The Chinese Revolution

The history of 19th century and 20th century China, leading up to the Chinese Revolutions, the Republic of China and then the People's Republic of China.

This podcast was inspired by Mike Duncan's Revolutions. This podcast follows him by telling the stories leading to the Chinese Revolutions.

The episodes cover the Opium Wars, Taiping Rebellion, foreign treaties and concessions bringing trade and Christianity to China, the Boxer Rebellion, China's 1911 Revolution, the Warlord Period, the KMT and the rise of the Communist Party of China. The Chinese United Fronts are discussed. Personalities like the Empress Dowager Cixi, the Qing emperors, Earl Li Hongzhang, Kang Youwei, Sun Yat-sen, Yuan Shikai, Wu Peifu, Wang Jingwei, Chiang Kai-shek, Zhou Enlai, Zhu De and Mao Zedong are featured. The experiences of Chinese working overseas, including in Australia, Canada, Malaysia, South Africa and the United States of America are also brought to life. We have looked at stories from the late Qing Dynasty. Now we are looking at the stories of the Republic of China, the Communist International (Comintern)'s interest in exporting world revolution to China and the United Fronts, including the Second Sino-Japanese War.

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The Chinese Revolution podcast has charted as a top history podcast in Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Ghana, Great Britain, Hungary, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Norway, Poland, Singapore, Slovenia, South Africa, Sweden, Vietnam and Zimbabwe.

The Chinese Revolution is also listed #15 in a Top 100 Military History all time podcast chart and is also listed in a Top 100 China podcasts, the Top 100 Biography podcasts and the Top 100 Historical podcasts charts.

The Chinese Revolution podcast has been listened to in around125 countries.

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Episoder(67)

Episode 32 - The First Years of the Republic of China

Yuan Shikai promised to respect China's constitutional republic. A mutiny by unpaid members of the Beiyang Army causes riots in Beijing and other cities. Yuan avoids moving to Nanjing. He de-mobilizes...

9 Jul 202315min

Update July 2023

An update on the Chinese Revolution series made in July 2023.Image: "Revolution of 1911" by Gary Lee Todd, Ph.D. is marked with CC0 1.0. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

2 Jul 202358s

Yuan Shikai (Part 3) and the 1911 Chinese Revolution

Yuan Shikai's New Army becomes a national model and military reforms spread throughout China. The death of the Empress Dowager brings Zaifeng in as regent to Pu Yi, the three year old emperor. Yuan is...

2 Jul 202321min

Episode 30 - Yuan Shikai (Part 2)

Part 2 of a look at Yuan Shikai. Yuan resigned as Imperial Commissioner to Korea and served as a logistics officer during the Sino-Japanese war. Following China's defeat to Japan, Yuan wrote a 13,000 ...

25 Jun 202325min

Episode 29 - Yuan Shikai

This episode looks at the early life of Yuan Shikai, future president of the Republic of China.Born to a concubine in a leading gentry family in Henan province, Yuan was adopted by his uncle at age 5....

18 Jun 202325min

Dr. Sun Yat-sen (Part 3)

In this third and final part, Sun Yat-sen's comeback from failed revolutionary is examined. He goes on the offensive against the reformers in Hawaii and in the world's Chinatowns. He builds on contact...

9 Jun 202322min

Dr. Sun Yat-sen (Part 2)

Sun Yat-sen leaves London and lives in Japan for 3 years. He gains Japanese supporters and is considered their Chinese Hero. They fund him, his efforts and newspapers, as well as arming guerillas in t...

2 Jun 202316min

Dr. Sun Yat-sen

Dr. Sun Yat sen is a legend in mainland China, on Taiwan and in the Chinatowns of the world. This revolutionary's picture can be found at Tiananmen Square in Beijing and in the Legislative Chamber in ...

26 Mai 202323min