China: As History Is My Witness

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China: As History Is My Witness

Old Hundred Names - China's Citizens

At best they have been taken for granted and sometimes they have endured far worse at the hands...

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Hong Xiuquan - The Rebel

Chinese history can be read as a series of peasant rebellions. One in the 19th Century, led by a...

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Wang Anshi - The Mandarin

The behaviour and competence of China's bureaucrats have defined the state for 2,000 years. But...

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Liu Bei - The Warlord

Early in the 3rd Century, China's mighty Han empire collapsed. From the wreckage emerged three...

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Qin Shi Huangdi: The Emperor

There are two Chinese leaders whose final resting place is thronged by tourists - Mao Zedong and...

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The Soong Sisters - The Consorts

On one bank of the Huangpu river in Shanghai stands a forest of steel and glass skyscrapers, but...

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Du Fu and Li Bai - The Poets

China's two favourite poets were born 1,300 years ago, at the beginning of the 8th Century. The...

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The Duke of Zhou: The Ancestor

Many Chinese look to Confucius for guidance. But Confucius looked to the Duke of Zhou. He handed...

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Kublai Khan: The Barbarian

China has a love-hate relationship with what is foreign. Traditionally all people beyond the...

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Sima Qian: China's Great Historian

Free speech has long had a high price in China. Here Sima Qian ponders his privates - and...

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