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NewsChina explores the perspectives driving today’s China and its people with a deep dive into the histories that shaped them.

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Episodis

357 episodis

  1. Zhang Jiuling: A Poet, Prime Minister and Voice of the High Tang 13:44
  2. Cangyuan Rock Paintings: Ancient Stories Etched in Red 15:41
  3. A City on a Scroll: Discovering 18th-Century Suzhou 14:20
  4. A Jade Seal, a Lost Emperor and a 2,000-Year-Old Silk Road 15:09
  5. Yuelu Academy: A Thousand Years of Learning 16:50
  6. Yunnan-Xizang Highway: Highway to Prosperity 12:29
  7. The Collector Who Gave Away Half the Forbidden City 15:01
  8. Bronze Witness: How the Taibao Ding Tells the Story of Yan and Early Beijing 17:59
  9. Jade Turtle: When Astronomy Met Astrology 15:24
  10. The Sacred Ladder: How China’s World Tree Fell from Within 15:14
  11. Buried for 3,000 Years: The Story of China’s Golden Sunbird 16:19
  12. The Little Brick That Tells a Big Story About Chinese Math 14:59
  13. Yellow Crane Tower: A Landmark Rebuilt by Memory 15:19
  14. Shenyang Imperial Palace: Where a Dynasty Began 17:47
  15. A 2,000-Year-Old Joke, Frozen in Clay 15:52
  16. Jingdezhen: Glaze of Glory 16:45
  17. The Little Pot That Changed the Story of Rice and Civilization 17:30
  18. Mawangdui: A World Preserved for 2,000 Years 17:44
  19. Bao Zheng: China’s Symbol of Justice 17:17
  20. The Blood, the Tears, and the Fortune: China’s Southern Exodus 15:57
  21. Luoyang Bridge: The Ancient Stone Giant That Defied the Tides 15:15
  22. A Temple Built on a Miracle: The Living History of Kaiyuan Temple 17:39
  23. Institution Behind Letters: Rise and Fall of Tianyi Post Office 18:56
  24. Yongle Encyclopedia: Six Centuries of Mystery and Survival 16:26
  25. Pearl S. Buck: A Bridge Between East and West 16:33
  26. Li Jingxun: The Most Spoiled Child in Chinese History 16:58
  27. She Wrote of Love, Then Watched a Dynasty Fall 18:42
  28. Anne Swann Goodrich: The American Who Saved Beijing’s Paper Gods 16:52
  29. The Dutch Diplomat Who Made a Chinese Detective Famous 15:01
  30. Manila Galleon: From Silk to Silver 18:02
  31. Zhang Boling and the Dream of a Chinese University 17:39
  32. Sanniangzi: The Mongolian Lady of Peace 18:50
  33. A Shang Dynasty Zoo: What Animal Bones at Yinxu Reveal About Ancient China 17:58
  34. Beyond the Legend: The Untold Story of the Epang Palace Ruins 13:06
  35. Early US-China Relations: Monumental Gesture 15:06
  36. Mulan: The Invented Hero Who Has Endured for 1,500 Years 14:10
  37. When Tigers Ruled the Wild: The Story Behind the Tiger-Devouring-Man Bronze 16:34
  38. One Hundred Horses: An Italian Master in Imperial China 15:16
  39. A Grain in the Sea: Liu Haisu and the Birth of Modern Art in China 14:10
  40. A Bronze Beast’s Journey: The Dowry That Traveled a Thousand Miles 16:51
  41. Hall of Mental Cultivation: The Restored Heart of China’s Last Empire 17:40
  42. Luoyang Museum: Amplifying An Empire’s Eternal Echo 12:32
  43. Niuheliang: The Ancient Discovery That Pushed China’s Civilization Back 1,000 Years 15:28
  44. Climate Pressure, Bronze Innovation: The Story of the Lotus and Crane Vessel 14:57
  45. Crossing the Impossible River: Mao Yisheng and China’s First Modern Bridge 14:22
  46. Wuwangdun: Rising from Ruin 15:51
  47. Painted on Stone, Scattered Abroad: The Fate of China’s Ancient Cave Murals 17:04
  48. Sacred Walls, Common Hands: The Art of Pilu Temple 15:24
  49. Painted for Eternity: The Murals That Survived Six Centuries 13:21
  50. A Hydraulic Engineer’s Warning: Power and Accountability in Two Horses 16:46