100 shows, 130 countries, British TV presenter keeps on globe trotting

"Nothing of comparable scale has happened on this planet or to our species," says Simon Reeve when commenting on the dramatic change in China in recent years.

Reeve, a popular BBC documentary presenter who has traveled to more than 130 countries, is currently on a theater tour called An Audience with Simon Reeve. He said his journey along the Yangtze River in 2014, during which he explored religious faith in China as part of the Sacred Rivers series, was filled with surprises.

He said his experience showed him that real Chinese people are not at all like the stereotypes in Western media that show them focusing on production lines and industry output.