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NewsChina

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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356 episodes

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