{"id":16070,"date":"2025-12-02T08:01:42","date_gmt":"2025-12-02T00:01:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=16070"},"modified":"2025-12-02T08:01:42","modified_gmt":"2025-12-02T00:01:42","slug":"new-bbc-series-chinas-wild-guangdong-shows-the-southern-province-as-a-wildlife-wonderland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=16070","title":{"rendered":"New BBC series China\u2019s Wild Guangdong shows the southern province as a wildlife wonderland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Welcome to China\u2019s latest, greatest wilderness: Guangdong.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Yes, you read that right: the country\u2019s most populous province, with roughly 128 million citizens, is a wildlife wonderland, a refuge that places its animal residents not at some distant remove from its human occupants, but in many cases alongside them.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The makers of <em data-qa=\"ContentSchemaRender-defaultRenderMapFunctions-Component\" class=\"css-1mniedq ex3nmsa15\">China\u2019s Wild Guangdong<\/em> forwent the hardships typically involved in wildlife documentaries by keeping things close to home, with only 47 filming days required to produce its three instalments \u2013 each an hour long.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">No camping in an ice field for six weeks or the like was needed for this joint production between the BBC and Guangdong Radio and Television (GRT), because many subjects, while still wild, were filmed in breeding centres, nature reserves or dedicated wetlands on urban fringes.<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-inline-container e1a5rv550 css-1llrc1m e1yqhwb40\" data-qa=\"Component-renderMap-StyledDiv\">\n<div class=\"image-inline caption e1fvabeq0 css-19sk4h4 ea9pn0s0\" data-qa=\"Component-Container\">\n<figure class=\"image-inline caption ea9pn0s1 css-1qeofuq e1gf69pb0\" data-qa=\"ArticleImage-ArticleImageContainer\">\n<div data-qa=\"ArticleImage-handleRenderImage-ImageContainer\" class=\"css-0 e1gf69pb3\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A still from China\u2019s Wild Guangdong shows Futian Mangroves Nature Reserve near Shenzhen. Photo: BBC Studios\" data-qa=\"BaseImage-handleRenderImage-StyledImage\" class=\"e1gf69pb2 css-6ikqhs e445x7d0\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/img.i-scmp.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/fit=contain,width=1024,format=auto\/sites\/default\/files\/d8\/images\/canvas\/2025\/12\/01\/13b305cf-6a41-4528-bd9c-becb4e97d40e_53933fe2.jpg\" title=\"A still from China\u2019s Wild Guangdong shows Futian Mangroves Nature Reserve near Shenzhen. Photo: BBC Studios\"\/><\/div><figcaption data-qa=\"ArticleImage-DescriptionContainer\" class=\"css-1ixmelf e1gf69pb1\">A still from China\u2019s Wild Guangdong shows Futian Mangroves Nature Reserve near Shenzhen. Photo: BBC Studios<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">But are the humans and animals happy in each other\u2019s company, or uncomfortably close?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/lifestyle\/entertainment\/article\/3334751\/new-bbc-series-chinas-wild-guangdong-shows-southern-province-wildlife-wonderland?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to China\u2019s latest, greatest wilderness: Guangdong. 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