Free Thinking: Japanese History, Chinese Democarcy

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BBC

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4.2 • 599 Ratings

🗓️ 22 January 2014

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

Zhang Weiwei, one of China's foremost public intellectuals, talks to Rana Mitter about why China should not become a democracy. And as rising tensions between China and Japan continue to dominate headlines in East Asia, we hear from two young journalists, Mariko Oi and Haining Liu. Finally the author of 'Bending Adversity: Japan and the Art of Survival' David Pilling and historian Naoko Shimazu reflect on Japan's historic ability to re-invent itself and why it needs that skill more than ever at the present time.

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0:21.7	The stat that is astonishing is they ended with the lowest amount of possession.
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0:26.8	So if you love sport, a passion, it's almost like a religion.
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0:43.7	Hello.
0:44.6	Tonight on free thinking, we're reading the minds of China and Japan.
0:48.8	Both countries were in the headlines this morning.
0:51.2	One of China's most prominent political activists has just been put on trial,
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