Ep. 324 | The History of Taiwan (Part 15)
Thanks everyone for listening to this History of Taiwan series. We'll conclude things here in Part 15.
Ep. 323 | The History of Taiwan (Part 14)
In this penultimate episode in the series we'll take a look back at the Chen Shuibian and Ma Ying-jeou years.
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. 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. 168 | Zhou Enlai (Part 8)
In this bonus one-hour+ episode we look at the last six years of Zhou Enlai’s life. In between doing great things for China and guiding the country’s general well-being, he was forced to play a central role in some of the worst internecine politics in CCP history.
Ep. 167 | Zhou Enlai (Part 7)
In this longer than expected 7th episode of our Zhou Enlai series, the Cultural Revolution gets underway, something that Zhou will have to deal with until his dying day.
Ep. 166 | Zhou Enlai (Part 6)
In Part 6 of our Zhou Enlai series, we look at the second half of the 1950s. Zhou was as busy as ever, setting up the government, handling foreign relations, and dealing with Chairman Mao.
Ep. 165 | Zhou Enlai (Part 5)
In Part 4 of our Zhou Enlai overview, the focus is on the Korean War and the Geneva Conference. Zhou already enjoyed some degree of international respect from those he had come to know during his Shanghai and Chongqing years.
Ep. 164 | Zhou Enlai (Part 4)
In this Part 4 episode of our Zhou Enlai series Laszlo re-tells the always amusing story of when the Americans came around Yan’an to kick the tires of the CCP and see what they were all about.
Ep. 163 | Zhou Enlai (Part 3)
In this Part 3 episode, the story of Zhou Enlai is taken all the way up to the 1943 Yan’an Rectification Campaign. We’ll look at the Zunyi Conference, the Long March, the Xian Incident, and finally the ill-fated Second United Front.
Ep. 162 | Zhou Enlai (Part 2)
In this second part of our overview of Premier Zhou Enlai, Laszlo picks up at the Zhongshan Gunboat Incident and follows the life of Zhou Enlai through the challenging years of 1926-1934.
Ep. 161 | Zhou Enlai (Part 1)
In a new series, Laszlo explores the life of Zhou Enlai. Zhou gets passed from relative to relative. But each step of the way there were mentors and breaks that he was able to make the most of.
Ep. 124 | Sir Y.K. Pao
This episode examines the life of Sir Y.K. Pao, a man who lived an amazing but all too brief life and was one of the early Hong Kong Chinese to rush to aid China when Deng Xiaoping emerged and began setting China on the path of reform and opening up to the world.
Ep. 122 | The Chinese Civil War (Part 4)
In this Part 4 episode, we conclude our overview of the Chinese Civil War. The victory was imminent but by no means would it be easy and simple.
Ep. 121 | The Chinese Civil War (Part 3)
This Part 3 of our Chinese Civil War overview mainly covers the year 1948 and the three great campaigns that sealed Chiang Kai-shek’s fate on the Chinese mainland.
Ep. 120 | The Chinese Civil War (Part 2)
This week’s episode focuses mainly on the year 1947. The Americans have now left and the NRA and PLA attack each other with all they got.
Ep. 119 | The Chinese Civil War (Part 1)
In this week’s episode, we begin a multi-part series covering the Chinese Civil War from 1945 to 1949. In this Part 1, we will look at the background leading up to the war as well as failed attempts by the Americans in 1945-1946 to mediate a peace between Mao’s Communists and the Nationalists led by Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek.
Ep. 118 | John Service (Part 4)
In this episode, we will conclude our overview of the life of John Stewart Service. For a little over a decade, Service became one of the most famous victims of the McCarthy hearings. But in the end, there was a happy ending.