The Rise of the Great Powers

The Rise of the Great Powers is a 12-part Chinese documentary series made by CCTV. It first aired on CCTV-2 from November 13 to 24, 2006.Kahn, Joseph, "China, shy giant, shows signs of shedding its false modesty.", New York Times, December 9, 2006. The show talks about the rise of nine powerful countries: Portugal, Spain, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Japan, Russia (Soviet Union), and the United States.

The People's Daily, a state-run newspaper, said each of the 12 episodes was shown at 9:30 pm and lasted 50 minutes, with a total runtime of 600 minutes."TV docu stimulates more open attitude to history, China, the world."  People's Daily. November 26, 2006. The documentary featured interviews with well-known historians and scholars, like Paul Kennedy, author of The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers, and Joseph Stiglitz, a Nobel Prize-winning economist. It also included interviews with political leaders such as former French president Valéry Giscard d'Estaing and former Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad.

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