Podcast Series: Modern China

By Produced by Simon Brown, published 6th March 2015

An HA Podcasted History of Modern China  featuring Dr Yangwen Zeng of the University of Manchester, Professor Rana Mitter and Professor Patricia Thornton of the University of Oxford and Professor Arne Westad of the London School of Economics. 

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China Modern History

  • The Opium Wars
  • The Chinese Revolution of 1911
  • Chiang Kai-shek and The Kuomintang
  • The Communist Revolution of 1949
  • The Communist Government in the 1950s & early 1960s
  • The Cultural Revolution 1966-1976
  • China 1976 to present: change and reform.
  • About the Authors