High flyers

The team behind Aerial China have lofty ambitions for its second series, which used scores of drones and the latest high-definition cameras to capture the country's vast beauty, Xu Fan reports.

Aerial China, the natural landscape documentary series that saw its first season draw over 300 million viewers from more than 500 broadcasts across a number of TV channels, is making its return.

The second season of the series debuted on China Central Television's flagship CCTV-1 channel and documentary channel CCTV-9 on Sunday, and is scheduled to air on four other channels before ending on March 17.