his all took place in the final moments of the Warlord Era, right after the Central Plains War. This act perpetrated by warlord Sun Dianying 孙殿英 epitomized the venality of these men.

his one here, 何不食肉糜 Hébù Shí Ròumí, is regretfully a Chinese Saying that never goes out of style.

Here's something a little different from the usual CHP fare. It concerns a natural substance that's not too well-known outside of Asia known as Chénxiāng 沉香 or Agarwood. Chenxiang has a few interesting things about it and is often mentioned in Chinese literature.

Thanks to a team of amateur historians, WWII enthusiasts, and survivors, this interesting of Mr. Lam Ping Yu 林炳堯 who left behind a WWII diary from 1944 that was rediscovered by chance in 2015.

Thanks to a team of amateur historians, WWII enthusiasts, and survivors, this interesting of Mr. Lam Ping Yu 林炳堯 who left behind a WWII diary from 1944 that was rediscovered by chance in 2015.

This is a rather long episode, running at just about one hour. The Guangxi Massacre is one of those dark chapters from the Cultural Revolution.

In this episode, we look at the life of Anson Burlingame, a well-known name  in California. During Lincoln's term as president, he was appointed Chief Minister to China, arriving in Beijing in the summer of 1862.

This is a slightly meandering survey of some of the great old sinologists from the 19th century (and early 20th) such as Thomas Wade, Henry Giles and Robert Morrison.

This exciting episode will bring the curtain down on Lin Biao and his famous "Incident."

The season finale of The Chinese Sayings Podcast is a nice little story infused with some of the best of Chinese culture and a dollop of human decency.

This is sort of the military version of The Early Bird Gets the Worm.

This is an excellent Chinese Saying that regretfully never goes out of style and rarely teaches the lesson it's intended to teach.

Nothing is impossible, no matter how hard it looks.

The tea trade transforms into an entire industry and becomes the most important traded commodity of the British East India Company

Tea started off with the royals and aristocrats, but once prices came down and the haves and have-nots got to enjoy it, the demand will become insatiable.