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Money and Lending in Ancient China: Copper Talks

Season 1 Episode 14

The anticipated listing and the unexpected suspension put the microloan business of Alibaba's fintech arm Ant Group in the media spotlight. Chinese p…

5 years, 3 months ago

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A Venture with Reasons: Or Without?

Season 1 Episode 13

Do people travel just because they got rich enough to afford a trip? “The world is so big, and I want to look at it,” says  a middle school teacher f…

5 years, 3 months ago

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To Be Rich is Glorious: A Short History of Showing off Wealth in China

Season 1 Episode 12

A group of young women in Shanghai  group-bought luxury bags and booking rooms at five-star hotels just to take photos and pass them off as their own…

5 years, 4 months ago

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Food Security in Ancient Times: Power of Dinner Tables

Season 1 Episode 11

To a large extent, food supply shaped the development of the world’s early civilizations, including those in ancient Mesopotamia, Egypt and India. In…

5 years, 4 months ago

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Ancient Chinese Villages: An Illusion of Shangrila

Season 1 Episode 10

 There was a lot of imagination in narratives on rural areas in ancient China. For thousands of years, rural villages have existed. Why would they ne…

5 years, 4 months ago

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Child Education in Ancient China: Gentlemen and Scholars

Season 1 Episode 9

“Tragic family of origin”, a term taken from family counseling, has become a hashtag in recent years after stories of conflict between parents and ch…

5 years, 4 months ago

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Chinese Students in the US: an unaccomplished mission

Season 1 Episode 8

The UK replaced the US as the favorite intended destination of Chinese students in 2019, and the gap was even wider in 2020 due to the tension betwee…

5 years, 5 months ago

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Chinese Students in Japan: Revolutionaries

Season 1 Episode 7

Today Japan is the host country of the second largest group of Chinese students abroad, second to the US. Japan hosted the largest number of Chinese …

5 years, 5 months ago

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Astronomy in Ancient China: Science & Humanity

Season 1 Episode 6

The Beidou Satellite Navigation System, the spacecraft Crew Dragon --- while grappling with the COVID-19 pandemic on Earth, humans have made several …

5 years, 5 months ago

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Gold, Silver, Wealth and War

Season 1 Episode 5

Prices of gold and silver skyrocketed in the first half of the year amid uncertainties of the global economic prospect. China has a long history of u…

5 years, 6 months ago

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