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#324 - Taiping 1: The Second Son of God
Even in the fallout of the Opium War, dreams endure—but what happens to a dream deferred? In Canton, one young man’s starry-eyed visions of success run headlong into the brutal wall of the Imperial Examination system. And when that dream fi
Intelligent Speech 2026 - Nemesis, Mine
The Kangxi Emperor’s Obsessive Pursuit of Galdan Khan to the Ends of the Earth Presented: 02/28/2026 audio-only cut (this is from my mic pick-up, so the host's audio is low... apologies... I'll replace it with a better final version once it
#323 - Opium War 8: Perfect Equality
The war is over. The treaty is signed, sealed, & delivered. Yet though the smoke has cleared, the haze of uncertainty over what - exactly - just happened... lingers on. And that misunderstanding will echo for the next century. While Qiying
#322 - Opium War 7: The Throat of the Empire
The new envoy from London arrives at Qing's doorstep in August 1842 with a simple mandate: stop allowing Britain to be "humbugged" & finish the war Elliot started. What follows is the British Empire at its most efficient & brutal... and a t
#321 - Opium War 6: Imperial Ouroboros
The Ransom of Canton. The lame-duck Superintendent watches helplessly as a triumvirate of Qing officials arrives to reverse every compromise his predecessor had wrought... & promptly launches the most ambitious Chinese military operation of
#320 - Opium War 5: Bayonets In the Dragon's Teeth
Britain carries the Opium War to Beijing's unready doorstep with steam and iron, moving the crisis from the border frontiers to the heart of the imperial court itself. As imperial defenses strain and diplomacy replaces defiance, the two emp
Re'cast: #11 - Special: Gong Xi Fa Cai! (OG: 2014)
It's been 12 years since this initially was 'casted out - which means that the Year of the Horse is back, baby! Now it's the Fire Horse, but Happy Happy to Everyone! 马年快乐! 🔥🐎🧧 This Episode, we take a time-out from the historical flow to
#319 - Opium War 4: Peddling the Drug Peddlers' War
Britain and China both saw the opium crisis clearly enough to know it would end in disaster. Each believed it understood the situation, and the other, well enough to keep events from spinning out of control. And yet... it happened anyway. T
#318 - Opium War 3: Up In Smoke
Lin Zexu believed moral clarity and the largest drug bust in history could end the opium crisis and avert war. Yet, as his solution drained into Humen Bay, so too did the last hope of peace between China and Britain. Time Period Covered: 18
To: Queen Victoria, From: Lin Zexu (1839)
Letter to the queen of England, from the high Imperial Commissioner Lin, and his colleagues. From the Canton press. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://megaphone.fm/adchoices
#317 - Opium War 2: Laboriously Vile Barbarian Eye
In 1834, Britain sent a man to China almost perfectly unsuited to the job... only to forbid him from actually doing it. William John Napier, naval officer, socialite, & dilettante with no experience in diplomacy, trade, or China, arrived at
#316 - Opium War 1: Chasing the Dragon
In this empire business, you gotta make the opium first. Then when you get the opium, you get the silver. Then when you get the silver, then you get the tea. Time Period Covered: ca. 1760-1839 CE Major Historical Figures: Qing Empire: The D
#315 - Qing 46: Tripping Toward Taiping - Tribes, Triads, & Theology
Great Qing begins to buckle under early 19th c. internal pressures. Unrest first erupts not at the imperial core but along its social and geographic margins. This time, we look at three of the early warning shocks: the Miao frontier rebelli
#314 - Qing 45: The Big Squeeze
The Qing Empire did not collapse because it stopped working. It collapsed because it kept working — just barely — under pressures that compounded faster than reform could relieve them... Time Period Covered: ~1790s-1840s CE Major Works Cite
#313 - Qing 44: Frontiers, Pt. 2: The Vastness Devours Us - Mountain Monasteries & Money Pits
From the koan chants of monasteries tucked between Himalayan peaks, to wending caravan paths stretching endlessly across the arid expanses of the Taklamakan & trackless steppes of Dzungaria, we finish out our look at the four primary fronti
