China from Above

{{Short description|Television series}}

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| genre = Documentary
History and geography

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| screenplay = Chris Williams
Syafiqah Omar

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| director = Kenny PNG
Klaus Toft

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| narrated = Andres Williams

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| country = United States
China

| language = English

| num_episodes = 4

| producer = Dixie Chan
Wang Zhanli
Zhang Tianzhu

| editor = Jason Horner
Dipin Verma
Peter Pang

| cinematography = Lau Hon Meng

| executive_producer = Donovan Chan
Andrew Holland
Zhang Yanbin
Ling Li

| runtime = 90 minutes

| company = National Geographic Channel
China Intercontinental Communication Center

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| network = National Geographic Channel

| first_aired = {{start date|2015|09|24}}

| last_aired = {{end date|2015|09|25}}

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{{Infobox Chinese|t=鳥瞰中國|s=鸟瞰中国|p=Niǎokàn Zhōngguó}}

China from Above is a Chinese-American documentary television series premiered on September 24, 2015, on National Geographic Channel.{{cite news|url=http://news.xinhuanet.com/2015-09/23/c_1116658832.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150925165208/http://news.xinhuanet.com/2015-09/23/c_1116658832.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 25, 2015 |script-title=zh:中美合作纪录片《鸟瞰中国》登陆美国国家地理频道 |newspaper= Xinhua News|date=2015-09-24 |language= zh}}{{cite news|url=http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/micro-reading/dzh/2015-09-24/content_14214971.html |script-title=zh:中美合拍片《鸟瞰中国》播映典礼在京举行 |newspaper= Chinadaily|date=2015-09-24 |language= zh|title=China Daily Website - Connecting China Connecting the World }} It was produced by National Geographic Channel and the China Intercontinental Communication Center.{{cite news|title=CHINA FROM ABOVE|url=https://www.natgeotv.com/uk/shows/natgeo/china-from-above|work=natgeotv.com|date=2015-09-24}} The broadcast is narrated by Andres Williams. The documentary consists of two episodes, episode one features China's ancient civilization with a fascinating history dating back thousands of years; episode two takes to the air to reveal how modern China lives, eats, works, travels, and plays on a mega scale.{{cite news|title=China From Above' premieres on National Geographic|url=http://www.china.org.cn/video/2015-09/24/content_36667953.htm|work=China.org|date=2015-09-24}}