty to Red Guards of Cultural Revolution. The film focuses on the power struggle between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party of China, amid heavy political intervention from Moscow, with Sun Yat-sen, Chiang Kai-shek and Mao Zedong playing the pivotal role at the center stage. The documentary film was made for television in 1967 — during the Cold War era. It was written by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Theodore H. White, directed by Mel Stuart, edited by William T. Cartwright and produced by David L. Wolper. Production costs were funded by a donation from John and Paige Curran. The film has been released under Creative Commons license. White’s access to important political figures of the time allowed him to create some rare footage, which included the wedding of Chang Kai-shek and the funeral of Sun Yat-sen. The film won an Emmy Award in the documentary category. As evidenced by his commentary throughout the films, White, Time magazine’s China …
China History 1 (Culture, Chinese)
China, once called the Land of God, has now turned its back on God for too long. Yet, God is quietly callings if from a distant past. The boundless feelings of of love and the gospel of peace.
ENGINEERING AN EMPIRE CHINA (History Channel program) Part1/3
For over 4000 years, the world’s greatest empires have come and gone. Only one has survived the test of time: China. Century after century, China’s regal emperors mobilized immense peasant armies to accomplish engineering feats unparalleled in human history. Among the groundbreaking innovations of the ancient Chinese were the world’s longest canal, its most complex and effective irrigation system, and a naval fleet mightier than all those of Europe combined-but, none can compare to the colossal 4000-mile wall that stands as the most ambitious construction project ever built. From such heights came spectacular death spirals, as dynasty after dynasty-consumed by vanity and greed-was stripped of power by the people it had ruled.