China: As History Is My Witness Podcast
Carrie Gracie presents a series exploring what ten great lives from Chinese history reveal about China today
Episodes to download
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Old Hundred Names - China's Citizens
Fri 19 Oct 2012
10/10 People power has long been promised. With the internet, is it finally here?
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Hong Xiuquan - The Rebel
Thu 18 Oct 2012
9/10 The empire builder who thought he was the younger brother of Jesus Christ.
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Wang Anshi - The Mandarin
Wed 17 Oct 2012
8/10 Class war in 11th century China: the rise and fall of a brilliant bureaucrat.
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Liu Bei - The Warlord
Tue 16 Oct 2012
7/10 Liu Bei, the swashbuckling adventurer from ancient China.
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Qin Shi Huangdi: The Emperor
Mon 15 Oct 2012
6/10 History's verdict on the man who left the terracotta warriors and a mighty empire.
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The Soong Sisters - The Consorts
Fri 12 Oct 2012
5/10 It is said that one sister loved money, one loved power and one loved her country.
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Du Fu and Li Bai - The Poets
Thu 11 Oct 2012
4/10 Carrie Gracie explores why China's children still quote two drunkards from the 8th century
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The Duke of Zhou: The Ancestor
Wed 10 Oct 2012
3/10 In a society built around ancestor worship, Carrie Gracie meets the ultimate ancestor.
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Kublai Khan: The Barbarian
Tue 9 Oct 2012
2/10 How Kublai Khan, the man from Mongolia, beat the odds and conquered the south.
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Sima Qian: China's Great Historian
Mon 8 Oct 2012
1/10 Death or castration: China's greatest historian Sima Qian faces a tough choice.
