[00:04.72]Efforts to make China self-reliant in steel resulted in 10% of the country's forests being felled to feed the furnaces.
[00:18.72]This had a profound impact on China's environment,
[00:22.71]with effects, in some cases, lasting until the present day.
[00:30.73]Mao's policy towards the countryside has been described in the phrase, "Man must conquer nature."
[00:37.58]Quite different from the ancient concept of harmonious co-existence with nature.
[00:47.06] As modern China engages with the outside world, which of these attitudes seems likely to prevail?
[00:55.00]To find the answers, we'll travel to the far reaches of the heartland
[00:59.50]to see how its traditional cultures and unique creatures are faring today.