Yangwen Zheng
Professor of Chinese History at the University of Manchester
2 episodes
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Empress Dowager Cixi
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the woman who arrived at the Chinese court as a concubine only to become its most powerful figure for the final 50 years of Qing imperial rule.
23 May 2024
Also featuring: Rana Mitter, Ronald Po
The Opium Wars
Melvyn Bragg discusses the Opium Wars, a series of conflicts in the 19th Century which had a profound effect on British Chinese relations for generations.
12 April 2007
Also featuring: Lars Laamann, Xun Zhou