Ep. 134 | The Song Emperor Huizong (Part 3)
We continue in this episode examining the second decade of Huizong’s reign. The years we look at today will the years Huizong later on most regrets.
Ep. 133 | The Song Emperor Huizong (Part 2)
This time in Part 2 of our series we look at Huizong as he attempts to assemble his team and deal with bitter factional strife that was rampant since the Wang Anshi New Reforms.
Ep. 132 | The Song Emperor Huizong (Part 1)
The Song Dynasty was another one of those times when China was the most advanced and economically powerful civilization on earth. The period in which Huizong reigned was one of the high points of the dynasty.
Ep. 131 | Morris ‘Two-Gun’ Cohen (Part 2)
We’re going to finish off the last 45 years of Morris Two-Gun Cohen’s life in this extra-long episode. With Sun Yat-sen now gone, Morris Cohen worked hard to reinvent himself and remain relevant in the world of Chinese business and politics.
Ep. 130 | Morris ‘Two-Gun’ Cohen (Part 1)
Today’s subject was by no means a historic figure. In fact, I don’t think you can even call him a bit player. Nonetheless, Morris Abraham Cohen had a China story that deserves a telling.
Ep. 129 | The Incident at Xuanwu Gate
The Incident at Xuanwu Gate took place on July 2, 626, and resulted in the victory of Li Shimin over his two brothers. Not long afterward Li Shimin was promoted by his father to the emperorship and reigned as Tang Taizong.
Ep. 128 | The History of American-Chinese Cuisine
Laszlo is back with one last episode to finish of 2013. This time we look at the interesting and amusing history of Chinese cuisine in America, a history that goes hand-in-hand with the earliest Chinese immigration to the US.
Ep. 127 | The Birth of U.S.-China Relations
The so-called “Most Important Relationship in the World” had very humble origins indeed. When representatives of the United States first arrived in Canton in August 1783 they really had a lot of explaining to do about who they were and where they came from.
Ep. 126 | Yelü Abaoiji
This week we look at the Khitan people of the steppes. These people came from the lands between Manchuria and Mongolia. Their most famous son was Yelü Abaoji who took his people to great heights in the early 10th century.
Ep. 125 | Zhuge Liang
In this episode, we explore the life and times of Zhuge Liang, a man most remembered for his cleverness and someone that many consider him right up there with Sun Tzu as far as the works of strategy and military science he left behind.
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. 123 | The History of the Chinese in Mexico
The story of the Chinese Mexicans is typical in some respects. They came to Mexico either because they wanted to and saw it as a land of opportunity or they came because it was the next best thing to emigrating to the United States.
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.
Ep. 117 | John Service (Part 3)
In this week’s episode, The Dixie Mission is in full swing by the end of that year and John Service has established himself in Washington circles as one of the most informed and dynamic China hands.
Ep. 116 | John Service (Part 2)
In this second episode covering the life of John S. Service, we take a look at the general situation and the proliferation of mistrust and bad faith in wartime Chongqing.
Ep. 115 | John Service (Part 1)
This week we explore the life and times of John S. Service. This original “China Hand” was born in China and went on to a brilliant career in the State Department serving in China as a Foreign Service officer.