Chinese Revolutions is a podcast showing how China came to be the way it is today. We are looking at modern Chinese history through the lens of revolutionary movements from the Opium Wars to the present.
The Communist Party of China inherits quite a lot from previous revolutionary movements, and the Chinese nationalism it brings forward all come from somewhere. Here, we’re going to find out.
Your host, Nathan Bennett, lived in China for seven years. This podcast is a love letter and a farewell letter to that country.
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Chinese Revolutions is a podcast showing how China came to be the way it is today. We are looking at modern Chinese history through the lens of revolutionary movements from the Opium Wars to the present.
The Communist Party of China inherits quite a lot from previous revolutionary movements, and the Chinese nationalism it brings forward all come from somewhere. Here, we’re going to find out.
Your host, Nathan Bennett, lived in China for seven years. This podcast is a love letter and a farewell letter to that country.
S01E35 Taiping Rebellion: Issachar Roberts
In the present look at Hong Rengan in the Taiping hierarchy, we are looking at some of the foreigners who drifted over to the Taiping side. This episode focuses on eccentric loose cannon missionary Issachar Roberts.
In this episode, we see an example of how the Taiping were a little "too Chinese" to make a successful revolution: they focused too much on maintaining the appearance of being a traditional Chinese dynasty to fully digest useful foreign ideas, science, and technology.
Issachar Roberts went in thinking he was going to be a mentor to the leader of the Taiping, but he pretty much ended up doing foreign relations and PR chores.
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Chinese Revolutions: A History Podcast
Chinese Revolutions is a podcast showing how China came to be the way it is today. We are looking at modern Chinese history through the lens of revolutionary movements from the Opium Wars to the present.
The Communist Party of China inherits quite a lot from previous revolutionary movements, and the Chinese nationalism it brings forward all come from somewhere. Here, we’re going to find out.
Your host, Nathan Bennett, lived in China for seven years. This podcast is a love letter and a farewell letter to that country.
