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This beautifully and not so flattering Chinese production uses a gymnastics school for small children as a metaphor for the whole society. The programme casts a critical glance at the regimentation of children and, by extension, can be read as a critique of Chinese society in general. After seeing it we wondered how this kind of programme could be done in China? In the west, we tend to think of China’s media as being very controlled, but is this true today? How did this courageous, innovative and self-critical programme get to be produced and to be broadcast?