I’m watching “Story of China” (PBS) hosted by Michael Wood. I generally like it—good photography, interesting stories. But over all it comes off as a bit of a gloss. Everything is “amazing,” “fantastic,” “dazzling,” “unprecedented.” We’ll how the 19th and 20th centuries do. OTOH, I’m no fan of unrelieved criticism in documentaries either.

Oops, just basically skipped the Yuan (Mongol) dynasty. Oh well.