China: As History Is My WitnessEpisodes Episode guide
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Old Hundred Names - China's Citizens
10/10People power has long been promised. With the internet, is it finally here?
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Hong Xiuquan - The Rebel
9/10The empire builder who thought he was the younger brother of Jesus Christ.
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Wang Anshi - The Mandarin
8/10Class war in 11th century China: the rise and fall of a brilliant bureaucrat.
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Liu Bei - The Warlord
7/10Liu Bei, the swashbuckling adventurer from ancient China.
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Qin Shi Huangdi: The Emperor
6/10History's verdict on the man who left the terracotta warriors and a mighty empire.
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The Soong Sisters - The Consorts
5/10It is said that one sister loved money, one loved power and one loved her country.
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Du Fu and Li Bai - The Poets
4/10Carrie Gracie explores why China's children still quote two drunkards from the 8th century
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The Duke of Zhou: The Ancestor
3/10In a society built around ancestor worship, Carrie Gracie meets the ultimate ancestor.
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Kublai Khan: The Barbarian
2/10How Kublai Khan, the man from Mongolia, beat the odds and conquered the south.
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Sima Qian: China's Great Historian
1/10Death or castration: China's greatest historian Sima Qian faces a tough choice.
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Omnibus Edition: Part 2
Carrie Gracie presents a series exploring ten great lives from Chinese history.
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Omnibus: Part 1
Carrie Gracie presents a series exploring ten great lives from Chinese history.









