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.
CHP Ten-Year Anniversary Series | U.S.-China Relations: 1969-1972 (Part 4)
In Part 4 of this special CHP 10-Year Anniversary series, we see how the talks in Beijing went between two very smooth operators: Zhou Enlai and Henry A. Kissinger.
CHP Ten-Year Anniversary Series | U.S.-China Relations: 1969-1972 (Part 3)
Things are really heating up as we start Part 3 of this special 10-Year Anniversary special program. In this episode, we re-live the drama of ping-pong diplomacy and breakthrough in the talks between the US and China.
CHP Ten-Year Anniversary Series | U.S.-China Relations: 1969-1972 (Part 1)
Welcome to a very special 10-Year Anniversary Series, where we examine U.S.-China Relations during the years 1969-1972. In Part 1 this time we’ll get an overview of just how bad US and PRC relations were between 1949 to 1969.
Ep. 181 | The Early Years of Sino-Russian Relations
At last, the early years of Russia-China relations can see the light of day. This episode ecovers the beginnings back in the late Ming when they first met and mostly in the Qing where all the history happened.
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. 156 | Joseph Needham (Part 2)
In this Part 2 episode, we pick up in 1943 right after Joseph Needham returned from his perilous adventure to the northwest of China to visit the sights of Dunhuang.
Ep. 155 | Joseph Needham (Part 1)
A true friend of China for most of his adult life, Dr. Joseph Needham’s contribution was the epic work “Science and Civilization in China”. In this Part 1 episode, we only go up to 1943 and the end of Needham’s first expedition in China.
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.