Ep. 270 | Eunuchs in China (Part 4)
Three of the Four Tigers, Wang Zhi, Liu Jin, and Wei Zhongxian get a once over this time around in Part 4. Many historians agree these guys offered the most generous contribution to the fall of the Ming Dynasty.
Ep. 269 | Eunuchs in Chinese History (Part 3)
After wrecking the Han and Tang Dynasties, the eunuchs emerge again in the Ming as an evil force. In this episode, we’ll also look at the Song Dynasty eunuch general and politician Tong Guan.
Ep. 268 | Eunuchs in Chinese History (Part 2)
This time we look at eunuchs in the Tang from Xuanzong to hapless Emperor Ai and see how it was a long hard downhill slide once Xuanzong let Gao Lishi amass so much power.
Ep. 267 | Eunuchs in Chinese History (Part 1)
In this episode, we’ll look at the story of the maybe/maybe not eunuch/official from the Qin Dynasty Zhao Gao. Then we’ll finish off with eunuchs in the Later Han including the rise and fall of the Ten Attendants.
Ep. 266 | Dr. Chien-Shiung Wu
This episode focuses on Dr. Chien-Shiung Wu, who came to America in 1936 and made many contributions in the field of physics and worked on the Manhattan Project.
Ep. 265 | The History of the Thai Chinese (Part 7)
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.
Ep. 264 | The History of the Thai Chinese (Part 6)
With Field Marshal Phibun in charge in Bangkok, the flames of Thai nationalism are being furiously fanned and the ethnic Chinese inhabitants of Siam are feeling the heat.
Ep. 263 | The History of the Thai Chinese (Part 5)
We leave the 19th century and focus on the events in Siam during the early 20th century, looking at some of the events that happened during the reigns of the progressive king and friend to the Thai Chinese King Chulalongkorn and his son, King Vajiravudh.
Ep. 262 | The History of the Thai Chinese (Part 4)
Laszlo continues on with Part 4 of our Thai-Chinese overview, we examine the second half of the 18th century, a prosperous time for the Kingdom of Siam.
Ep. 261 | The History of the Thai Chinese (Part 3)
In this Part 3 episode we’ll take the Thai Chinese history a little further up the timeline to the Thonburi Kingdom of Taksin the Great and into the Chakri Dynasty with King Rama I.
Ep. 260 | The History of the Thai Chinese (Part 2)
In this Part 2 episode, we look at the time period between King Phetracha to the end of the Ayudhya Kingdom. During this period China, ruled by the Manchu Qing emperors was on a major roll and Ayudhyan kings were anxious to be friends with Kangxi, Yongzheng, and Qianlong.
Ep. 259 | The History of the Thai Chinese (Part 1)
In this new series, Laszlo looks at the great Kingdom of Thailand and the history of the Chinese immigrants who decided to call that place home. Part 1 will focus on the goings-on in the Chinese community during the Ayudhya Kingdom (1350-1767) up to the time of King Phetracha.
Ep. 258 | Jiang Ziya
Jiang Ziya’s story takes place during the waning years of the Shang and the founding of the Zhou Dynasty.
Ep. 257 | Emily “Mickey” Hahn
Emily Mickey Hahn was a woman whose writings from her years in China from 1935-1943 were essential reading for those hungry to learn about China during a time when the world was becoming smaller and more dangerous.
Ep. 256 | Vincent Chin
This episode examines Vincent Chin, who was living in Detroit, working as a draftsman, and was soon to be married. But then on June 19, 1982, his life took a violent and tragic turn.
Ep. 255 | The History of Xinjiang (Part 12)
In this 12th and final episode, we’ll look at Xinjiang from 1885 to 1949. After all the events that happened going back to Qianlong, Xinjiang finally goes out with a whimper in 1949 with the Communist PLA takeover.
Ep. 254 | The History of Xinjiang (Part 11)
In this penultimate episode of the series, Laszlo introduces some of the major happenings in Xinjiang during the waning decades of the Qing Dynasty.
Ep. 253 | The History of Xinjiang (Part 10)
In this Part 10 episode, the focus will be on the Qing Dynasty during the emperors Kangxi, Yongzheng and Qianlong. The rise and fall of the Zunghar Khanate will also be explored, as well as the violent and tragic aftermath following the Zunghars defeat.
Ep. 252 | The History of Xinjiang (Part 9)
In this Part 9 episode, we’ll look at the 13th to 17th centuries, Yuan to Qing. After the final end of the Chagatai Khanate, it’s going to be non-stop wars, alliances, and betrayals in this portion of Central Asia.
Ep. 251 | The History of Xinjiang (Part 8)
In Part 8 of our Xinjiang overview, we start off with the great Uyghur diaspora that followed after the fall of the Uyghur Khaganate in 840 and examine what happened to them after they arrived in Gansu and Xinjiang.