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【Adventures on the New Silk Road III】
Episode 19. Powering a Nation
The seven cascade power stations is put into operation in 2021 on the Nam Ou River in Laos. However, the lack of senior talents from the country may make the operation of the power stations challenging after the handover. A group of outstanding high school graduates from Laos came to China to study at Wuhan University. Lee Chansouk, from the banks of Nam Ou River, is among them.
【Adventures on the New Silk Road III】
Episode 20. Importing Bananas for Chinese New Year
COVID-19 pandemic has made many ports in the Philippines closed. Small, uncompetitive banana farmers have seen their shipments plummet by 60% compared with previous years, leaving many bananas rotting in the fields. Shao Changjiang, a fruit seller in China, frets about shortages. Under the pandemic, how did they communicate and cooperate to make cavendish bananas from the Philippines arrive in Chinese supermarkets on time and become popular goods for the Spring Festival?
【Adventures on the New Silk Road III】
Episode 18.Create a New Name Card for Cambodia Together
Cambodia has won the right to host the 32nd Southeast Asian Games. This is a rare opportunity and a great challenge for a country that emerged from civil war less than three decades ago. Cambodia needs a modern stadium that can host the intercontinental Games. A proposal from China incorporates traditional Cambodian cultural elements into the design of the National Stadium. This will make the National Stadium Cambodia's new name card. However, to turn the drawings into reality, Cambodian and Chinese builders will need to solve a number of construction challenges the world has never seen before. Will they succeed in creating Cambodia's new name card?
【Adventures on the New Silk Road III】
Episode 17.Building Egypt's New Administrative Capital Together
Cairo, the center of Egyptian civilization, was once called the mother of cities. Today, Cairo, Africa's most populous city, has to deal with overcrowding. In an effort to solve Cairo's urban diseases once and for all, the Egyptian government has decided to build a smart, green new administrative capital.
【Adventures on the New Silk Road III】
Episode 16. Seeds of Change for Stone Village
Stone village, a small mountain village in China's Yunnan province that has just been lifted out of poverty, is now connected to the outside world by a new highway. But as more and more people moved out of the mountains, the village became hollow. Mu Wenchuan, the village secretary, has been looking for ways to revitalize the Stone village.
Episode 14.Tracking Desert Locusts
The combined outbreak of desert locusts and the COVID-19 virus has thrown 23 countries into a twin crisis, threatening the food rations of 42 million people. A global locust pandemic would affect 20% of the world's arable land.
【Adventures on the New Silk Road III】
Episode 15.The Rebirth of HuayLo Village in Laos
Laos has abundant water resources and has been hoping to become the "battery of Southeast Asia". However, it has not found a good way that is environmentally friendly and can promote people's livelihood. A “seven cascade hydropower stations” proposal from China meets all the requirements of the Lao government.
【Adventures on the New Silk Road III】
Episode 14.Tracking Desert Locusts
The combined outbreak of desert locusts and the COVID-19 virus has thrown 23 countries into a twin crisis, threatening the food rations of 42 million people. A global locust pandemic would affect 20% of the world's arable land. Huang Wenjiang, professor at the Aerospace Information Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, led a team working with the United Nations Locust Plague Control Team to find and track locusts using satellite remote sensing technology.
【Adventures on the New Silk Road III】
Episode 13. To Live with Elephants II
With the help of her Burmese colleague, Ye Htet Lwin, Lili went to the Myaing Hay Wun Semi-captive Elephant Camp in Myanmar to start her elephant behavior experiment. But in order to truly enter the world of elephants, Lili encounters one problem after another. Can Lili complete her elephant behavior research project as planned and solve the problem of human-elephant conflict? Let's find out.
Episode 12. To Live with Elephants I
With the continuous expansion of human territory, the living areas of Asian elephants and humans overlap, and human-elephant conflicts are inevitable. Li Lili, a PhD candidate at the Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, hopes to find a way to co-exist with elephants by studying their behavior in the field.
