Cold War (1998) – S1, Ep15 China January 16, 2021 Nicola Cold War - Documentary Series (1998) ChinaChinese Communists are victorious in the longest civil war in 20th century history. Mao Zedong’s reforms are popular, but in 1958, he embarks on a series of catastrophic changes. A famine that kills 30 million people follows.