Sunday Feature

Flowers in the Backyard - China and its Minority Cultures

Sunday 22 June 2008 21:40-22:25 (Radio 3)

Isabel Hilton reports from China's capital Beijing, on the country's uneasy relationship with its minority cultures, talking to writers and academics of the Han ethnic group, which makes up over 90 per cent of the population.

She finds out how the Han have used minority cultures to broaden their own understanding of China, and also meets cultural figures from the variety of minorities groups, who describe their experiences of living within such a massive majority.

Part of Radio 3's Focus on China season.

Duration:

45 minutes

Sunday Feature

Episode and Playlist Information

• 29 Jun 08 Locke and Tolerance
• 22 Jun 08 China and Minorities
• 15 Jun 08 China's piano fever
• 8 June 2008 Two Skulls
• 1 June 2008 Robert Rauschenber
• 25 May 08 DH Lawrence
• 18 May 08 Toru Takemitsu

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