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.

For more information, sources and content see: https://chineserevolution.substack.com

Or enjoy The Chinese Revolution YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCOjBYMNC_3xjQXKv6ab9YA?sub_confirmation=1

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)

Kang Youwei's utopian The Book of Great Unity

A short look at Kang Youwei's utopian The Book of Great Unity. What do you think of this utopia? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

20 Mai 202358s

Episode 25 - Kang Youwei

A discussion of Kang Youwei, the famous Chinese scholar, writer, reformer and speaker. His early years, Buddhist meditations, success passing through the Qing examinations system and activism are cons...

19 Mai 202313min

Episode 24 - Losing the Mandate of Heaven

A discussion with Anthony Vernon about Daoism, Confucianism, Kang Youwei, the Boxer Rebellion and the end of the Qing Dynasty.Image: "Boxer Prisoners Captured By 6th US Cavalry, Tientsin, China [1901]...

12 Mai 202326min

Episode 23 - Kidnapping and Blinding Children

A deep dive into anti-Christian riots in Tianjin in 1870. Stories of kidnapped, blinded and dead children are investigated. What are these new Christians up to? An official from the Forbidden City is ...

7 Mai 20239min

Episode 22- The Empress Dowager Cixi (Part 3)

This is the third part of the discussion with Lauren Schill about Cixi. We discuss her takeover from her adopted son the Emperor Guangxu following the 100 days of Reform and her role arming the Boxer ...

30 Apr 202345min

Episode 21 - Dowager Empress Cixi (Part 2)

This is the second part of the discussion about Cixi and we discuss her son Emperor Tongzhi's marriage, nighttime escapades, death from smallpox and Cixi's adoption of her nephew Emperor Guangxu and r...

23 Apr 202356min

Episode 20 - Empress Dowager Cixi

A discussion with Lauren Schill, Host of the Well Behaved Women podcast, about Empress Dowager Cixi. This is the first part of the discussion about Cixi and discuss her childhood, family background, a...

16 Apr 202345min

Episode 19 - Japan Rising in the East

Meiji Japan learns from the West and builds its economy, its army and the Japanese Imperial Navy. Japan begins its own gunboat diplomacy and takes control of the Ryukyu Islands. It defeats China in th...

10 Apr 202329min