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The History of China
Dorm Room History's Eric Andresen brings a new look to the history of China. A weekly show that traces China from the beginning to modern times.
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"O King of Wherever, New Throne Who Dis?"
0:00:00 - Edict of Emperor Qianlong to King George III, 1793
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Special 1: To Qianlong, From George...
"Dear Emperor of China, will you be my friend? Check Yes or No..."
0:00:00 - Letter of Credence from King George III to Emp...
#301 - Qing 36: And I Think It's Gonna Be a Qianlong Time
In the wake of military victory, Qianlong turns inward—launching literary purges, rewriting history, and curating an image of himself as the enlighten...
#300 - Qing 35: Empire of Images
What does it take to hold an empire together when conquest alone isn’t enough?
In this sweeping episode, we explore how the Qianlong Empe...
#299 - Qing 34: Remember to Remember to Forget You Forgot Me
This was no peace borne of reconciliation; this was silence, enforced by amnesia.
Time Period Covered:
~ 1739-...
#298 - Qing 33: Echoes of the Erased
The story of the last great nomadic empire’s fall - and the Qing’s ruthless imperial vision for a New Frontier.
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Supplemental: Qianlong's 1758 Dzungar Victory Stele
The "Old Man of 10 Victories" crows to the Heavens in words of stone of his crushing of the once-mighty Khanate.
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#297 - Qing 32: Tea, Trade, & Thunder
The Qing conquest of Dzungaria did not begin with any kind of
cannon-fire or musketry. Instead, it began like many wars end: with a
funera...
#296 - Qing 31: The Architect of Capacity
As his era of rule over Great Qing drows to a close, the Yongzheng Emperor spares neither expense nor detail to reform the empire he inherited and mod...
#295 - Qing 30: Building Better Worlds
The Yongzheng Emperor seeks to capitalize on his father's greatness abroad - but cautiously. He wants to exterminate the barbarians... but delicately....
Rebroadcast 2025: Special - Tiananmen Square: The Declassified History - 06/01/1999 w/ postscript 2024
Doc 1: Cable, From: U.S. Embassy Beijing, To: Department of State, Wash DC, A Student Demonstration of Sorts in Tiananmen Square (11/21/85)
#294 - Qing 29: The Conquest of Qinghai
While the Yongzheng Emperor attempts to get his domestic policy ducks in a row from the Forbidden City, out on the Western Frontiers, change is the on...
#293 - Qing 28: Three Treks Across Eurasia
Leaving behind the imperial court of Beijing, we return to the far frontiers of the northwest, where China, Tibet, Mongolia, and Russia all converge a...
#292 - Qing 27: The Wonder Years
The Yongzheng Emperor brings Peace, Justice, & Security to his new Empire.
Time Period Covered:
1723-1728 CE
#291 - Qing 26: The Cosplayer of Heaven
The Yongzheng Emperor's stylings:
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The History Of China Podcast/POA Crossover!| Puttin on Airs w/ Trae Crowder & Corey Ryan Forrester
I'm on with Trae Crowder & Cory Ryan Forrester to talk wild & crazy stories about China.Please forgive the tech difficulties!https://www.youtube.com/w...
#290 - Qing 25: The End of a (Kangxi) Era
Beginning in Beijing, and then expanding out all the way to the "New Frontier" of Dzungaria, we take a survey-altitude view of the final decade-ish of...
Special: Barbarians At the Gates - A Conversation with Jeremiah Jenne
Original publication: 03/21/2025
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#289 - Qing 24: Kangxi's Five Stelae of Victory
In the wake of the Kangxi Emperor's flawless victory + fatality of Galdan Khan, he erects his own definitive version of "The Way Things Happened" - fi...
HANZ X-Over: The Sino-Burmese War (1755-1759)
The History of Aotearoa/New Zealand asked for a little boost in the "what going on elsewhere in the world?" category ca. 1759. Well, we were inclined...
