Scott Crawford on the Han Dynasty, the Xiongnu, and Rome
Laszlo chats with author Scott Crawford about the Han Dynasty, the Xiongnu, and Rome.
Ep. 336 | Guiguzi, The Sage of Ghost Valley
A look back at a little-known 4th Century BC legendary sage from the Warring States Era.
Ep. 332 | The History of Yunnan Province (Part 5)
The series concludes in this Part 5 episode that takes Yunnan's history up to 1975.
Ep. 331 | The History of Yunnan Province (Part 4)
This time we look at the events of the 19th century in Yunnan.
Ep. 330 | The History of Yunnan Province (Part 3)
Our series on the history of Yunnan continues in this episode covering the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries.
Ep. 329 | The History of Yunnan Province (Part 2)
The history of Yunnan continues with the fall of Nanzhao in the 10th century to the rise and fall of the Dali Kingdom
Ep. 322 | The History of Taiwan (Part 13)
The Chiang Ching-Kuo years 1977 to 1987 will be covered in this episode.
Ep. 321 | The History of Taiwan (Part 12)
Another barnburner of an episode here in Part 12. The 1960s and 70s witnessed a lot of turbulence in Taiwan.
Ep. 320 | The History of Taiwan (Part 11)
The focus for this time will be on the main events happening on Taiwan from 1957-1962.
Ep. 294 | The Warlord Ma's of Northwest China
This episode looks at the Ma family of soldiers and warlords in the northwest provinces of Ningxia, Gansu and Qinghai.
Ep. 284 | The Taiping Rebellion (Part 5)
We're going to wind things down with this episode. 1863-1864, the bitter and bloody end of the Taiping Rebellion.
Ep. 283 | The Taiping Rebellion (Part 4)
After the Convention of Beijing was signed in 1860, the foreign pers weren't so sure about the Taiping's anymore. Also, we hear about Frederick Townshend Ward and the Ever Victorious Army.
Ep. 282 | The Taiping Rebellion (Part 3)
After seizing the city of Nanjing in March 1853, the Taiping leadership launches two military expeditions, one to the north to capture the capital, Beijing, and the other to the west.
Ep. 281 | The Taiping Rebellion (Part 2)
In this episode, we trace the Taiping Rebels as they make their way from Yong'an in Guangxi all the way to the southern capital of Nanjing.
Ep. 280 | The Taiping Rebellion (Part 1)
The Taiping Rebellion is arguably the pivotal event that got the dominos falling that led to the Warlord Era and the later founding of the PRC.
CHP Special Episode | Ian McCollum & Pistols of the Warlord Era
In this special CHP Special Episode, Laszlo is thrilled to welcome Mr. Ian McCollum to discuss his new book Pistols of the Warlord: Chinese Domestic Handguns, 1911-1949.
Ep. 240 | The Warlord Era (Part 10)
In this concluding episode of our Warlord series, we’ll look at Zhang Zongchang’s Warlord Rebellion in Northeast Shandong and a special focus on Liu Zhennian, the Red Spears, and the Central Plains War.
Ep. 237 | The Warlord Era (Part 7)
In this Part 7 episode, the decade of battling warlords is coming to an end. Anhui and Zhili, then Zhili and Fengtian…and then Zhili and Fengtian again. After 1925 everyone had had enough with these military governors they were ready for someone to step up and take them on and deal with them once and for all.
Ep. 207 | The Forgotten Chinese Labour Corps
In commemoration of the American Labor Day Holiday, Laszlo brings you a rather forgotten tale from the annals of Chinese modern history, the Chinese Labour Corps, who played a thankless but critical role in the Allied victory over Germany in WWI.
Ep. 202 | The History of China-Vietnam Relations (Part 6)
In this concluding episode, we enter the 20th century and explore the end of French domination in Indochina, Vietnam’s fight to unify the country, and the most recent Sino-Viet history.