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Episode 76 – Tibet – The Struggle For Heaven

In this episode, we explore the complex and fascinating history of Tibet in the early Cold War. We explore China’s history with Tibet and its desire to incorporate Tibet into China. We also examine India’s complex relationship with China over Tibet and the CIA’s attempt to build an insurgency in the region.

Pachen Lama
Zhang Guohua
Ngabo
Dalai Lama

 

 

 

 

 

Episode 53 – Mao 1893 – 1949

In this episode we review the life of Mao Zedong one of the most controversial leaders of the twentieth century. Examining his life from his childhood and youth to his rise to power in the Chinese Communist Party.

Chinese Pigtail
Jiang Qing
Mao’s Father
Yang Chang Ji
He Ziz-hen
Yang Kaihui
Li Dazhao

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Episode 52 – Chinese Civil War

In this episode we will examine the Communist victory over the Nationalists explaining how and why the Communists won. We will also examine the critical role that the United States and Soviet Union played in the closing stages of the war and how the Chinese Communist victory effected the wider Cold War and the shape of our world today.

 

Civil War Map
KMT M4 Sherman
CCP 97 Shinhoto

 

 

 

 

 

Episode 51 – The War of Resistance – China in World War 2

In this episode we review the importance and impact of the Second Sino Japanese war and the larger impact of World War II on the Chinese Civil War. We examine how the Communists used the war to their advantage and how the war crippled the Nationalists and laid the foundation for the Chinese Communist victory in 1949. 

Burma Road
Wang Jingwei
Betty Bomber
Eleanor and Madam Chiang
Madame Chiang Kai-shek
General Wedemeyer

Episode 50 – China – Chinese Civil War 1923-1937

In this episode we examine the start of the Chinese Civil War between the Nationalists and The Chinese Communist Party. We also examine the rise of the two faction leaders Mao Zedong and Chiang Kai-shek. We review the exile of the Chinese Communists to the wilderness of Yan’an and the Nanjing Decade of Nationalist control of China.

Mao and Peasants
Wang Jingwei
Sun Yatsen Mausoleum
Northern Expedition
The Long March
Chiang Kai-Shek

 

 

 

 

Episode 49 – China – Prelude to the Chinese Civil War

In this episode we will be examining the events leading up to the Chinese Civil War. The decline of the Qing Empire and China’s century of Humiliation. We explore the reasons why China declined as the leading power in the world and the political instability to led to the creation of both the Nationalist Party and the Chinese Communist Party.

Sun-Yat-Sen
Yuan Shikai
Opium Wars
Opium Addict