#288 - Special: Hail The The King, Baby
We end our trio of insider views into the Forbidden City by looking at the life - and strictures - of the Big Man himself: the emperor.
Turn out...
#287 - Special: Caged Birds Sing
A look into the inner heart of the mysterious Forbidden City of Beijing, and at its most protected - and confined - denizens: the women of the Imperia...
#286 - Special: Everything Eunuchs All At Once
Everything you ever wanted to know (and probably some you didn't) about Court Eunuchs in Imperial China
(warning: contains description of castra...
#285 - Mongol 11: The Khan Is Dead; Long Live The Khan! (Ögedei Full)
Genghis Khan is dead, and his 3rd son Ögedei has ben selected to lead the Mongol Empire into an uncertain future. Once he is confirmed on the throne,...
#284 - Qing 23: Frozen Ashes
Galdan is dead. Kangxi's victory is total. It's all over but the crying.
... and the executions via slow-slicing... and the crushing of his bone...
#283 - Qing 22: Crimson Snow
The Kangxi Emperor ruthlessly tracks down Galdan Khan, leaving him and his followers with nowhere to turn and nowhere to hide. The end draws close...<...
#282 - Mongol 10: The Succession & The Last Battle
Even the invincible Genghis Khan must face the inevitability of death. It holds no fear for him personally, but before he surrenders at last to oblivi...
#281 - Qing 21: Kangxi & Galdan At Jao Modo, Their Eyes Red
The jaws of the Kangxi Emperor close in around Galdan Khan, as his own dream of "The Great Mongol Enterprise" crash down around him at a fateful stand...
#280 Qing 20: Kangxi & Galdan At Jao Modo, Their Faces Black
Galdan Khan has slipped The Kangxi Emperor’s trap, but only by the skin of his teeth. Now having retreated deep into the heart of Central Asia, he’ll...
#279 - Qing 19: The Treaty of Nerchinsk
In an epic handshake of history, the Qing and Russian Empires hammer out the first major treaty between East and West. It's good for Great Qing, it's...
Extra: Interview with Vince & Cassie of the Autocrat Podcast
A chat with Vince and Cassie of the Autocrat Podcast comparing and contrasting the Roman and Chinese origins and genesis legends, folktales, & mythos....
#278 - Strange Tales IX.2: To Mortal Strife
A hefty second helping of weird, whimsical, wondrous, and wicked tales of the supernatural from the Zhou, Han, Liu Song, Yuan, and Qing Dynasties, for...
Special: The Raven
By Edgar Allen Poe [1809-1849]
Published: 1845
Happy Halloween 2024!
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#277 - Strange Tales IX: Fox Tails
A trio of seasonal tales about the Korean version of the classic fox spirit, the kumiho (huli jing [CN]/kitsune [JP]) as well as their implications bo...
#276 - Qing 18: Kangxi Gets Personal
The Kangxi Emperor of Great Qing squares off again Galdan Khan of the Dzungar Khanate in the sociopolitical-religio-military showdown of the late 17th...
Special - Mid-Autumn: Fly Me to the Moon
A brief history of Mid-Autumn Festival, and the tale of Hou Yi the Archer & the Ten Suns, and Chang'e & the Moon
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#275 - Qing 17: Office of Barbarian Control
With its southern border finally pacified, the Qing Dynasty under its Kangxi Emperor must now contend with a rising challenge to the northeast: the as...
#274 - Qing 16: A Whole New Frontier
Across the trackless expanses of the northwestern frontier zones, far beyond the final vestiges of Great Qing sovereignty or protection, independent,...
#273 - Qing 15: Something Rotten In the Heir
With border disputes and foreign affair emergencies levelling off, the Kangxi Emperor is able to turn his attentions inward toward the domestic, the h...
#272 - Special: A Midsummer Night's Dreams
A set of short fever dreams from Chinese folklore to beat the summer heat...
1:25 - A Pipa Competition, by: Li Zhi
4:45 - Th...