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China's Century of Humiliation

Richard Baum PHD (Actor), Yunxiang Yan PHD (Actor), Mitch Anderson (Director) Rated:
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4.7 out of 5 stars 20 customer reviews
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  • Actors: Richard Baum PHD, Yunxiang Yan PHD, Wang Gungwu PHD, Jianli Yang PHD, Clayton Dube
  • Directors: Mitch Anderson
  • Format: Multiple Formats, Color, HiFi Sound, NTSC, Subtitled
  • Language: English
  • Subtitles: Chinese, English
  • Region: All Regions
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Rated:
    NR
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  • Studio: Deep Waters Films
  • DVD Release Date: April 30, 2011
  • Run Time: 77 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (20 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B004XWHU0E
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #134,145 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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4.0 out of 5 starsExcellent Survey - Only Covers Half of China's "Century of Humiliation"
By kdavid on January 25, 2012
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Overall, this is a good documentary for individuals without much background on China's modern history. The most insightful portion of the video is the first half which juxtaposes the development of intellectual thought in both China and the West. A clear understanding of these points of origin is imperative for anyone interested in China, as is a firm grasp of how our two civilizations have developed throughout history.

While the documentary provides a good survey of the period, it did not exhaustively explore the full "Century of Humiliation" (i.e. 1839 - 1943; the first Opium War through the Cairo Conference--arguably you could extend this to the founding of the PRC in 1949). In fact, a bit more than half of the movie is spent on the aforementioned developments of Eastern and Western intellectualism, and the other 35 minutes or so on China's history from 1840 to the end of the first Sino-Japanese War (1894-1895).

It does not cover the second half of this "century of humiliation," which included further encroachment by the imperial powers; most notably Japan's 21 demands, WWI and the setbacks encountered by secret treaties signed at the Paris Peace Conference, annexation and full scale invasion of Manchuria by Japan, and the atrocities carried out by the Japanese from 1937 - 1943. The self-inflicted wounds brought about by the civil war between the Nationalist and Communists during this period is also worthy of mention.

There is a lot more to this period than this documentary covers. While it's unfair to expect its directors to adequately address all of these issues, providing each event with the attention it deserves, the documentary could use a less misleading title. While quite a mouthful, something along the lines of "The Intellectual Points of Origin of Chinese and Western Thought, and China's Initial Encounters with the West in the Late 19th Century" may be more appropriate.
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5.0 out of 5 starsFascinating documentary
By Bücherfreund on May 5, 2011
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"China's Century of Humiliation" is a fascinating account of Chinese history and in particular Chinese-Western relations. A sensible combination of Western and Chinese expert analysis, animation and film documents make Mitch Anderson's work a must-see film for everybody dealing with China these days. Mitch Anderson is certainly a master of his craft and he is able to tell a rather complex story without losing the thread.

This film helps Westerners to see China with different eyes and creates understanding at a much deeper level. It will be a valuable source for cross-cultural trainers and managers working in and with China and I can only highly recommend it.
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5.0 out of 5 starsExcellent
By DetroitJake on February 28, 2012
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Thinking about where we are in relation to China, and where we are going? You should watch this.

Well worth the $2 and hour of your life.

I've been a practicing mechanical engineer for ten years, and for the first time since college, did I feel like I learned something important.

As I have felt since youth, I hope West and East can learn from each other, and can be open minded for the future.
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5.0 out of 5 starsGreat film, it brougth a new understanding
By Jean Le Lupi on May 25, 2011
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This is a must see for anyone interested in world history, economic history, and current events. Despite the fact that the film is based in the 19th century, the conflicts described parallel a lot what is happening in the world today. Trade deficits, cultural misunderstandings, economic nationalism are thoroughly explored through the eyes of China and the West.
The panel of experts is superb, the opinions are very balanced and fair. No other Western made documentary went so far in getting the Chinese perspective on the last 200 years of history.
This film changed my view on the world and the Chinese culture.
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5.0 out of 5 starshealthy approach towards international history and politics
By M. Stevens on October 30, 2012
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This DVD contains a healthy approach towards international history and politics. It places China, its current situation, aims and developments against the background of a colonial history in which the Western powers played a major role. As such it aims to open some narrow minded ideas on China's impact on international economic developments and tries to objectify China as a world player, and not as an enemy of the West.
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1.0 out of 5 starsAmateur and Shallow
By Cal Review on September 30, 2015
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I bought this video and watched it initially with enthusiasm, hoping it would be of comparable quality as "China: A Century of Revolution." However, I was not impressed. The anticipated enthusiasm dissipated quickly. I wish I had something positive to say about this product, but I don't--it's amateur, shallow, and in my opinion an utter waste of consumer's time and money! The producers/editors were not well versed in modern Chinese history. Nor did they conduct a reasonable degree of research on the subject matter. The video (yes, for it fails to live up to the name "documentary") contains a plethora of mistakes, misrepresentations, and sloppy editing works. In one footage, for example, the editors used the image of 18th century American militia (perhaps from a scene about American Revolution) to represent the 19th century British and French soldiers. In other instances, the editors used the pictures or paintings of the 19th century Qing Madarins to describe ancient Chinese officials or personas that lived over a thousand years ago. One of the commentators, a Chinese journalist, made an array of sweeping claims about Chinese culture and history, including an unfounded claim that the idea of "nation state" had been deeply ingrained in the Chinese civilization for thousands of years. The tawdry 3-D rendition of Chinese architectures and arts smacked of Orientalism, unsurprisingly. In short, this video is of substandard quality, both in substance and form and in production.
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