Episode 11. Stop the Insect Extinction
Insects, which make up more than half of the world's species, are disappearing at an alarming rate, raising the alarm of mass extinction. In the rainforests of Yunnan, China, there is a botanical garden that attracts experts and scholars from all over the world. Their goal is to prevent a "mass extinction" of insects. Can they accomplish this seemingly impossible task in Yunnan?
【Adventures on the New Silk Road III】
Episode 10. Co-production. Let’s Make A Movie Together II
After all the hardships, the shooting was finally finished. But The Italian Recipe ushered in the escalating difficulty – a never before seen remote cross-country post production. How will the post production team of each country overcome the difficulties and complete the film?
【Adventures on the New Silk Road III】
Episode 9. Co-production. Let’s Make A Movie Together I
What you may not know is that this love story, The Italian Recipe, which takes place in Rome, was filmed during two rounds of pandemic break outs in Italy and China. How did the crew members from both countries accomplish this seemingly impossible task under the pandemic? Check the video below for the answer.
【Adventures on the New Silk Road III】
Episode 8. An International Exhibition on Tour
The outbreak of COVID-19 in Europe has put the Victoria & Albert Museum's international touring exhibition "Masterpieces in Miniature" at risk after its debut in Belgium in 2021. Facing the restrictions of personnel exchange and logistics in different countries, will this international relay tour be successfully completed in China?
【Adventures on the New Silk Road III】
Episode 7.The Silk Road Archaeological Exhibition
The Da Yue Zhi, a nomadic people who migrated from Hexi region of China to Central Asia, is a key to Silk Road archaeology. Wu Wei, of the Palace Museum's Archaeology Department, has been preparing for the exhibition, which presents the joint archaeological achievements of China and Uzbekistan, for more than half a year. But the exhibits cannot be transported to China because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Let's see how Wu Wei and his team make the exhibition happen and become popular online!
【Adventures on the New Silk Road III】
Episode 6.Restart the Connection through Photography
By focusing on their surroundings, many young photographers from countries along the Silk Road gain a deeper understanding of the theme of "home".
【Adventures on the New Silk Road III】
Episode 5.Protect the Jiayuguan Great Wall
Jiayuguan was a key point on the Silk Road and the western beginning of the Ming Dynasty Great Wall. Conservation of the Great Wall, an amazing World heritage site, is challenged by natural and human activities. Grassroots Great Wall protection workers are like the Great Wall's doctors. This film is dedicated to presenting their real daily work through their own perspective.
【Adventures on the New Silk Road III】
Episode 4. To Broadcast the Beijing Winter Olympics
The Main Media Center for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics and Paralympics will be located in the China National Convention Center II, which is under construction, in line with the concept of frugality. However, the planned completion date is 2024, which would mean completing the 150,000-square-meter facade designed by French architect Christian De Portzamparc two years ahead of schedule. The outbreak of COVID-19 has made the already tight schedule even tighter. Will the Chinese and French teams be able to overcome all the difficulties and deliver the Main Media Center to the Organizing Committee of the Winter Olympics on time?
【Adventures on the New Silk Road III】
Episode 3. A Fairer Distribution of Vaccines
COVAX (COVID-19 Vaccines Global Access Facility) was born under the joint advocacy of several international organizations. The plan hopes to push for a more equitable system of vaccine distribution, but it faces difficulties.
China has announced its accession to COVAX, becoming the largest economy to do so. China's support in funding and vaccine supply has not only made Chinese vaccines public goods, but also made the implementation of the plan more feasible through extensive international cooperation among global companies.
【Adventures on the New Silk Road III】
Episode 2. The warmth of Vaccine Vials
Neutral borosilicate glass tubing, with complex process and strict temperature control, the total inventory is far from enough to support vaccines to become global public health products. Technical experts from all over the world share experience here in a factory in Hebei, China and work hard to increase production...
【Adventures on the New Silk Road III】Episode 1. Go, Huo-Yanners!
