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New China, New Ideas
Early dissent in Deng's China: The 1978 to 1979 democracy movement
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The Covid Flip
After three years of Zero-Covid, China has made a very risky and deadly U-turn
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Taming the Ink Kingdom
How the impenetrable ancient language of China was opened up and understood.
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Taming the Ink Kingdom
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The Day The Empire Went Home
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The Greek Connection
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The Rise of Xi Jinping - Part 1: The Red Princeling
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In China Skies Pt.1
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The Rise of Xi Jinping - Part 2: Man of Destiny
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The Rise of Xi Jinping - Part 2: Man of Destiny
After a brutal youth under the Cultural Revolution, in a New China, Xi would begin his journey to power and his destiny.
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The Rise of Xi Jinping - Part 1: The Red Princeling
In this first part we look at his early years growing up in Mao's China and how it made him who he is.
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The Greek Connection
Did the Greeks make the first connection between East and West?
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In China Skies Pt. 2
A Brief History of Chinese Commercial Aviation continued: 1949 - Today
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In China Skies Pt.1
A Brief History of Chinese Commercial Aviation: 1900 - 1949
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The Day The Empire Went Home
On the 1st of July 1997, the British flag was lowered for the last time and the sun set on 156 years of British rule in Hong Kong. This year marks the…
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Exit Denied
During Covid, China slammed shut it's entry gates. Now though, suspicion is mounting that the gates are closing on the ways out too.
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