Paul Merton In China

Paul arrives in Beijing, the start of his own oriental 'Grand Tour' through China. He tastes local cuisine at a 'speciality' restaurant, visits Tiananmen Square, and encounters a peasant who is capable of building robots out of other people's scrap.

Paul travels through rural China to the famed Shaolin Temple, where he endures the physical demands of Kung Fu training. He then moves onto the Tibetan Monastery of Labrang and finds some spiritual peace in the sight and sounds of Buddhist monks. He switches pace when he visits Chongqing, the largest municipality in the world.

Paul sees some Sichuan Opera in Chengdu that almost makes him lose the will to live. He then travels to the Li River and views some of the most spectacular scenery in the world. The journey continues to Guangzhou where he is surprised to see a lot of middle-aged Americans with Chinese babies.

Paul arrives in Shanghai, China's most dynamic and moneyed city. He has dinner with powerful socialites and visits a park where hundreds of parents gather to find a match for their sons or daughters. Being a wealthy westerner, it's not long before Paul attracts quite a lot of interest.