S8E01 | Wouldn't Change a Thing
Welcome back to another season of Chinese Sayings. For the Season 8 opener, we open with a well-known and useful chengyu: Yī Zì Qiān Jīn 一字千金. The story behind this classic from The Record of the Gran...
16 Jul 202311min
Ep. 330 | The History of Yunnan Province (Part 3)
In this latest installment of the Yunnan History series, we take the narrative up to the Qing Dynasty in the 1800s. The province had been relatively peaceful since the late 13th-century Mongol conques...
9 Jul 202343min
Ep. 329 | The History of Yunnan Province (Part 2)
We pick up after the fall of the Tang Dynasty and Nanzhao Kingdom. The main focus in this Part 2 episode will be the rise and fall of the Dali Kingdom and the Mongol Conquest of Dali in 1253. We'll al...
25 Jun 202342min
The History of Beijing with Jeremiah Jenne
The response was so positive last time longtime Beijing ex-pat Dr. Jeremiah Jenne appeared on the CHP, we decided to invite him on the program again. Seeing how JJ has called this magnificent city hom...
23 Jun 202332min
The Ming Dynasty, Europa Universalis IV, and Grand Strategy Gaming with Álvaro Sanz of Paradox Interactive
Over the past year, I've had the great pleasure of working with a talented group of game developers at Paradox Tinto, one of the studios where they design and develop history-based grand strategy game...
20 Jun 202343min
Ep. 328 | The History of Yunnan Province (Part 1)
In this first episode of a multi-part series, we'll look at Yunnan's ancient beginnings during the Zhou Dynasty and take things up to the end of the Nanzhao Kingdom in the 10th century. The Dian Kingd...
11 Jun 202342min
Ep. 327 | The History of China-Cambodia Relations (Part 2)
In this episode, we'll focus on modern China-Cambodia Relations. The rise of the Cambodian communists (Khmer Rouge) will be highlighted, along with how China helped to facilitate their rise and keep t...
28 Mai 202351min
Bonus Episode: Emma debuts on the Chinese Sayings Podcast
Emma's been integral to the CSP for a few seasons now. Here's one more nice chengyu that has loads of utility value. This time Emma herself, introduces the story behind the saying 世外桃源 Shì Wài Táo Yuá...
21 Mai 202310min
