Taogou Village is a county in Suzhou city, Anhui Province, the only place where training animal for circus performance in China, it’s also called the origin of the Chinese circus because 90% of the circus teams are from here. In the village, hundred of...

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In the last few decades, China has been experiencing tremendous changes in her economy, society and infrastructure.  Her leaders dream about revival of the Chinese race: domestically, they want to lead nationals out of poverty towards a reasonable standard of living; internationally, they want to propel the realization of an economic corridor, via both land and sea, and draft a blueprint for a rising power.  Leaders have dreams, but what do their subjects dream about? 
 Each episode of “China Stories” shows audience around in China by presenting them with the stories of some characters, as well as some images, in the hope that they may understand what the present-day Chinese think, do, and care about.

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In the last few decades, China has been experiencing tremendous changes in her economy, society and infrastructure. Her leaders dream about revival of the Chinese race: domestically, they want to lead nationals out of poverty towards a reasonable standard of living; internationally, they want to propel the realization of an economic corridor, via both land and sea, and draft a blueprint for a rising power. Leaders have dreams, but what do their subjects dream about? Each episode of “China Stories” shows audience around in China by presenting them with the stories of some characters, as well as some images, in the hope that they may understand what the present-day Chinese think, do, and care about.

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