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Andrew Shaw Returns to Discuss The History of Jade

Former BBC reporter and master jade carver Andrew Shaw is back. What an informative interview this one turned out to be!

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Looted China Treasures | Andrew Shaw and his book, "Spoil"

I welcomed Wuhan-based Andrew Shaw onto the CHP to talk about his book. It's all about the plundering of China's cultural treasures and imperial artifacts by not just the British, French, and Americans.

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“The Second Journey” | An Interview with Joel Bigman

Not too long ago, I had the pleasure of interviewing Mr. Joel Bigman, author of a new book called "The Second Journey."

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Ep. 358 | The History of Singapore (Part 10)

This is as far as we're going to take this series.

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Ep. 357 | The History of Singapore (Part 9)

The saga continues with a newly independent Singapore finding its way in the world.

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Ep. 356 | The History of Singapore (Part 8)

In this episode, we’ll see how Lee Kuan Yew deals with the political left by launching Operation Coldstore on February 2, 1963.

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Ep. 355 | The History of Singapore (Part 7)

In this episode we'll begin to explore the early life of the most consequential leader in Singapore's history and in the greater Southeast Asian scene, Mr. Lee Kuan Yew.

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Ep. 354 | The History of Singapore (Part 6)

In this episode, we see how Japan marched and bicycled their way across the Johor Strait and proceeded to quickly defeat the British Commonwealth troops.

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Ep. 353 | The History of Singapore (Part 5)

Although all kinds of tension brewed beneath the surface, the mid to late 19th Century saw a continued bonanza for Singapore.

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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.

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Ep. 351 | The History of Singapore (Part 3)

With Singapore formally established, we look at those first months and years.

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Ep. 350 | The History of Singapore (Part 2)

Part 2 continues on with many of the post Age of Discovery history that affected SIngapore.

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Ep. 349 | The History of Singapore (Part 1)

Here's Part 1 of a probably 10-Part series which will cover the history of Singapore.

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Hugo Wong on Chinese-Mexican History

Laszlo discusses 19th-20th century Chinese-Mexican history with author Hugo Wong.

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Ep. 348 | Paper Sons and the Chinese Confessions Program

This is surprisingly not very well-known and certainly wasn't taiught in my US history classes. Hard to believe this happened but here's a story for you.