1/2. Asian poet Roshan Doug visits China to look at the story of Chinese poetry. This week he concentrates on the 20th century. He charts a literary scene that navigates and reflects the end of Imperialism; China under Chairman Mao; the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre; and a new period of opening up and optimism. He interviews key poets such as Mang Ke, godfather of the Obscure movement of the 1960s and 1970s, and modern-day poet Crystal.

(Repeated on Saturday at 11.30pm)