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Ep. 197 | The History of China-Vietnam Relations (Part 1)
In this first of a multipart series, Laszlo explores the ancient relationship between China and Vietnam. In this episode, the earliest days going bac…
8 years, 1 month ago
Ep. 196 | The British East India Company (Part 2)
Laszlo finishes off this brief overview of The Honorable Company as tea takes center stage in history. It's a very rough landing for the East India C…
8 years, 2 months ago
Ep. 195 | The British East India Company (Part 1)
Maybe this isn't the most "China history flavored" topic but The Honorable Company did play a somewhat starring role during the Qing Dynasty starting…
8 years, 2 months ago
Ep. 194 | The History of Toi San and US Immigration
In this episode, Laszlo looks at U.S. Immigration during the bad old days of Chinese Exclusion. The subject will be examined through the telling of t…
8 years, 2 months ago
Ep. 193 | Whitey Smith and Early Shanghai Jazz
In this episode, Laszlo tries something new. This time we look at the life and times of Whitey Smith, an important figure in the context of not only …
8 years, 3 months ago
Ep. 183 | The Nanjing Massacre (Part 2)
Laszlo finishes off the overview of the Rape of Nanking as well as the stories of John Rabe, Robert O. Wilson, Minnie Vautrin, Rev. William Magee, an…
8 years, 11 months ago
Ep. 182 | The Nanjing Massacre (Part 1)
This is a very emotional, controversial, and sensitive subject for a whole lot of reasons. Over the next two episodes, Laszlo will review material fr…
8 years, 11 months ago
Ep. 181 | The Early Years of Sino-Russian Relations
At last, the early years of Russia-China relations can see the light of day. As you can see, this is another one of those hour-plus episodes that wer…
9 years, 1 month ago
Ep. 180 | The Earliest Years of Christianity in China
Many people don't know that the first preaching of Christianity in China pre-dated the Jesuits by more than nine centuries. We'll take a second curso…
9 years, 2 months ago
Ep. 179 | The Ancient History of Silk
Thanks to Carole in Virginia for giving me enough of a push to get this episode finally produced. This might have been one of the first ten topics I …
9 years, 3 months ago