The History of Hainan (Part 1)
Laszlo welcomes California State University professor Dr. Jeremy Murray onto the CHP to help introduce the history of Hainan. In this Part 1 episode, they discuss the Hainan history timeline up to the...
27 Des 202138min
KMT Spy Chief, Dai Li
This episode will show the early years of Dai Li and how he rose up. We see how he ties his skiff to Chiang Kai-shek. He demonstrates his undying loyalty to the Generalissimo during the Xian Incident ...
29 Nov 20211h 41min
Tang Empress Zhangsun
Though the villainous empresses always seem to generate the most popular interest, this time we'll look at the life of one of the many good ones, an outstanding one if I may add. Empress Zhangsun was ...
1 Nov 202122min
Reading of an 1894 Article on the L.A. Chinatown Massacre
In addition to the latest CHP episode on the L.A. Chinatown Massacre, I also wanted to offer you a reading of an article that appeared in an 1894 edition of The Historical Society of Southern Californ...
14 Okt 202115min
The L.A. Chinatown Massacre
On October 24th, 1871 the Los Angeles Chinatown Massacre took place near the present-day location of Union Station, just north of the core downtown L.A. area. Though mostly unknown rather than forgott...
14 Okt 202125min
The Taiping Rebellion (Part 5)
We're going to wind things down with this episode. 1863-1864, the bitter and bloody end of the Taiping Rebellion. Charles George Gordon has his walk-on but Zeng Guofan and brother Zeng Guoquan take th...
4 Okt 202136min
The Taiping Rebellion (Part 4)
After the Convention of Beijing was signed in 1860, the foreign pers weren't so sure about the Taiping's anymore. For the sake of preserving their hard-won gains in the Second Opium War, they hopped d...
20 Sep 202131min
The Taiping Rebellion (Part 3)
After seizing the all-important city of Nanjing in March 1853 and basking in the afterglow of this victory, the Taiping leadership launches two military expeditions, one to the north to capture the ca...
6 Sep 202128min
