Ted Koppel's four-part documentary covers old territory on the global effects of China's economic boom. But the cultural upheaval taking place in the communist nation is a revelation.

A conversation with Ted Koppel about his four part series about China, Koppel on Discovery: The People’s Republic of Capitalism.

The American and Chinese economies are irreversibly intertwined. The common complaint that the Chinese are taking jobs away from American workers is in many cases true. China's cheap and abundant labor attracts manufacturing from all over the world. Still, American economists estimate that the U.S. is as much as $70 billion richer each year because of its relationship with China —something must be going right.