17 October, 2006 - Published 13:20 GMT
The World Today in China
The World Today is in China! For the next two weeks George Arney has a rare opportunity to travel around and broadcast live from the beating heart of China's economic boom. There are more people living in Guangdong than Germany, and thirty million of them are migrants who have come to seek their fortune.
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03rd November 2006 - End of the Journey
As we come to the end of our China trip George reflects on all he has seen, and ponders, should human rights be the main focus when dealing with China?
02nd November 2006 - Rural Journey
One member of our China team is Mike Innes, you can see him further down the page recording paint dry. He normally answers the phone, makes the tea, and attends to his presenter's every need, and today was no exception.
Rural Journey01st November 2006 - Banquet Talk
After yet another banquet the ice is finally broken and George takes us through another aspect of modern China.
31st October 2006 - Faking It
In George's next instalment from China, he goes to one of the most prolific fake art centres and has a new understanding of China's never ending assembly line.
30th October 2006 - Friendly Constriction
The team have been in China for a week, and they are getting used to their constant guides being around. George Arney fills us in on what relations are like now.
27th October 2006 - TV stars in China
Working journalists at the World Today tend to avoid becoming the subject of the story. However, as editor Simon Peeks reveals, the local media has formed a wholly different perspective from the team traveling through southern China.
26th October 2006 - Friendly Police
Producer Mike Innes is part of the team traveling around the province of Guangdong. Walking and talking to locals, Mike got into a spot of bother with the Chinese police and was pleasantly suprised by their behaviour.
25th October 2006 - Capitalism vs Communism
It is interesting to imagine what the founding fathers of Chinese Communism would make of the country today, given we have travelled to a province with a booming, some will say 'capitalist', economy. However, as George Arney discovers, Communism is still very much alive in China.
24th October 2006 - Seeing through fog
Here are George Arney's latest impressions of Guandong, the most economically vibrant part of a country, which is increasingly seen as a dominant force in the world economy.
23rd October 2006 - China by train
So, the World Today's George Arney is travelling through Guandong province in China over the next 2 weeks, and every day, we will be hearing his impressions of his journey. His first 'travel-log' was recorded as he travelled into China by train.
First Broadcast 23rd October - 03rd November 2006