Marco Polo A Very Modern Journey: The New World (video)

Retracing Marco Polo's journey through the heartland of China - from mighty Beijing to the City of Heaven.
Marco Polo's famous 13th century journey from Venice to Beijing and beyond is retraced in this three-part series, exploring the worlds he wrote about, seeing what they look like now and asking searching questions about the relationship between East and West, then and now.

When Marco Polo travelled to China nearly 700 years ago he found China to be the centre of the world. And now, is history repeating itself? So asks Professor Qiguang Zhao, a teacher of Chinese culture, who is searching for the 'shadow’ of Marco Polo today.

After years of travelling, Marco Polo arrived at last at the new Mongol capital city of Beijing. Laid out perfectly, the new city was Chinese in its planning, the Mongol leader honouring the ancient beliefs of the conquered Chinese people.