Today we’re back with more history. We look at the Shanghai Massacre of April 12, 1927. This was the defining moment when Chiang Kai-shek and his allies and supporters made a bloody break with the Communists.
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.
It took almost fourteen years but here's a first CHP episode that focuses on China-Africa history.
Laszlo introduces the lives of Doctors Ida Kahn and Mary Stone, two Jiujiang, Jiangxi-born women who played a major role in introducing western medicine to women and children in early 20th century China
In this concluding episode of our Thai-Chinese overview, we wind things down with events that happened during and after WWII and go over Thailand’s role in the region as a modern economic powerhouse.
The drama continues with the final arrivals of European Jewish refugees into Shanghai in 1941-42. Afterward, the China option, which had previously served as a safety net for Jews seeking refuge far from the Nazis, was no longer available.
As the countdown to Kristallnacht gets closer, the situation becomes more urgent and Shanghai as a destination becomes more popular for Jews fleeing Europe. The great humanitarian He Fengsha will also be introduced.
In this episode, we’ll look at the events leading up to Kristallnacht in November 1938. We’ll also examine the smaller and lesswe known Jewish community of Tianjin.
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.