Beijing TV Station

In 1942, Henan Province was devastated by one of the most tragic famines in modern Chinese history, resulting in the deaths of at least three million men, women and children. Although the primary cause of the famine was a severe drought, it was exacerbated by locusts, windstorms, earthquakes, epidemic disease and the corruption of the ruling Kuomintang government.

Documentary series on the students of reform schools in Beijing. Originally edited into a six-episode TV series and later a 90-minute feature film version was made.

Two-part TV report aired on the "Home of Elderly People" (老年之家) program on Beijing Television, about old people who still practice martial arts and their lives.

A documentary report on Hu Jieqing, Lao She's wife.

Propaganda documentary on landlord Liu Wencai, depicted as the archetype of the exploiter of peasant farmers.

After volunteering as a blood donor, the HIV virus is found in 31-year-old Li Ziliang. He is immediately fired by his boss for fear of infection. Every time he walks on the street, he is surrounded by groups of people that stare at him. ‘One touch and you’re finished’, one of them thinks. ‘People with AIDS should be cursed. Only immoral people get AIDS’, another one comments. Nobody wants to sell anything to Li, because they do not want to touch the money that has passed through his hands. Only in distant Beijing can he walk around undisturbed. His wife is at her wit’s end, too, because she also lost all her friends. One day, she gets on her bicycle and never returns. She leaves Li behind with three children, who will not find anyone to take care of them after he has passed away.

Documentary report on Gao Yizheng, a female in her 40s, working to support her family.

Documentary with reenactment sequences aired on Beijing Television program Documentary in 2001. The personal story and confession from the Japanese lady Hanako Kodama (児玉華子), who once served as the personal secretary for Daisaku Komoto during the Sino-Japanese war.

Documentary on "people's teachers", teachers employed by the local people rather than the state, about their lives and difficulties.