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It is always so in the world

Australia, 1979
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Episode of Series “Human Face of China”. Shanghai in 1979, with its 11 million people, and the second biggest city in the world, was for years dom..

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Algorithmically related works from our collection by description:

Shanghai: The New China

United States, 1975
Similarity: 78%

China under communism

United States, 1959
Similarity: 76%

A 1990 big city = Da Cheng shi

China, 1990
Similarity: 75%

People in the country

Australia, 1965
Similarity: 75%

The Face of Red China

United States, 1955
Similarity: 74%

People in Peking

Australia, 1965
Similarity: 74%

New China

United Kingdom, 1969
Similarity: 74%

Hong Kong today

United Kingdom, 1959
Similarity: 74%

The World: A Television History. Ep. 12. China in Transition

United Kingdom, 1983
Similarity: 74%

China: A Century of Revolution

United States, 1972
Similarity: 74%

1949: Great leap: 1968: new release: 1970: half of the people

United Kingdom, 1997
Similarity: 73%

China

Australia, 1992
Similarity: 73%

The Cars That Ate China

Australia, 2008
Similarity: 73%

Communist triumph and consolidation, 1945-1971

United States, 1972
Similarity: 73%

China and its people

United States, 1969
Similarity: 73%

Living in a metropolis: Greater New York

United States, 1949
Similarity: 73%

Something for everyone

Australia, 1979
Similarity: 73%

Glimpses of China

Canada, 1974
Similarity: 73%
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