I have read many of the reviews on IMDB about this documentary of accusations of being Pro- Chinese and Anti- American well its not its just information no one wants to hear and America needs a worthy critic like Pilger rather then a sickaphant.
Pilger starts by talking about the martial islands now this could off been a seperate documentary in its own right and this spoils the original thesis of the title.
When he talks finally about China he does so in a balanced manner he does not eulogise the regime but talks about its achievements and its problems such as a class system in a post Mao China and the massacre of 1989 in Beijing.
Pilger also explains the history of tension between China and the Western powers since the Opium wars in the 19th Century and how this expanded to include America in the 20th Century and the Americans general unpopularity in East Asia, more details about this would of been better at the introduction then the Marshall Islands.
Pilger starts by talking about the martial islands now this could off been a seperate documentary in its own right and this spoils the original thesis of the title.
When he talks finally about China he does so in a balanced manner he does not eulogise the regime but talks about its achievements and its problems such as a class system in a post Mao China and the massacre of 1989 in Beijing.
Pilger also explains the history of tension between China and the Western powers since the Opium wars in the 19th Century and how this expanded to include America in the 20th Century and the Americans general unpopularity in East Asia, more details about this would of been better at the introduction then the Marshall Islands.