Synposis:

 

A contemporary re-tracing of Marco Polo’s 13th century journey, exploring the world he witnessed and contemplating East and West today - people, places, power and perceptions.

 

 

 

East and West - where does the power lie? Where does the future lie? How does China fit into the world? These were the questions that a young merchant from Venice was asking when he set out to discover the unknown East. His story, related in ‘The Travels of Marco Polo’, described a new world that the West had little knowledge of and shaped how the West viewed the East ever since. Now, those questions about China seem relevant again. What would Marco Polo’s journey look like today2 paragraph synopsis of programme/Series

 

 

 

Broadcaster: Energy Media/Al Jazeera

 

Genre: History Series

 

Format: 3x60min

 

Executive Producer: Shuyun Sun

 

Director: Kevin Sim

 

Distributor: Earth Touch (see website)