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 2)
Thanks for coming back to Part 2 of this special CHP 10-Year Special Series. In this episode, the focus is in 1969-1970 with the US and PRC sending signals through their mutual Pakistani, French, and Romanian friends.
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. 250 | The History of Xinjiang (Part 7)
In this arguable milestone episode, we finally get around to the Uyghurs, discuss their ancient history and examine how they rose from one of several tribes in a Turkic confederation to their own Khaganate.
Ep. 249 | The History of Xinjiang (Part 6)
In this episode, we’ll try and sort out the major events and players who made up this high point in the Silk Road trade. The history in Xinjiang was dominated by Tang China, various Turkic tribes, and a very powerful and warlike Tibetan Empire.
Ep. 248 | The History of Xinjiang (Part 5)
In this Part 5 episode, the plot thickens and Xinjiang is getting a facelift. In a few hundred years you will hardly recognize it.
Ep. 247 | The History of Xinjiang (Part 4)
In this episode, we bid farewell to the Han Dynasty and hello to a long period of a disunited China. We also take a quick look at a few of the kingdoms of the southern Tarim Basin as well as Turpan.
Ep. 246 | The History of Xinjiang (Part 3)
More Han Dynasty for you in this Part 3 episode with a special focus on Ban Chao et fils. Back in those Han Dynasty days, Xinjiang was still considered very far away and not so easy to hold onto.
Ep. 245 | The History of Xinjiang (Part 2)
In this Part 2 episode, we leave pre-history behind and look at Xinjiang’s importance during the Qin and Han dynasties.
Ep. 244 | The History of Xinjiang (Part 1)
In this CHP episode, we start a new multi-episode series that looks at the history of the land known today as Xinjiang. This series will cover about 4000 years of history starting in this episode with the Tarim Mummies.
Ep. 243 | Kawashima Yoshiko (Part 3)
In this final installment introducing the life and death of Kawashima Yoshiko, we look at the last decade and a half of her strange and tragic life.
Ep. 242 | Kawashima Yoshiko (Part 2)
We continue on with Part 2 of the strange life of the Manchu Princess, Kawashima Yoshiko. The early years of the 1930’s are presenting a few opportunities for Yoshiko after making all kinds of new “friends” in Shanghai.
Ep. 241 | Kawashima Yoshiko (Part 1)
In this first of a three-part series, we examine the strange and tragic life of Kawashima Yoshiko. Born a princess in the Manchu Qing royal family, she went on to have quite an extraordinary life.
Ep. 240 | The Warlord Era (Part 10)
In this concluding episode of our Warlord series, we’ll look at Zhang Zongchang’s Warlord Rebellion in Northeast Shandong and a special focus on Liu Zhennian, the Red Spears, and the Central Plains War.
Ep. 239 | The Warlord Era (Part 9)
In this Part 9 episode we look at the events following the Shanghai Massacre when Chiang and his “ally” Wang Jingwei take the fight to Zhang Zuolin’s alliance.
Ep. 238 | The Warlord Era (Part 8)
Part 8 in this series presents a brief overview of “The Model Governor” Yan Xishan and his home province of Shanxi. After some daring moves on Chiang Kai-shek’s part, he bests his opponents and takes control of the KMT and the National Revolutionary Army.
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. 236 | The Warlord Era (Part 6)
In this episode, we look at the years 1922-24 and the Second Zhili-Fengtian War. And you can’t talk about the Second Zhiuli-Fengtian War without also mentioning the Jiangsu-Zhejiang War.
Ep. 235 | The Warlord Era (Part 5)
In Part 5 Laszlo gives the backstory to the Anhui-Zhili War and introduces another warlord, the famous Zhang Zuolin, a.k.a. The Manchurian Warlord. We’ll also look at the very brief war between the forces of Duan Qirui and their Zhili opponents led by Wu Peifu as well as the aftermath up to and including the First Zhili-Fengtian War.
Ep. 234 | The Warlord Era (Part 4)
Part 4 of our series continues with the splintering of the Beiyang Army and government into the factions of cliques who will battle each other for supremacy.