Chinese Characters
A podcast by BBC Radio 4
20 Episodes
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Deng Xiaoping: Black Cat, Yellow Cat
Published: 5/4/2018 -
Bruce Lee: Screen Warrior
Published: 5/3/2018 -
Mao Zedong: The Man Who Made Modern China
Published: 5/2/2018 -
Factory Girls: Modern Girls, Modern Dreams
Published: 5/1/2018 -
Cixi: Ambivalent Empress
Published: 4/30/2018 -
Hong Xiuquan v Zeng Guofan: The Duellists
Published: 4/27/2018 -
Wang Jingwei: Revolutionary Renegade
Published: 4/26/2018 -
Lu Xun: Compassionate Cynic
Published: 4/25/2018 -
Robert Hart: Chinese Customs
Published: 4/24/2018 -
Zheng He: The Admiral Goes to Africa
Published: 4/23/2018 -
River Elegy: River and Ocean
Published: 4/20/2018 -
Li Qingzhao: Patriotic Poet
Published: 4/19/2018 -
Confucius: Becoming the Sage
Published: 4/18/2018 -
Kublai Khan: Cosmopolitan Conqueror
Published: 4/17/2018 -
Sima Qian: Grand Historian
Published: 4/16/2018 -
Ding Ling: Sophie, Sensation and Sex
Published: 4/13/2018 -
Matteo Ricci: Jesuit and Geometrist
Published: 4/12/2018 -
Kumarajiva: Translator Monk
Published: 4/11/2018 -
Chiang Kai-Shek and Soong Meiling: Asian Power Couple
Published: 4/10/2018 -
Wu Zetian: The Female Emperor
Published: 4/9/2018
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Series of essays exploring Chinese history through the life stories of key personalities.