Up the Yangtze
Sep 30 2007
•2h 33m
•Documentary
At the edge of the Yangtze River, not far from the Three Gorges Dam, young men and women take up employment on a cruise ship, where they confront rising waters and a radically changing China.
Cast
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Campbell Ping He
himself
Jerry Bo Yu Chen
himself
Cindy Shui Yu
herself
Yung Chang
Narrator
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