[Swprograms] Fwd: BBC World Service Ruling China Week 13 - 19 October

["Richard Cuff" <rdcuff@xxxxxxxxx>]

Following is information regarding special programming coming up next
week from the BBC World Service.

Times shown are UTC, and are for the European stream - the stream
broadcast live over the Internet.

Richard Cuff / Allentown, PA  USA

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Ruling China Week

China is rapidly transforming. It is one of the fastest growing
economies in the world, and a major international political player. To
coincide with the 17th Party Congress on 15 October, BBC World Service
looks at the Chinese political system and how politics play out in the
lives of individual Chinese in Ruling China from Saturday 13 to Friday
19 October.

The Chinese Communist Party has jettisoned Marxist economic theory and
most Marxist ideology but still clings to authoritarian rule and seems
largely successful at containing dissent.  BBC World Service examines
the extent of unrest and protest in China and looks at current sources
of pressure for change.

During Ruling China Week there will be live co-presentations on The
World Today and Newshour; two major new documentary series entitled
China's Long Arm and coverage of Chinese business, science, art and
culture.

BBC World Service will look at how China operates, how it is run and
how it runs itself, nationally, locally, and at city and rural level.
It will tackle key issues including education, health, the environment
and corruption.

There are reports from major Chinese cities including Beijing,
Shanghai, Lanzhou, Wuhan and Dalian.


Saturday 13 October

The Story of the Stone by Cao Xueqin
1900-2000 UT
Acclaimed actress Sian Phillips narrates one of the great works of
Chinese literature, a saga that charts the changing fortunes of the
Jia family in 18th century China.

Original Music by Nicolai Abrahamson, Dramatised for radio by Katie Hims
Director/Jessica Dromgoole, Producer/Anne Edyvean

Monday 15 October

News Programmes
Presenter Max Pearson broadcasts live from Tiananmen Square and there
are reports on the 17th Party Congress from BBC Beijing Correspondent
James Reynolds. World Affairs Correspondent Jill McGivering asks
Chinese people about the reach of the Communist Party beyond Beijing.
Newshour has a live link-up between Beijing and Shanghai and BBC
Washington Correspondent Adam Brookes discusses the US view of Chinese
politics.

Business Daily
Presenter Lesley Curwen examines the politics involved with doing
business in a corrupt environment, especially the practice of having
to pay Communist Party officials to secure land and tax breaks.

China's Long Arm
0805 - 0830 UTC
Maurice Walsh assesses China's military power and looks at the
increasing military rivalry between the United States and China.

Outlook
0900 - 1000 UTC
Today and throughout the week Outlook's The Party and Me explores the
effect of  the Communist Party's impact on individuals and everyday
life.

Culture Shock
0830 - 0900 UTC
Investigates new trends and ideas in China
How are capitalist ideas of individual improvement clashing with party ideals?

Health Check
1130 - 1200 UTC
Consultant Psychiatrist Raj Persaud attends an international
psychiatry convention in Shanghai to find out how self help,
psychology and psychiatry are changing in China.


Tuesday 16 October

News Programmes
BBC Shanghai Reporter Quentin Somerville reports on China's
billionaires - looking at the new generation of business leaders who
have created wealth outside the Party structure – and those, mainly
the sons, daughters and wives of party officials, who have done it
within the Party.

Dan Griffiths focuses on a migrant worker who's left his family behind
to live as a second class citizen in Beijing in order to make money
and send it home.

Jill McGivering reports live from Wuhan on how the Party copes with
entrepreneurs and how new small businesses operate

Business Daily
Lesley Curwen investigates China's middle class and the pressures on
them to keep saving for their future.

China's Long Arm
0805 - 0900 UTC
Maurice Walsh looks at the likelihood of conflict between Beijing and
Washington


Wednesday 17 October

News Programmes
Max Pearson in Beijing and Jill McGivering in Wuhan explain a system
where everything is devolved to a local level.
Micky Bristow follows a day in the life of a local official.
James Reynolds reports on the politics of migration and
Washington-based Beijing reporter Dan Griffiths discovers why people
are leaving the countryside and the effect on rural communities left
behind.

Business Daily
Lesley Curwen investigates how Chinese business has had to adapt to
western standards and how western values are changing Chinese business
society.

China's Long Arm
0805 - 0900 UTC
Lucy Ash visits Angola and the US to report on China's increasing
international power.

Discovery – China
1130 - 1200 UTC
Chang, China's first (unmanned) lunar spacecraft, is scheduled to
launch in September 2007. Geoff Watts asks why China is joining the
elite group of nations that with a space programme and why it is keen
to have its own astronauts


Thursday 18 October

News Programmes
Max Pearson looks at the stage management of the 17th Party Congress
and other events in a country that controls information and has no
democracy. He asks how the Party manages to keep a lid on potential
problems.

James Reynolds and Jill McGivering explore media phone-ins in China
Micky Bristow reports on protest in the virtual world of the internet

Business Daily
Lesley Curwen assesses the viability of China's model industrial
villages. They may be economically successful while simultaneously
producing a high level of pollution and social unrest.

China's Long Arm
0805 - 0900 UTC
Lucy Ash finds out whether the rest of the world should be concerned
about China's emergence as a super super-power.

Discovery – China
1130 - 1200 UTC
Geoff Watts discovers what China is doing about climate change


Friday 19 October

News Programmes
Max Pearson reports live for The World Today from outside Birds Nest
Olympic Stadium and BBC Arts Correspondent Lawrence Pollard interviews
Ai Weiwei, the outspoken creator of the stadium.

James Reynolds looks at what's happened during the 17th Party Congress
and assesses the future of the Communist Party in China.

Business Daily
Lesley Curwen visits a poor Chinese rice farming family with ambitions
to send their son to university.

The Instant Guide
The Guide explains the workings of the Chinese Communist Party.

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