The China History Podcast
Presenting topics from China’s rich 5,000-year history.
These next few episodes will be on the European and later, American plant hunters who came to China between the 16th and 20th centuries.
Former BBC reporter and master jade carver Andrew Shaw is back. What an informative interview this one turned out to be!
I welcomed Wuhan-based Andrew Shaw onto the CHP to talk about his book. It's all about the plundering of China's cultural treasures and imperial artifacts by not just the British, French, and Americans.
Not too long ago, I had the pleasure of interviewing Mr. Joel Bigman, author of a new book called "The Second Journey."
The saga continues with a newly independent Singapore finding its way in the world.
In this episode, we’ll see how Lee Kuan Yew deals with the political left by launching Operation Coldstore on February 2, 1963.
After the exploits of Robert Fortune, many other plant hunters such as Henry Fletcher Hance, Père David, Augustine Henry, Ernest Wilson, and George Forrest, among others followed in his footsteps to China.