THE TELEGRAPH: A turning point in world history

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British historian Michael Wood says China’s reform and opening-up is an unparalleled event in human history

TV historian Michael Wood presents a new series of short films, The Story of China’s Reform and Opening Up, that have already been a social media hit and are to be broadcast on CCTV-9 with discussions also taking place for them to be shown by the BBC and other foreign broadcasters.

“There is nothing comparable in human history [to reform and opening up],” Wood said. “You have only to look at the scale of what has happened in China and its impact on the rest of the world. That is why historians feel that it is the event that has shaped the modern world as it is now starting to look.”