Curious where to watch China: The Making of a Nation on your TV, phone, or tablet? China: The Making of a Nation is currently available to stream via subscription, rental, or purchase on in the US.
Here are a few useful insights about the ARTE series. Originally premiering February 10th, 2026, "China: The Making of a Nation" stars Sarah-Jane Sauvegrain, Thierry Debrune, Marie-Eve Dufresne, Daniel Lafourcade. The show spans 1 season(s) and currently holds a 0/100 rating on TMDb, which is derived from reviews from 0 engaged users.
Wondering what the series is about? Here’s the plot: "China: The Making of a Nation is the story of the painful transformation of the vast Qing Empire into the Chinese nation after the 1911 revolution. Spanning more than a century up to the Xi Jinping era, the story pits the two pivotal leaders of this transformation against each other: Chiang Kai-shek, leader of the Republic of China for 47 years, and Mao Zedong, who rose from ‘red bandit’ to master of the mainland in 1949. Sworn enemies, they fought a merciless battle: first military, then diplomatic, and finally, beyond their deaths, in the conflicting memories of the Taiwanese and the Chinese of the People's Republic. Beyond their fierce hatred, the two tyrants also had much in common: a certain vision of Chinese territory and the greatness of China, the desire to regain the country's sovereignty and the quest for a Chinese identity in a nation that also includes Tibetans, Uighurs, Mongols... and a certain ability to rewrite history."
