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Tuesday, August 15, 2023 Poet Li Bai: The Banished Immortal

Today, we’ll tell you about an animated summertime blockbuster that brings to life some of the most iconic figures in Chinese literary history and has...

Tuesday, August 8, 2023 The Night Revels of Han Xizai: A Spy Report-Turned Masterpiece (II)

Today, we’re going to further explore the thousand-year-old painting called Night Revels of Han Xizai. We will also reveal what happened to the disill...

Tuesday, August 1, 2023 The Night Revels of Han Xizai: A Spy Report-Turned Masterpiece (I)

In the first installment of what will be a two-part feature, we’re going to tell the story behind a painting during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdom...

Tuesday, July 25, 2023 Liang Qichao: Between the Old and the New

Today, we’ll tell the life story of an encyclopedic figure at the turn of the 20th century, who was best known for his advocacy for modernization and ...

Tuesday, July 18, 2023 Robert Morrison: Man on a Mission

Today, we’ll talk about Robert Morrison, a 19th-century Protestant missionary who is credited as the initial translator of the Bible into Chinese and ...

Tuesday, July 11, 2023 Li Shizhen: Father of Traditional Chinese Medicine

Today, we’ll talk about a 16th century medical expert who dedicated thirty years of his life to correcting, standardizing, and expanding the practice ...

Tuesday, July 4, 2023 Sanxingdui: The Lost Civilization

Today, we’ll introduce a popular museum in southwest China’s Sichuan Province that is set to open a new exhibition hall in July to display newly excav...

Tuesday, June 27, 2023 China’s Titanic: The Forgotten Wreck

Today, we will continue talking about Chinese shipwrecks but today’s story is a relatively modern one about a steamship packed with refugees fleeing t...

Tuesday, June 20, 2023 A New Chapter in Deep-sea Archaeology

Today, we’ll talk about the discovery and exploration of two 500-year-old shipwrecks in the South China Sea as well as some of the history of China’s ...

Tuesday, June 13, 2023 Zhang Qian: Pioneer of the Silk Road

Today, we’ll introduce a Chinese explorer from more than 2,000 years ago who was the first person to provide the Han empire with a reliable account of...

Tuesday, June 6, 2023 Cao Cao: Warlord of the Three Kingdoms

Today, we’ll introduce a brand new museum that was an instant hit when it opened in central China’s Henan Province that boasts over 400 cultural relic...

Tuesday, May 30, 2023 Chien-Shiung Wu: The First Lady of Physics

Today, we are going to talk about a legendary Chinese-American scientist who devoted her life to the study of nuclear and particle physics and made si...

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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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