At the end of March 2020, Cheng Peiwen, who had just finished her work in Wuhan's "Huo-Yan" laboratory, received a text message from her team lead: "Do you want to go overseas to help? To Serbia."
Let's find out her answer in this short documentary.
Adventures on the New Silk Road III focuses on the story of countries along the Silk Roads working together to fight crisis through cooperation. The documentary series will air on September 7th. Stay tuned!!
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【Adventures on the New Silk Road III】 Episode 20. Importing Bananas for Chinese New Year COVID-19 pandemic has made many ports in the Philippines closed. Small, uncompetitive banana farmers have seen their shipments plummet by 60% compared with previous years, leaving many bananas rotting in the fields. Shao Changjiang, a fruit seller in China, frets about shortages. Under the pandemic, how did they communicate and cooperate to make cavendish bananas from the Philippines arrive in Chinese supermarkets on time and become popular goods for the Spring Festival?
【Adventures on the New Silk Road III】 Episode 19. Powering a Nation The seven cascade power stations is put into operation in 2021 on the Nam Ou River in Laos. However, the lack of senior talents from the country may make the operation of the power stations challenging after the handover. A group of outstanding high school graduates from Laos came to China to study at Wuhan University. Lee Chansouk, from the banks of Nam Ou River, is among them.
【Adventures on the New Silk Road III】 Episode 18.Create a New Name Card for Cambodia Together Cambodia has won the right to host the 32nd Southeast Asian Games. This is a rare opportunity and a great challenge for a country that emerged from civil war less than three decades ago. Cambodia needs a modern stadium that can host the intercontinental Games. A proposal from China incorporates traditional Cambodian cultural elements into the design of the National Stadium. This will make the National Stadium Cambodia's new name card. However, to turn the drawings into reality, Cambodian and Chinese builders will need to solve a number of construction challenges the world has never seen before. Will they succeed in creating Cambodia's new name card?
【Adventures on the New Silk Road III】 Episode 17.Building Egypt's New Administrative Capital Together Cairo, the center of Egyptian civilization, was once called the mother of cities. Today, Cairo, Africa's most populous city, has to deal with overcrowding. In an effort to solve Cairo's urban diseases once and for all, the Egyptian government has decided to build a smart, green new administrative capital.
【Adventures on the New Silk Road III】 Episode 16. Seeds of Change for Stone Village Stone village, a small mountain village in China's Yunnan province that has just been lifted out of poverty, is now connected to the outside world by a new highway. But as more and more people moved out of the mountains, the village became hollow. Mu Wenchuan, the village secretary, has been looking for ways to revitalize the Stone village.
【Adventures on the New Silk Road III】 Episode 15.The Rebirth of HuayLo Village in Laos Laos has abundant water resources and has been hoping to become the "battery of Southeast Asia". However, it has not found a good way that is environmentally friendly and can promote people's livelihood. A “seven cascade hydropower stations” proposal from China meets all the requirements of the Lao government.
【Adventures on the New Silk Road III】 Episode 13. To Live with Elephants II With the help of her Burmese colleague, Ye Htet Lwin, Lili went to the Myaing Hay Wun Semi-captive Elephant Camp in Myanmar to start her elephant behavior experiment. But in order to truly enter the world of elephants, Lili encounters one problem after another. Can Lili complete her elephant behavior research project as planned and solve the problem of human-elephant conflict? Let's find out.
Episode 12. To Live with Elephants I With the continuous expansion of human territory, the living areas of Asian elephants and humans overlap, and human-elephant conflicts are inevitable. Li Lili, a PhD candidate at the Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, hopes to find a way to co-exist with elephants by studying their behavior in the field.
Episode 11. Stop the Insect Extinction Insects, which make up more than half of the world's species, are disappearing at an alarming rate, raising the alarm of mass extinction. In the rainforests of Yunnan, China, there is a botanical garden that attracts experts and scholars from all over the world. Their goal is to prevent a "mass extinction" of insects. Can they accomplish this seemingly impossible task in Yunnan?
