''Rediscovering the Yangtze River'' () is a 2006 documentary created by

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to follow up on an earlier 1984 documentary film named "The Story of the Yangtze River" (). It is China's first documentary shot entirely in

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HDTV. Filming began in 2004 and the first episode aired in July 2006. The series has a total of 33 episodes with a run time of 30 minutes per episode. An English version has also aired on CCTV's International English channel in July 2007. Both the Chinese and English versions are now available online in low resolution.Search link for English version
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and TVB High Definition Jade under a

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dub.

References

External links

CCTV official page
(Chinese)
CCTV International program "Documentary" (English dub carrier for the show)
(English) Chinese documentary television series {{PRChina-tv-stub