The Chinese Mayor (2015)

Once the thriving capital of Imperial China the city of Datong now lies in near ruins Not only is it the most polluted city in the country it is also crippled by decrepit infrastructure and even shakier economic prospects But Mayor Geng Tanbo plans to change all that announcing a bold new plan to return Datong to its former glory the cultural haven it was some 1600 years ago Such declarations however come at a devastatingly high cost Thousands of homes are to be bulldozed and a halfmillion of its residents 30 percent of Datongs total population will be relocated under his watch Whether he succeeds depends entirely on his ability to calm swarms of furious workers and an increasingly perturbed ruling elite The Chinese Mayor captures with remarkable access a man and by extension a country leaping frantically into an increasingly unstable future