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Ep. 352 | The History of Singapore (Part 4)
Part 4 continues with the aftermath of the 1824 Treaty of London. John Crawfurd takes over from a disgraced William Farquhar as First Resident. Singapore commences its never-ending building and infra…
Published on 10 months, 3 weeks ago
Ep. 351 | The History of Singapore (Part 3)
With Singapore formally established, we look at those first months and years. As soon as the document was signed, Raffles left the island and William Farquhar took over as First Resident. It would be…
Published on 11 months, 1 week ago
Ep. 350 | The History of Singapore (Part 2)
With the arrival of the Portuguese and their 1511 victory, the history of this region began to move in s new direction. The Portuguese and the Dutch rather ignored Singapore and focused their trade a…
Published on 11 months, 3 weeks ago
Ep. 349 | The History of Singapore (Part 1)
Requests to present the history of Singapore go back to 2010 or 2011. At long last, here's an easy-to-consume and digest overview of The Lion City. In Part 1 we'll look at the watered world of Southe…
Published on 1 year ago
Chinese-Mexican History - Laszlo chats with Hugo Wong
First off, let me apologize for the less-than-optimal audio quality. This is a very informative interview. And for those of you who missed my very old episode from 2013 or thereabouts covering this t…
Published on 1 year ago
Ep. 348 | Paper Sons and the Chinese Confessions Program
This is surprisingly not very well-known and certainly wasn't taught in my US history classes. Here's a story for you that many might find hard to believe. Perhaps you're already familiar with the hi…
Published on 1 year ago
Ep. 347 | The Grand Canal
In this episode, I'm presenting a simple but still informative overview of not only the Grand Canal but also the bigger subject of canals in China. The history of the Grand Canal isn't one clean line…
Published on 1 year, 1 month ago
Laszlo chats with author Scott Crawford about the Han Dynasty, the Xiongnu and Rome
Here's another CHP Special Episode. Not too long ago I had the chance to chat with Yokohama-based Scott Crawford, author of "Silk Road Centurian", "The Han-Xiongnu Wars", and a new one coming out any…
Published on 1 year, 1 month ago
The unlikely tale of Chinese slave, soldier and tycoon Jiang Zonghan
Here's a reading of an article recently published in the South China Morning Post, written by travel writer David Leffman. On his most recent trip to Yunnan to work on his upcoming book on the 1875 M…
Published on 1 year, 1 month ago
Ep. 346 | The Hungry Ghost Festival
This is the third time the history and traditions behind a Chinese holiday is being introduced. The history behind the Chinese New Year and Mid-Autumn Festival were both presented back in the days wh…
Published on 1 year, 1 month ago