Viewers across Asia Pacific can soon watch “Hour China”, a series with a focus on China-themed content. A new documentary about Chinese philosopher Sun Tzu’s “The Art of War” is also set to be released at the end of this year.

CCTV’s Shen Li filed this report.

Highlights:

• The new series “Hour China” will air weekly on Discovery Channel across Asia Pacific.
• The program expects to reach over 90 million viewers in 37 countries and territories. “Hour China” will kick off on March 28 with ‘How China Works’, a three-part series.
• The production is the result of a three-year collaboration between Discovery Networks Asia-Pacific and China International Communication Center.
• The initiative is the first time that an international media company has launched a programming block of this scale with a China-themed focus.
• A new documentary based on Sun Tzu’s “The Art of War” officially starts rolling on Thursday in Beijing.
• The book was written 2,500 years ago in China and is arguably the most important work on the subject of strategy.
• The new documentary will dig into the ancient texts and find out how the strategies can be applied in the modern world.
• “The Art of War” will be released at the end of 2015.