With exclusive access, this acclaimed franchise explores key recent and ongoing events, and investigates how we are navigating a new era of superpower conflict, shifting alliances and global uncertainty.

Episode 1, 'Overcapacity' unpacks the West's accusation of China of 'overcapacity': Dumping low-priced electric cars, solar panels and batteries on the market. China claims its green tech industries help fight climate change, and its accusers are protectionist. Who's right? And what could a new trade war mean for the rest of the world?

Episode 2, 'Knives Out', spotlights a pointed escalation in the South China Sea, when on 17th June 2024, the Philippines and Chinese Coast Guards clashed at sea, armed with knives and axes. Why have there been so many clashes between the Philippines and China in the South China Sea in the last two years? And how are countries like the US, Japan and Australia related to the South China Sea conflict?

Episode 3, 'China's New Plan to Rescue its Economy' details President Xi's 'new quality productive forces' plan, larger in scale and scope than the successful Made-in-China 2025 industrial plan. But will the benefits - in areas like humanoid robotics, AI, biotech, deep sea and space exploration - outweigh the risks? And to what extent is it a reaction to geopolitics and the US-China rivalry?

Episode 4 ,'The Tariff War Hits Asia' explores the global effects of Trump's tariffs on Southeast Asia, and on manufacturers who already face China dumping low cost goods into their markets, with both the US and China vying for influence in this key region. How are Thailand, Indonesia and Malaysia responding? Will raising Chinese import taxes and suspension of low-cost retailers like Temu be enough?

Part of the multi-award-winning series When Titans Clash