Al Jazeera English - Witness: The Long March
China's rapid economic growth together with its one-child policy has created a generation of self-centered 'spoiled brats'. According to official Chinese statistics, one in five school students in China is deemed to have 'behavioural problems' - and the number is on the increase. That's where Teacher Xu comes in. The 44-year-old former soldier is the father of a 'problem child' himself. He decides to take matters into his own hands and sets up a school which puts children through one year of intensive military-style training. The children must walk from one province of China to another, covering some 800 km on foot. Witness joins the march to find out if this Chinese style brat-camp can work.
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Rageh Omaar presents Witness, a half-hour daily documentary series which features short, specially commissioned or acquired films gathered from independent filmmakers.
Each documentary reveals the unknown lives of ordinary people, following their lives, telling their stories and portraying the challenges that confront them. Our witnesses are people in a situation or those who have observed them first hand.
The films cover conflict, belief, the past and the future and as well as bringing new stories to light they showcase the talents of a new breed of multi-skilled, frontline journalist. In the studio, Rageh will further explore the issues raised in the films, with expert guests on the subject matter and the filmmakers themselves.
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