Chung Kuo Part 1

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100:01:41,847 --> 00:01:45,787From Beijing, we travel south by trainfor three days200:01:45,830 --> 00:01:48,263and arrive in Henan province.300:01:48,343 --> 00:01:50,487Its name means "south of the river",400:01:50,619 --> 00:01:53,052the Yellow River in the central partof China.500:01:54,317 --> 00:01:56,619This is Linxian district.600:01:57,636 --> 00:02:01,408The Chinese do not try to concealthe rural poverty of this province.700:02:22,339 --> 00:02:27,296Henan is the place where the first Chinese state was established 2500 years ago.800:02:27,417 --> 00:02:31,638It is the capital of wheat and maize,the principal grain of China.900:04:20,613 --> 00:04:25,165But, most importantly, Henan is also the first region where, in 1958,1000:04:25,217 --> 00:04:29,942agricultural communes were introduced in place of the cooperatives.