7. China 101 (The Last 100 Years in China) - Part 1

A brief, concise history of China from the 1850s to 1949. Covers: 

• Qing Dynasty 
• Opium Wars / Relationships with Western nations in late 1800s-early 1900s
• Sino-Japanese Wars 
• Establishment of ROC (Republic of China), Sun Yat-sen, Nationalist Party, Chiang Kai-shek 
• WWI, Warlord Era, WWII 
• Rise of CCP (Chinese Communist Party) Mao Zedong, Long March 
• Civil War between Nationalist & Communists 
• Nationalists leave for Taiwan 
• PRC (People’s Republic of China) born, 1949

A Transcript of this episode is found here.

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