Shot over four years, from 1998 to 2001, CHINA IN THE RED examines the changing values and expectations of ten individuals as they struggle to adapt to China's economic reforms. In intimate portraits, the film shows a cross section of Chinese society: young and old, rural and urban, workers and peasants - from the manager of a failing factory to the mayor of a major city, from a millionaire entrepreneur to a peasant dying for lack of medical care. CHINA IN THE RED premiered on PBS in February 2003 with critical acclaim.

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"FRONTLINE's fascinating view of a changing China is worth the four years it took to get it . . .The changes so far have left most we meet here fearful, disillusioned and poorer. More happy endings may be yet to come, but for now, this unique Frontline enterprise is a valuable, candid view of a China we seldom see -- China in economic shakeout."

Houston Chronicle

"This is no snapshot . . . This is a case in which video trumps the written word. We have human faces, emotionally bruised, attached to the government verbiage. We see declining living conditions, dwindling food and clothes, too. We see a new existential fear in people's eyes."

The Boston Globe