S8E09 | Why Can't We Live Together

S8E09 | Why Can't We Live Together

So much rancor in this world these days. Here's one that describes the feeling of mutual enmity that existed between two giants of their day, Cao Cao and Sun Quan. During the waning years of the Eastern Han Dynasty, three powerful forces jockeyed for position to see who might push the Liu's off the throne and take over to found a new dynasty. There was no reconciliation in the tea leaves. As far as Cao Cao of Wei and Sun Quan of Wu were concerned, that throne was only big enough for one of them. Here's a story from 208 AD that features a useful Chinese Saying born on the eve of the epic Battle of Red Cliffs.

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Ep. 256 | Vincent Chin

Ep. 256 | Vincent Chin

With the Xinjiang series behind us, we look at a tragic event from modern Chinese-American history that happened almost four decades ago. The person we will focus on today, Vincent Chin, was living in...

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Ep. 255 | The History of Xinjiang (Part 12)

Ep. 255 | The History of Xinjiang (Part 12)

In this final 12th episode we'll look at Xinjiang from 1885 to 1949. More unrest, well intentions gone wrong, Soviet subterfuge and two East Turkestan Republics. And after all the events that happened...

24 Aug 202045min

Ep. 254 | The History of Xinjiang (Part 11)

Ep. 254 | The History of Xinjiang (Part 11)

In this penultimate episode of the series Laszlo introduces some of the major happenings in Xinjiang during the waning decades of the Qing Dynasty. After a brief glance at Yaqub Beg and his time in th...

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Ep. 253 | The History of Xinjiang (Part 10)

Ep. 253 | The History of Xinjiang (Part 10)

Laszlo is back with more History of Xinjiang. The focus this time in Part 10 will be on the Qing Dynasty during the emperors Kangxi, Yongzheng, and Qianlong. The rise and fall of the Zunghar Khanate w...

27 Jul 202034min

Ep. 252 | The History of Xinjiang (Part 9)

Ep. 252 | The History of Xinjiang (Part 9)

In this episode, we'll look at the 13th to 17th centuries, Yuan to Qing. After the final end of the Chagatai Khanate, it's going to be non-stop wars, alliances, and betrayals in this portion of Centra...

13 Jul 202034min

Ep. 251 | The History of Xinjiang (Part 8)

Ep. 251 | The History of Xinjiang (Part 8)

Lots of action happening during the 9th to 13th centuries. We start off with the great Uyghur diaspora that followed after the fall of the Uyghur Khaganate in 840. In this episode, we'll see what happ...

2 Jul 202035min

US-China Relations 1969-1972 (Part 7)

US-China Relations 1969-1972 (Part 7)

In this episode, we finish off the 1972 visit of Richard Nixon to the PRC. The series finale looks at the exciting meeting between the two leaders, Nixon and Mao, and relives "the week that changed th...

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US-China Relations 1969-1972 (Part 6)

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