Today we are opening up a remarkable window
into one of the most explosive cultural shifts
happening anywhere on the globe.
We're talking about the massive,
just unprecedented museum boom in China.
It's a huge topic.
It's a societal transformation that has
fundamentally redefined how hundreds of millions of people
interact with their own history and their own identity.
But here's the unexpected twist at the heart of this deep dive,
the central paradox, really.
This tremendous cultural awakening has also created
this intensely competitive, high-pressure environment.
The joy of learning about your culture now comes with the challenge
of these intense, sometimes just overwhelming crowds.
It's a victim of its own success in a way.
I love that the information we have starts us
right in the middle of this paradox.
We begin with the story of a man named Nico Wang.
Nico is in his 30s,