【Adventures on the New Silk Road III】 Episode 10. Co-production. Let’s Make A Movie Together II After all the hardships, the shooting was finally finished. But The Italian Recipe ushered in the escalating difficulty – a never before seen remote cross-country post production. How will the post production team of each country overcome the difficulties and complete the film?
【Adventures on the New Silk Road III】 Episode 9. Co-production. Let’s Make A Movie Together I What you may not know is that this love story, The Italian Recipe, which takes place in Rome, was filmed during two rounds of pandemic break outs in Italy and China. How did the crew members from both countries accomplish this seemingly impossible task under the pandemic? Check the video below for the answer.
【Adventures on the New Silk Road III】 Episode 8. An International Exhibition on Tour The outbreak of COVID-19 in Europe has put the Victoria & Albert Museum's international touring exhibition "Masterpieces in Miniature" at risk after its debut in Belgium in 2021. Facing the restrictions of personnel exchange and logistics in different countries, will this international relay tour be successfully completed in China?
【Adventures on the New Silk Road III】 Episode 7.The Silk Road Archaeological Exhibition The Da Yue Zhi, a nomadic people who migrated from Hexi region of China to Central Asia, is a key to Silk Road archaeology. Wu Wei, of the Palace Museum's Archaeology Department, has been preparing for the exhibition, which presents the joint archaeological achievements of China and Uzbekistan, for more than half a year. But the exhibits cannot be transported to China because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Let's see how Wu Wei and his team make the exhibition happen and become popular online!
【Adventures on the New Silk Road III】 Episode 6.Restart the Connection through Photography By focusing on their surroundings, many young photographers from countries along the Silk Road gain a deeper understanding of the theme of "home".
【Adventures on the New Silk Road III】 Episode 5.Protect the Jiayuguan Great Wall Jiayuguan was a key point on the Silk Road and the western beginning of the Ming Dynasty Great Wall. Conservation of the Great Wall, an amazing World heritage site, is challenged by natural and human activities. Grassroots Great Wall protection workers are like the Great Wall's doctors. This film is dedicated to presenting their real daily work through their own perspective.
【Adventures on the New Silk Road III】 Episode 4. To Broadcast the Beijing Winter Olympics The Main Media Center for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics and Paralympics will be located in the China National Convention Center II, which is under construction, in line with the concept of frugality. However, the planned completion date is 2024, which would mean completing the 150,000-square-meter facade designed by French architect Christian De Portzamparc two years ahead of schedule. The outbreak of COVID-19 has made the already tight schedule even tighter. Will the Chinese and French teams be able to overcome all the difficulties and deliver the Main Media Center to the Organizing Committee of the Winter Olympics on time?
【Adventures on the New Silk Road III】 Episode 3. A Fairer Distribution of Vaccines COVAX (COVID-19 Vaccines Global Access Facility) was born under the joint advocacy of several international organizations. The plan hopes to push for a more equitable system of vaccine distribution, but it faces difficulties. China has announced its accession to COVAX, becoming the largest economy to do so. China's support in funding and vaccine supply has not only made Chinese vaccines public goods, but also made the implementation of the plan more feasible through extensive international cooperation among global companies.
【Adventures on the New Silk Road III】 Episode 2. The warmth of Vaccine Vials Neutral borosilicate glass tubing, with complex process and strict temperature control, the total inventory is far from enough to support vaccines to become global public health products. Technical experts from all over the world share experience here in a factory in Hebei, China and work hard to increase production...
【Adventures on the New Silk Road III】Episode 1. Go, Huo-Yanners! At the end of March 2020, Cheng Peiwen, who had just finished her work in Wuhan's "Huo-Yan" laboratory, received a text message from her team lead: "Do you want to go overseas to help? To Serbia." Let's find out her answer in this short documentary.
Adventures on the New Silk Road III focuses on the story of countries along the Silk Roads working together to fight crisis through cooperation. The documentary series will air on September 7th. Stay tuned!!
