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China developed the world's first great restaurant culture, and it's still going strong!
To learn about China's greatest poet, Michael Wood goes back to school!
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Michael uncovers clues to China’s first dynasty, the Shang, in a traditional drug store.
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Michael Wood looks at the opening of the Silk Road & 'the beginnings of universal history'
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Xi'an - the Tang Dynasty capital with half a million people was the world's greatest city.
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A group of Korean scholars tell Michael why Confucius still matters so much today.
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Michael Wood joins in the ancestral rituals with the Qin family of Wuxi.
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Another sweltering hot day in filming in on the ancient city walls of Xi'an.
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Composer Howard Davidson and soprano Wu He record the music for The Story of China.
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Our Chinese crew manipulate a 20ft crane into this temple.
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The crew finds ingenious methods to maintain blood caffeine levels.
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Michael Wood describes what he would like the audience to take away from the series.
