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Correspondent Special

on BBC Two England

City on the Brink
Chongqing, nowChina's most densely populated city, is undergoing drastic upheaval. Once the centre of Chairman
Mao's armaments industry, its factories are now crumbling and its socialist institutions are in decline. A new faith in market forces has led to a huge disparity in the distribution of wealth and a surge in crime - situation far removed from the egalitarian society envisaged by Mao.
The Liaos, once Red Army guards and now affluent restaurateurs, represent a new class of self-made capitalists. But single mother He Xiaoxia has lost her livelihood and, along with millions of other jobless Chinese, faces a bleak future. Isobel Hilton meets the rich and poor of Chongqing in a report exposingthe human face of China's "economic miracle".
Producers Stephen Hallett , Bill Trehame Jones Editor Fiona Murch

Contributors

Unknown:
Isobel Hilton
Producers:
Stephen Hallett
Producers:
Bill Trehame Jones
Editor:
Fiona Murch

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