#312 - Qing 42: Frontiers, Pt. 1: The Vastness Devours Us - Of Willow Palisades & Reincarnation Permits
The world is coming to Qing's doorstep, but it has a whole other set of problems along its own frontiers... Less chronologically tied-down than most of our episodes, today we look at two of the Qing Empire's four major "inner frontier zones
#311 - Qing 42: Charting the Collision Course
The 19th Century is going to be exceedingly rough on Qing China. So, before we venture down into the chasm that is the "Chinese Century of Humuliation's" opening salvos, let's assess where we - and the Empire - sit as of 1810... Learn more
#310 - Strange Tales X.2: An Unseen Balance
Back with pt. 2 of autumnal fictions of the spine-tingling variety. This time largely from (where else) Pu Songling, as well as several shorter entries from the Zibuyu. 00:01:15 - Friendship Beyond the Grave 00:10:25 - Karmic Debts 00:12:30
309 - Strange Tales X.1: Fateful Encounters
00:02:09 - "The Scholar & the Headless Ghost" True music fans come in all types. 00:05:37 - "Magical Arts" Let the buyer beware... but sometimes the non-buyer, too! 00:12:37 - "Ruby Jade" Nobody knows you when you're down & out... 00:27:00
#308 - Zheng Yi Sao, Pt. 2: The Shadow State
At its height, the Red Flag Confederation taxed, policed, and protected the coast of Guangdong rather better than the Qing Empire managed to – 20,000 men , 1,800 hulls, and a woman from a Canton floating brothel who ran the whole enterprise
Special - Mid-Autumn: Fly Me to the Moon
A brief history of Mid-Autumn Festival, and the tale of Hou Yi the Archer & the Ten Suns, and Chang’e & the Moon In other words, please be true In other words, I love you. Sources: Barlett, Scarlett. The Mythology Bible: The Definitive Guid
Bonus: R. Glasspoole & the Pirates
Richard Glasspoole thought he was going to have enough of an adventure sailing to the South Pacific. He didn't expect quite so much excitement as spending 3 months of 1809 as the compulsory "guest" of the Red Flag Fleet until the Company co
#307 - Zheng Yi Sao, Pt. 1: Murders & Acquisitions, Mostly
天高皇帝远 "Heaven Is High & the Emperor Is Far Away" On the far side of the realm from the celestial halls of shining Beijing, an outcast girl born on the fringes of society will scrabble to survive amid the coastal chaos of the closing years o
#306 - Qing 41: Dead Men Tell No Tales
The Qing has just finished burying one crisis (Heshen), only to start realizing that the true threat was never in the palace. It was out on the water. For two centuries the state's own hand had built this monster of the depths: sea bans, fo
#305- Qing 40: Heshen Must Die!
Old man Qianlong is dead at last, leaving the Jiaqing Emperor finally free to... rule his own empire. His first order of business: destroy the man who's been pilfering it all for years. There's just one catch – once the second most powerful
#304 - Qing 39: Twilight of the Dragon
"I mean it's three eggs, Qianlong! What could it cost? Ten taels?" The Qianlong Emperor has grown so remote from his own policies that he no longer even realizes he's being lied to about the price of eggs. But behind that small deception lu
#303 - Qing 38: The Macartney Expedition (or, We Possess All Things)
A British lord sails halfway around the world with warships, telescopes, and a hot-air balloon, convinced that dazzling gadgetry will win his country a permanent embassy and a seat at the table as an equal. Lord Macartney gets his audience
#302 - Qing 37: The Library and the Bonfire
The Qianlong Emperor, at the height of his power and glory, decides to build the greatest library that the world has ever known. A total collection of every book and writing worth remembering in the Empire. There’s only one catch – in order
Special 2: To George, From Qianlong...
"O King of Wherever, New Throne Who Dis?" 0:00:00 - Edict of Emperor Qianlong to King George III, 1793 0:06:34 - The Second Edict to George III (in reply to Macartney's note) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://megaphone.fm/adch
Special 1: To Qianlong, From George...
"Dear Emperor of China, will you be my friend? Check Yes or No..." 0:00:00 - Letter of Credence from King George III to Emperor Qianlong, 1793 CE 0:10:20 - Author's note 0:11:44 - Lord Macartney's Sixfold Proposals for the Improvement of Tr
