A 13-part worldwide series Presented by Ronald Eyre 11: A Question of Balance
A quarter of the world's population is Chinese. Nine hundred million in Communist China and the rest scattered over south-east Asia and beyond.
' I think we in the West define religion in a particular way. There has to be a god, he has to be' the one god; worshipping the one god means religion. But when I've asked in Taiwan about Chinese religion, I've often been steered towards people doing quite simple domestic things..... Paying respects to an elder. Balancing the flavours in cooking. Perhaps it's a matter of definitions.....
Producer PETER MONTAGNON
Directed by JONATHAN STEDALL
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