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Wild China video highlights

Watch highlights from each programme. New clips will be added during the series. For more Wild China and other related video clips, dip into the Planet Earth Explorer.

Bird trapper
Bird whistler
Using a hand-made whistle, Mr Jin can attract over 30 species of bird to his calls.
Shanghai at night
Shanghai at night
Digital stills time-lapse shows Shanghai lighting up as night falls.
Chinese medicine
Chinese medicine
A visit to a medicine shop reveals deeply ingrained superstition and ancient belief.
Kung Fu
Kung Fu
A form of disciplined exercise based on the movements of iconic animals.
Ice-fishing
Ice-fishing
Hezhe fishermen chisel holes through a metre of ice to set their nets.
Ice festival
Ice festival
A city of ice is constructed from giant blocks of ice carved out of the Songhua river.
Chiru rut
Chiru rut
High on the Tibetan plateau, male chiru gather in winter to compete for females.
The road to Kailash
Mount Kailash
The mythical axis of the world and source of several major Asian rivers.
Crossed wires
Crossed wires
Locals zip across a river on an ingenious cable bridge on their way to market.
Hornet hunters
Hornet hunters
Dai hunters exploit the occupants of their sacred forest.
Cormorants
Birds that count
The thousand year old tradition of fishing with cormorants.
Swinhoe's turtle
Swinhoe's turtle
Last chance to see one of only three remaining living specimens.
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TV Programmes

Heart of the Dragon
Sunday 11 May, 8.05pm
rpt Saturday 17 May, 7.00pm

Shangri-La
Sunday 18 May, 8.05pm
rpt Saturday 24 May, 5.15pm

Tibet
Sunday 25 May, 9.15pm
rpt Saturday 31 May, 6.00pm

Beyond the Great Wall
Sunday 1 June, 9.00pm
rpt Saturday 7 June, 5.35pm

Land of the Panda
Sunday 8 June, 9.00pm
rpt Saturday 14 June, 5.30pm

Tides of Change
Sunday 15 June, 9.00pm
rpt Saturday 21 June, 7.00pm

Elsewhere on bbc.co.uk

BBC News: extinct turtle comeback?
US researchers may have discovered Swinhoe's turtles in Vietnam

Elsewhere on the web

Wikipedia: cormorant fishing
Facts on cormorants, their behaviour and exploitation

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