Billie JD Porter explores how China’s recent boom is changing people’s lives fast. In bustling Guangzhou, she meets struggling migrant workers from the countryside and some super-rich supercar owners. On China’s only tropical island, she sees how tourism is booming and creating new types of jobs – she samples beach life Chinese-style, visits the world’s largest duty free mall and second largest golf resort. As she celebrates a traditional Chinese New Year, Billie asks whether the future is looking as bright as the recent past for this huge nation.
Episode : 3
Season : 1
Air Date : 2015-09-08 00:00:00
Billie JD Porter explores how China’s recent boom is changing people’s lives fast. In bustling Guangzhou, she meets struggling migrant workers from the countryside and some super-rich supercar owners. On China’s only tropical island, she sees how tourism is booming and creating new types of jobs – she samples beach life Chinese-style, visits the world’s largest duty free mall and second largest golf resort. As she celebrates a traditional Chinese New Year, Billie asks whether the future is looking as bright as the recent past for this huge nation.
