{{Short description|Documentary series}} {{Other uses|Pacific Century (disambiguation)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}} {{Infobox television | image = | image_size = | caption = | director = | producer = Peter Bull<br>[[Alex Gibney]] | writer = [[Alex Gibney]] | narrator = [[Peter Coyote]] | music = [[Robert Boress]] | cinematography = [[Samuel Painter]] | editor = | company = Jigsaw Productions | released = {{Start date|1992|10|15}} | runtime = | country = United States | language = English }} '''The Pacific Century''' is a 1992 [[Public Broadcasting Service|PBS]] [[Emmy Award]] winning ten-part documentary series narrated by [[Peter Coyote]] about the rise of the [[Pacific Rim]] economies. [[Alex Gibney]] was the writer for the series, and [[Frank Gibney]], his father, wrote the companion trade book, ''The Pacific Century: America and Asia in a Changing World''. The companion college textbook, ''Pacific Century: The Emergence of Modern Pacific Asia,'' was written and edited by E. Mark Borthwick.
The series is a co-production of [[Pomona College]]'s [[Pacific Basin Institute]] and [[KCTS-TV]] in Seattle. Principle funding was provided by the [[Annenberg Foundation]] and the [[Ford Foundation]].
== Episodes == # '''The Two Coasts of [[China]]''': [[Asia]] and the Challenge of the West - How China's past experiences with foreign conquest led to its downfall in the face of Western colonialism. # '''The [[Meiji Revolution]]''' - The transformation of [[Japan]] into the most Westernized country in Asia, at great cost. # '''From the Barrel of a Gun''' - The parallel journeys to freedom of [[Indonesia]] and [[Vietnam]], through their leaders, [[Sukarno]] and [[Ho Chi Minh]]. # '''Writers and Revolutionaries''' - How the philosophies of [[Lu Xun]] and [[Ikki Kita]] influenced the thinking of the Chinese and Japanese people, respectively, into the 20th century. # '''Reinventing [[Japan]]''' - How the [[United States of America]] recrafted Japan into its own image during its eight year post-war occupation. # '''Inside Japan, Inc.''' - The road to Japan's economic prosperity in the post-occupation era to the present day. # '''Big Business and the Ghost of [[Confucius]]''' - How the teaching of Confucius is still exploited by capitalists in [[South Korea]], [[Taiwan]] and [[Singapore]]. # '''The Fight for Democracy''' - The 50 years struggle of South Korea for self-determination. # '''Sentimental Imperialists''': America in Asia - The diplomatic failings of the United States with The [[Philippines]] and China. # '''The Pacific Century''': The Future of the Pacific Basin
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== External links == *[http://www.jigsawprods.com/the-pacific-century/ ''The Pacific Century''] at Jigsaw Productions *[http://www.pomona.edu/administration/pacific-basin-institute/archive/pacific-century/ Pacific Basin Institute at Pomona College] *{{IMDb title|id=0287622|title=The Pacific Century}} *[http://www.pacificcentury.org/#!videos/c1snc/ Pacific Century Video Series Online] *[https://www.pomona.edu/administration/pacific-basin-institute/archive/pacific-century Pacific Century Episode Guide]
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