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Tuesday, March 2, 2021 Early China-West Exchanges: A Short Honeymoon

Louis XIV sent a six-member delegation to visit China. All were fellows of the French Academy of Sciences. Two of them, Joachim Bouvet and Gerbillon J...

Sunday, February 14, 2021 Early China-West Exchanges: Spring Festival

Ever since 1912 after the end of China’s last imperial dynasty in 1911, Chinese people have been celebrating the turn of two calendars: One is the Gre...

Friday, February 5, 2021 Chivalry (II): Dreams of Martial Arts Magic

The xia that possess martial arts skills are called wuxia, “wu” meaning “martial arts”. These fictional figures first appeared in a unique genre of li...

Sunday, January 31, 2021 Chivalry (I): A Humble Beginning in Ancient China

On November 14, 2020, Stephen Ellison, the newly appointed British consul-general in Chongqing, was visiting a nearby tourist attraction when he saw a...

Thursday, January 21, 2021 Open Doors to Isolation: A Merchant’s Tale

For most of its history, China was not isolationist. For nearly 1,500 years up to the 14th century, China was a major trading nation. Maritime trade b...

Tuesday, January 12, 2021 China’s Ancient Maritime Trade: Small Dynasty, Big Business

For most of time since the establishment of the Ming Dynasty in the second half of the 14th century till the early 1980s, trading with the rest of the...

Tuesday, January 5, 2021 Baby Booms in Ancient China: Families and Beyond

China’s total fertility rate has been below 2.1 for nearly three decades, the necessary number of children born to every woman to maintain current pop...

Tuesday, December 29, 2020 Elderly Care in Ancient China: the Honor of Being Old

Anything in today’s toolbox for care for the elderly can be found in ancient China. The question is how old was regarded as old enough to be entitled...

Sunday, December 20, 2020 Mr Dongpo: Of Poems and Pork

No other scholar in China’s history has had such a deep influence on popular culture as Su Dongpo, one of the brightest stars in the vast galaxy of C...

Monday, December 7, 2020 Money and Lending in Ancient China: Copper Talks

The anticipated listing and the unexpected suspension put the microloan business of Alibaba's fintech arm Ant Group in the media spotlight. Chinese pe...

Monday, November 30, 2020 A Venture with Reasons: Or Without?

Do people travel just because they got rich enough to afford a trip? “The world is so big, and I want to look at it,” says a middle school teacher fr...

Monday, November 23, 2020 To Be Rich is Glorious: A Short History of Showing off Wealth in China

A group of young women in Shanghai group-bought luxury bags and booking rooms at five-star hotels just to take photos and pass them off as their own ...

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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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