Night Waves

Religion in China

Wednesday 7 June 2006 21:30-22:15 (Radio 3)

Paul Allen and guests discuss China's surprising new found relationship with the 'opiate of the masses.

How much is it an attempt to temper the excesses of the new consumer capitalism and how much to protect against the disillusionment of China's 100 million itinerant workers for whom the economic miracle has not happened, but upon whom the economy, and the 2008 Olympics, depend?

Duration:

45 minutes

Night Waves

Episode and Playlist Information

• 15 Jun 06 Hodgkin; Tosca
• 14 Jun 06 Ken Loach
• 13 Jun 06 Jonathan Lewis
• 12 Jun 06 Rights of the artist
• 9 Jun 06 Jackie Kay
• 8 June 2006
• 7 Jun 06 Religion in China
• 6 Jun 06 Alan Bleasdale
• 5 Jun 06 Cicely Berry
• 2 Jun 06 Matthew Sweet