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Sewing together the stories of Colorado’s Japanese American history
This comprehensive Colorado Japanese Women’s Quilt Project collects the quilts of over 80 Japanese-American families in Colorado.
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Story of China
Travel from the Silk Road to the Yellow Sea with host Michael Wood as he explores the history of the world’s newest superpower. A thrilling and moving epic of the world’s oldest continuous state with the landscapes, peoples, and stories that made today’s China.
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The Age of Revolution
Season 1 Episode 6 | 55m 18s | CC
Michael Wood visits Hong Kong's Peninsula Hotel, jewel of the Jazz age, and follows Mao on the Long March to Yan'an, the base of the communist revolution. He meets a survivor of the Japanese massacre of Nanjing, describes the communist victory, and ends with Mao's death and the boom time of the last thirty years. The series ends as it began at home with the warmth of the Chinese family.
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