CinemaOSSeries · 2026 · 1 Season

China: The Making of a Nation

80%(1)Documentary

China: The Making of a Nation is the story of the painful transformation of the vast Qing Empire into the Chinese nation after the 1911 revolution. Spanning more than a century up to the Xi Jinping era, the story pits the two pivotal leaders of this transformation against each other: Chiang Kai-shek, leader of the Republic of China for 47 years, and Mao Zedong, who rose from ‘red bandit’ to master of the mainland in 1949. Sworn enemies, they fought a merciless battle: first military, then diplomatic, and finally, beyond their deaths, in the conflicting memories of the Taiwanese and the Chinese of the People's Republic. Beyond their fierce hatred, the two tyrants also had much in common: a certain vision of Chinese territory and the greatness of China, the desire to regain the country's sovereignty and the quest for a Chinese identity in a nation that also includes Tibetans, Uighurs, Mongols... and a certain ability to rewrite history.

Created byAnne Loussouarn

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Status
Ended
Language
FR
First aired
February 10, 2026
Last aired
February 10, 2026
Seasons
1
Episodes
2
Network
ARTE

Season 1

Episodes

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Featuring

Cast & crew

7 credited
Starring
Sarah-Jane Sauvegrain

Sarah-Jane Sauvegrain

Main narrator (voice)

Thierry Debrune

Thierry Debrune

Narrator (voice)

Marie-Ève Dufresne

Marie-Ève Dufresne

Narrator (voice)

Daniel Lafourcade

Daniel Lafourcade

Narrator (voice)

Jean-François Pagès

Jean-François Pagès

Narrator (voice)

Benoît Rivillon

Narrator (voice)

Romain Rougier

Narrator (voice)

Creative team
Created by
Anne Loussouarn
Showrunner
Olivier de Bannes
Christophe Sommet
Written by
Anne Loussouarn

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