Chinese orphanages documentary row

Title

Chinese orphanages documentary row

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

10 Jan 1996

Year of production

1996

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Duration

00:01:59

Description

Items about a Channel Four television documentary, Return to the Dying Rooms, about alleged abuses in Chinese orphanages which threatens to overshadow UK Foreign Secretary Malcolm Rifkind’s visit to Beijing for talks about the handover of Hong Kong in 1997. Contains interviews with unidentified Chinese mothers; Brian Woods, one of the producers of the programme. In two parts.

Contributors

Brian Woods

Keywords

UK; Great Britain; Television; China; International relations; Residential child care; Television documentaries; Return to the Dying Rooms

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