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The life and times of Chairman Mao

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Born in 1893, Mao lived through the end of the Qing, the birth of the republic, two World Wars, one Long March, civil war, the Korean War with the US, famine, failure, revolution

Misha Glenny and Miles Warde travel east to tell the story of China - what it is and where it came from.

"Twentieth century China is the most extraordinary place, and Mao is at the heart of nearly all of it."

With the help of Tania Branigan, Red Memory: Living, Remembering and Forgetting China's Cultural Revolution; plus Chris Buckley, Chief China correspondent of the New York Times, Frances Wood, Paul French, Ian Johnson, the author of Sparks, and Jonathan Fenby, former editor of the South China Morning Post.

The producer for Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ studios is Miles Warde.

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Sun 19 May 2024 17:10

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  • Mon 13 May 2024 11:00
  • Sun 19 May 2024 17:10