Synopsis
Justin Rowlatt investigates what the world will be like if China overtakes America as the world's economic superpower. He looks at the phenomenon of Chinese migration to Africa.
- Programme: The Chinese Are Coming
- Episode: 1
- Channel: BBC Two
- Broadcast year: 2011
- Geography | Population and migration | Cause and effects of migration
Licence: ERA Licence required
UK only
Staff and students of licensed education establishments only
Cannot be adapted
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