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Tuesday, January 31, 2023 Central Axis: Midtown Makeover

Today, we are going to talk about the efforts to renovate the neighborhoods of Beijing’s Central Axis, which have revitalized their historical atmosph...

Tuesday, January 24, 2023 Central Axis: Core Interest

Today, we are going to talk about the stories behind the process of Beijing’s campaign for a UNESCO listing of its Central Axis which has picked up th...

Tuesday, January 17, 2023 Traditional Painting: Golden Palace amidst Myriad Pines

Among the cultural relics prohibited from going abroad for exhibition, there are three pieces of blue-green landscape painting. One is the Spring Excu...

Tuesday, January 10, 2023 The Story of Zhouqiao Bridge

China has been building bridges throughout its long and storied history, and many of these bridges are vividly depicted in a variety of literary works...

Tuesday, January 3, 2023 Wang Yangming: The Only Perfect Human Being in History

In the 16th century, during the same era that Martin Luther launched the Reformation in Europe, a legendary figure started the Chinese Renaissance on ...

Tuesday, December 27, 2022 Kicking Things off: The Chinese Origins of the Global Game

No sport in the world stirs as much passion as football. With the dramatic conclusion of the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar on December 18, football, th...

Tuesday, December 20, 2022 Traditional Painting: Playing Chess before a Double Screen

Today, we’re going to talk about a traditional Chinese painting from the period of Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms. Superb painting skills aside, what...

Tuesday, December 13, 2022 A Chinese University in War and Revolution

Today we are going to talk about a legendary university in China that existed for less than nine years during China’s War of Resistance Against Japane...

Wednesday, December 7, 2022 Traditional Painting: Five Old Men of Suiyang

Today, we’re going to talk about a traditional Chinese painting of the Northern Song Dynasty from more than 1,000 years ago. Done by an unknown painte...

Monday, November 28, 2022 Joseph Rock: Father of Naxiology

Today, we’re going to talk about a complex individual who came to China in the early 1920s as an agricultural explorer. The success of his early work ...

Tuesday, November 22, 2022 The Great Shipwreck Rescue

Today, we will continue the WWII story about the sinking of the Lisbon Maru and how some courageous Chinese fishermen near the Zhoushan Islands risked...

Friday, November 18, 2022 The Sinking of the Lisbon Maru

This year marks the 50th anniversary of both the establishment of diplomatic relations at the ambassadorial level between China and the UK as well as ...

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on 7/18/2024

Thanks for bringing the ancient story of the famous poet. Love such kinds of lyrical poets' life history and tales. It's Short, sweet, and to the point while being an entertaining and informative less...

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on 6/3/2024

She was an Incredible lady. I’ve learned enough about the China’s first female general. This is the only episode that made my mind to listen to more than three times. Undoubtedly Listen-friendly conte...

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