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The Gate to China
- A New History of the People’s Republic & Hong Kong
- By: Michael Sheridan
- Narrated by: Daniel York
- Length: 20 hrs and 20 mins
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The rise of China and the fall of Hong Kong to authoritarian rule are told with unique insight in this new history by Michael Sheridan, drawing on eyewitness reporting over three decades, interviews with key figures and documents from archives in China and the West. The story sweeps the listener from the earliest days of trade through the Opium Wars of the 19th century to the age of globalisation, the handover of Hong Kong from Britain to China, the battle for democracy on the city’s streets and the ultimate victory of the Chinese Communist Party.
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Great Chinese pronunciation, shame about English
- By Glenn Phillips on 01-12-2022
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The Gate to China
- A New History of the People’s Republic & Hong Kong
- Narrated by: Daniel York
- Length: 20 hrs and 20 mins
- Release date: 16-09-2021
- Language: English
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The Cultural Revolution
- A Captivating Guide to a Decade-Long Upheaval in China Unleashed by Mao Zedong to Preserve Chinese Communism
- By: Captivating History
- Narrated by: Jason Zenobia
- Length: 3 hrs and 7 mins
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The Cultural Revolution, known in full as the “Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution”, was launched by Mao Zedong, the chairman of the Communist Party of China, as a means of quashing capitalism in China. Over the course of a decade, from the summer of 1966 to 1976, Mao Zedong implemented a number of changes that have led him to be known as one of the most brutal tyrants of the modern age. If you want to discover the captivating history of the Cultural Revolution, purchase this book today.
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Very interesting
- By Anonymous User on 07-09-2021
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The Cultural Revolution
- A Captivating Guide to a Decade-Long Upheaval in China Unleashed by Mao Zedong to Preserve Chinese Communism
- Narrated by: Jason Zenobia
- Length: 3 hrs and 7 mins
- Release date: 15-04-2020
- Language: English
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Portuguese Macau
- The History and Legacy of the Autonomous Chinese Territory That Became the Last European Colony in Asia
- By: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Colin Fluxman
- Length: 1 hr and 32 mins
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Portuguese Macau examines how this tiny foothold managed to last as a European possession for so long, and the dynamics that led to China establishing sovereignty over it at the end of the 20th century.
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Portuguese Macau
- The History and Legacy of the Autonomous Chinese Territory That Became the Last European Colony in Asia
- Narrated by: Colin Fluxman
- Length: 1 hr and 32 mins
- Release date: 17-07-2018
- Language: English
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Bold Venture
- The American Bombing of Japanese-Occupied Hong Kong, 1942-1945
- By: Steven K. Bailey
- Narrated by: Christopher Grove
- Length: 11 hrs and 6 mins
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Bold Venture tells the nearly forgotten story of the American airmen who flew perilous combat missions over Hong Kong during the Second World War.
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Bold Venture
- The American Bombing of Japanese-Occupied Hong Kong, 1942-1945
- Narrated by: Christopher Grove
- Length: 11 hrs and 6 mins
- Release date: 01-03-2019
- Language: English
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The Han Dynasty
- The History and Legacy of Ancient China’s Most Influential Empire
- By: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Jim D Johnston
- Length: 1 hr and 12 mins
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The Han Dynasty: The History and Legacy of Ancient China’s Most Influential Empire examines how the Han dynasty took control of China and the impact of their reign over several centuries.
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The Han Dynasty
- The History and Legacy of Ancient China’s Most Influential Empire
- Narrated by: Jim D Johnston
- Length: 1 hr and 12 mins
- