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Movie Night --The People's Republic of Capitalism (2008)
On Thursday, March 26th, the NW China Council is showing the 10th film of its "Chinese Movie Night" presentations. Once a month, we schedule dinner and a film, followed by a guided discussion of the social, cultural and historical aspects each film presents.
In this two part presentation, we will show the four segment Discovery Channel documentary “The People’s Republic of Capitalism”, hosted by acclaimed TV Journalist, Ted Koppel.
The fist two segments will be presented on Thursday, March 26; the third and fourth segments on Thursday, April 30. Join us for this timely and interesting journalist’s view of modern day China and it’s complex inter- relationship with the US economy.
Segment 1: Joined at the Hip
The American and Chinese economies are irreversibly intertwined. The common complaint that the Chinese are taking jobs away from American workers is in many cases true. Still, American economists estimate that the U.S. is as much as $70 billion richer each year because of its relationship with China —something must be going right.
We'll trace the interconnected web of U.S./China trade, from Mexican migrant workers in North Carolina to a Chongqing teenager working on a boombox assembly line; quality control inspectors at Ethan Allen, to a Chinese homemaker shopping at Wal-Mart in Chongqing; and laid-off workers from Briggs & Stratton's Rolla, Missouri plant to the American who runs the Briggs & Stratton plant in Chongqing.
Segment 2: MAOism to MEism
Chongqing is a city of 13.5 million people — it could be the most populous city that most Americans have never heard of. The largest migration in human history is underway as millions of peasants are on the move from China’s countryside to its booming industrialized cities.
In this episode, we'll profile a cast of characters in and around Chongqing to examine the central issues of traditional values, religion, sexuality and political freedom.
Thursday, March 26, 2009, 6:00PM dinner, 6:45PM film House of Louie Restaurant Banquet Room
331 NW Davis, ChinatownDinner & Movie: $20 members; $25 general. Please register on or before March 25, 2009 5pm. Register & Pay On-line (click here), or Call 503-973-5451 SmartPark on NW Davis, between NW Naito Parkway
and NW 1st Ave.
