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China: As History Is My Witness

Carrie Gracie presents a series exploring what ten great lives from Chinese history reveal about China today

Radio 4,12 episodes

Episodes

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Sima Qian: China's Great Historian
Death or castration: China's greatest historian Sima Qian faces a tough choice.
08 Oct 2012,15 mins
Kublai Khan: The Barbarian
How Kublai Khan, the man from Mongolia, beat the odds and conquered the south.
09 Oct 2012,15 mins
The Duke of Zhou: The Ancestor
In a society built around ancestor worship, Carrie Gracie meets the ultimate ancestor.
10 Oct 2012,15 mins
Du Fu and Li Bai - The Poets
Carrie Gracie explores why China's children still quote two drunkards from the 8th century
11 Oct 2012,15 mins
The Soong Sisters - The Consorts
It is said that one sister loved money, one loved power and one loved her country.
12 Oct 2012,15 mins
Omnibus: Part 1
Carrie Gracie presents a series exploring ten great lives from Chinese history.
12 Oct 2012,58 mins
Qin Shi Huangdi: The Emperor
History's verdict on the man who left the terracotta warriors and a mighty empire.
15 Oct 2012,15 mins
Liu Bei - The Warlord
Liu Bei, the swashbuckling adventurer from ancient China.
16 Oct 2012,15 mins
Wang Anshi - The Mandarin
Class war in 11th century China: the rise and fall of a brilliant bureaucrat.
17 Oct 2012,15 mins
Hong Xiuquan - The Rebel
The empire builder who thought he was the younger brother of Jesus Christ.
18 Oct 2012,15 mins
Old Hundred Names - China's Citizens
People power has long been promised. With the internet, is it finally here?
19 Oct 2012,15 mins
Omnibus Edition: Part 2
Carrie Gracie presents a series exploring ten great lives from Chinese history.
19 Oct 2012,58 mins