China's history and culture, ancient and modern, is captured in these fascinating and informative documentaries.

This is the extraordinary story of how silver shaped the history of our world, from the 16th century to the present day.

Discover how silver connected China, Spain, and the Americas, helping launch global trade from the 16th century onward. This series traces how the metal built fortunes, powered cities from Shanghai to Seville, and helped drive conflicts that reshaped nations. Sign up to see how one resource transformed world history.

How one metal forged empires, markets, and the modern world.

Empires of Silver

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In a mountainous region best known for pandas and earthquakes, there are no roads, no cars, no buses. But there is ... a train. We tell the story of the last working narrow gauge steam railway in China.

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Explore the last working narrow gauge steam railway in China, where a small train remains the only link between scattered villages and the outside world. As it threads through ravines, tunnels, and market towns, the film reveals how drivers, farmers, mechanics, and schoolchildren depend on every trip. Sign up to experience a living machine that still shapes daily life.

A steam lifeline winds through Sichuan's mountains, markets, and memory.

In a mountainous region best known for pandas and earthquakes, there are no roads, no cars, no buses. But there is ... a train.

China's Last Little Train

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Big movements of change have often started with tiny events or personal decisions that ended up affecting the history of our world.

Explore a season built on the small choices that redirected world history. Across stories of Alexander, medieval kingdoms, Darwin, the atomic bomb, and rock music, each episode traces how a single moment can reshape entire societies. Sign up to see history from the turning points that still echo today.

When one decision shifts empires, science, war, and culture.

Butterfly Effect (Season 1)

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Our views of 20th century history have been shaped by popular beliefs and myths. But what if the truth was slightly different?

This series reexamines defining moments of the 20th century by testing the myths and popular beliefs that shaped them. From wartime strategy and Japan's surrender to the Marshall Plan and modern China, each episode looks at the past from another angle. Sign up to uncover how familiar history can change when the evidence is questioned.

When accepted truths crack, the hidden forces of history come into focus.

History Uncovered

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China has been at the forefront of engineering for centuries. From the Great Wall that defined and protected its borders, to crossbows, clocks, and gunpowder, its engineers left a legacy that still resonates today.

Explore how ancient Chinese engineers transformed defense, navigation, timekeeping, and construction through breakthroughs that still resonate today. From the Great Wall to the crossbow, compass, mechanical clock, and gunpowder, this film connects iconic achievements to the ideas behind them. Sign up to see how one civilization helped shape the foundations of the modern world.

Where walls, clocks, and gunpowder reveal a civilization of bold invention.

From the Great Wall to crossbows, clocks and gunpowder, ancient Chinese engineers left a legacy that still resonates today.

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Empires of Silver

China's Last Little Train

Butterfly Effect (Season 1)

History Uncovered

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