The Pacific Century

The Pacific Century
Written by	Alex Gibney
Narrated by	Peter Coyote
Music by	Robert Boress
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
Production
Producers	Peter Bull Alex Gibney
Cinematography	Samuel Painter
Production company	Jigsaw Productions
Original release
Release	October 15, 1992 (October 15, 1992)

The Pacific Century was a 1992 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 was 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

1. 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.
2. The Meiji Revolution - The transformation of Japan from the most Westernized country in Asia, at great cost.
3. From the Barrel of a Gun - The rather violent inceptions of Indonesia and Vietnam.
4. Writers and Revolutionaries - How the philosophies of Lu Xun and Ikki Kita influenced the thinking of the Chinese and Japanese people, respectively.
5. Reinventing Japan - How the United States of America recrafted Japan into its own image during its eight year post-war occupation.
6. Inside Japan, Inc. - The secret to Japan's economic prosperity.
7. Big Business and the Ghost of Confucius - How the teaching of Confucius is still exploited in South Korea, Taiwan and Singapore.
8. The Fight for Democracy - The tragic story of the struggle for true democracy in 1980's South Korea.
9. Sentimental Imperialists: America in Asia - The failings of the United States in China and the Philippines.
10. The Pacific Century: The Future of the Pacific Basin

External links

• The Pacific Century at Jigsaw Productions
• Pacific Basin Institute at Pomona College
• The Pacific Century at IMDb
• Pacific Century Video Series Online
• Pacific Century Episode Guide