Wild China. Programme 6. Tides of Change.
Multimedia
30 Apr 2008
From the eastern end of the Great Wall, China's coast spans 14,500 km and more than 5,000 years of history. This is a place of huge contrasts: futuristic modern cities jostling with traditional seaweed-thatched villages, ancient tea terraces and wild wetlands where rare animals still survive.
Broadband video is available for UK viewers only although the program has been screened worldwide. Here Chinese white dolphins, red-crowned cranes, deadly vipers, giant sturgeon and sabre-wielding monkeys struggle to eke out a living faced by competition from 700 million people, widespread pollution and over-fishing. How China is managing such conflicting pressures has lessons for us all.
Broadband video is available for UK viewers only although the program has been screened worldwide. Here Chinese white dolphins, red-crowned cranes, deadly vipers, giant sturgeon and sabre-wielding monkeys struggle to eke out a living faced by competition from 700 million people, widespread pollution and over-fishing. How China is managing such conflicting pressures has lessons for us all.
Author: British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
Related Topics: Coasts and Coral Reefs, China, Hong Kong (China), South China Sea LME, Yellow Sea LME, Area 61: Pacific Northwest
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