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    監製:黃兆均


    這部紀錄片展現了世界海上貿易史上白銀與中國數百年的糾纏過程。拍攝地點遍布世界各地,被訪專家來自亞洲、美國、俄羅斯、南美、英國、歐洲,當然有中國學者-包括著名經濟學家、史家李稻葵教授。製作團隊在高空拍攝了見證過航海時代白銀輝煌的波托西礦山,在聖彼得堡的沙皇宮殿和中國各地,從紫禁城到中國北方的大型光伏電池企業。

    This is the extraordinary story of how silver shaped the history of our world, from the 16th century to the present day.
    The silver trade kick-started the global economy, connecting China to the European empires and the Americas, and grew the wealth of cities as diverse as Boston, Hong Kong, Manila and New York. Silver toppled the Ming Dynasty, and opened up a new age of international exchange of treasures and ideas between the East and the West. But it also led to the Opium Wars, and started China's 'Century of Humiliation'. And now in the 21st century, China once again finds itself the world's biggest importer of silver, which fuels its hi-tech industries.