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Ep. 99 | Sidney Rittenberg
In this episode, we introduce American Sidney Rittenberg, 李敦白，known by the title of his 1993 book as "The Man Who Stayed Behind." He arrived in China…
13 years, 7 months ago
Ep. 98 | Ricci, Schall and Verbiest
In this longer than usual episode, we feature the three giants of the Jesuit China Mission of the 16th and 17th centuries. In addition to their work …
13 years, 7 months ago
Ep. 96 | Wang Xizhi
In this episode, we look at Wang Xizhi, a man of letters who achieved greatness during the Eastern Jin dynasty and is called China's greatest calligr…
13 years, 8 months ago
Ep. 95 | Yue Fei
Like Guan Yu in the previous episode 081, Yue Fei of the Southern Song Dynasty was a heroic and legendary military man in Chinese history. He dedicat…
13 years, 8 months ago
Ep. 94 | Zheng He (Part 3)
We close out our three-part series on the amazing life of Admiral Zheng He and his seven voyages. This time the CHP looks at retired submarine comman…
13 years, 8 months ago
Ep. 93 | Zheng He (Part 2)
We continue on with the voyages of Zheng He. This time we look at some of the highlights from all seven voyages. Then after the Yong Le and Xuan De e…
13 years, 8 months ago
Ep. 92 | Zheng He (Part 1)
Laszlo is back after more than two weeks on the lam. This time we look at part 1 of a series featuring the great adventurer/explorer/diplomat Zheng H…
13 years, 9 months ago
Ep. 91 | Xiang Yu
We're back in ancient days again, this time the short period in between the Qin and Han Dynasties when two great leaders, Xiang Yu and Liu Bang, cont…
13 years, 9 months ago
Ep. 90 | The Cultural Revolution (Part 8)
In this final episode of the Cultural Revolution overview we look at the events that went down in 1976 as well as the massive mopping-up operation th…
13 years, 10 months ago
Ep. 89 | The Cultural Revolution (Part 7)
In this week's episode, we get all the way up to the end of 1975. With Zhou Enlai ailing and Mao Zedong also not long for the world, there is a sudde…
13 years, 10 months ago