Premiering this Wednesday on the Discovery Channel, is episode 1 of Ted Koppel's 4-part series on China's economic growth (and its impact on the US), entitled, The People's Republic of Capitalism. Each successive Wednesday for three weeks, installments 2, 3, and 4 will be aired. If there is a resoundingly persistent mantra here, it is on the intertwined economic interest of the US and China. The series pitches the tag “Journey of the Couch: Follow the path of a genuine Pratt Ethan Allen sofa as it criss-crosses the globe from the US to China.”
Here's the line-up:
Part 1: Joined at the Hip ‚ Wed., July 9, at 10 p.m. ET/PT
Part 2: MAOism TO MEism ‚ Thur., July 10, at 10 p.m. ET/PT
Part 3: The Fast Lane ‚ Fri., July 11, at 10 p.m. ET/PT
Part 4: It's the Economy, Stupid ‚ Sat., July 12, at 10 p.m. ET/PT
And the driver behind this program? “I wish that people who think they have no interest in or concern about China would just give it a try,” says Koppel. “Our future is so tied together with China's future, and [the Chinese] get it. . . . The greatest tragedy of all would be if they keep plowing away at this and we become so relaxed about the permanence of America's place in the world that we fail to see that there are people breathing down our necks.”
This is gonna be a good one!
