The Edward R. Murrow Award 2008

An extraordinary examination of the interconnected relationship between the United States and China. From both sides, this compelling four-hour documentary series demonstrates — with the most accomplished techniques of international reportage, inventive visual techniques and storytelling — how deeply tied together are the people, the societies and the economies of the two countries. Going far beyond the routine study of China and America, "The People's Republic of Capitalism" examines the real and profound impact on communities, families and individual lives of the economic and political forces at work in both nations. Told with startling honesty and deep feeling, this is a major contribution to understanding these ties that bind.