China from Above

China from Above
Genre	Documentary History and geography
Screenplay by	Chris Williams Syafiqah Omar
Directed by	Kenny PNG Klaus Toft
Narrated by	Andres Williams
Country of origin	United States China
Original language	English
No. of episodes	4
Production
Executive producers	Donovan Chan Andrew Holland Zhang Yanbin Ling Li
Producers	Dixie Chan Wang Zhanli Zhang Tianzhu
Cinematography	Lau Hon Meng
Editors	Jason Horner Dipin Verma Peter Pang
Running time	90 minutes
Production companies	National Geographic Channel China Intercontinental Communication Center
Original release
Network	National Geographic Channel
Release	September 24 (2015-09-24) – September 25, 2015 (2015-09-25)

1. 中美合作纪录片《鸟瞰中国》登陆美国国家地理频道. Xinhua News (in Chinese). 2015-09-24. Archived from the original on September 25, 2015.
2. "China Daily Website - Connecting China Connecting the World" 中美合拍片《鸟瞰中国》播映典礼在京举行. Chinadaily (in Chinese). 2015-09-24.
3. "CHINA FROM ABOVE". natgeotv.com. 2015-09-24.
4. "China From Above' premieres on National Geographic". China.org. 2015-09-24.

External links

• China from Above - video Netease
• China from Above - video Tencent

China from Above
Traditional Chinese	鳥瞰中國
Simplified Chinese	鸟瞰中国
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Niǎokàn Zhōngguó

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