Super China sets TV record in S. Korea

A veteran South Korean broadcast journalist, who even as a student was interested in China, has produced a documentary titled Super China, which has set a viewing record in South Korea and has become popular with Chinese netizens.

The hit documentary was aired by the Korean Broadcasting System earlier this year and achieved a record high 10 percent audience rating. The average rating for a South Korean documentary is around 5 percent.

Super China presents different topics in seven episodes - China's demographics, economics, resources, geography, military, diplomacy and cultural soft power. It is the first comprehensive South Korean documentary about China made from the point of view of a South Korean broadcast journalist.