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.
S01E41: Taiping Rebellion: The Siege of Nanjing
In this episode, we deal with the Siege of Nanjing. As the extremely brutal culmination of years of already brutal fighting, the Qing loyalist forces of Zeng Guofan finally storm the Taiping capital and put a permanent end to the top leadership of the rebellion.
Again, drawing on Autumn in the Heavenly Kingdom by Stephen R. Platt.
The central questions pivotal to future revolutions we'll deal with:
What is the Chinese nation, who are the Chinese people?
What does a modern Chinese state, competitive in the modern world, look like?
Next episode we'll deal with the epilogue from Autumn in the Heavenly Kingdom.
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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.
