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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 …
1 year, 7 months 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. I…
1 year, 7 months 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 ol…
1 year, 7 months 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 be…
1 year, 8 months 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. T…
1 year, 8 months 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", "T…
1 year, 8 months 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…
1 year, 8 months 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-Autum…
1 year, 9 months ago
Ep. 345 | Howqua
Once dubbed "the richest man in the world" back in his day, the first half of the 19th century, Wu Bingjian 伍秉鉴 was a leading figure in the pre-Opium…
1 year, 9 months ago
Laszlo discusses historical novels with author, Janie Chang
It must have been three or four years ago that I started bouncing this idea off Janie about a discussion regarding historical fiction rooted in Chine…
1 year, 9 months ago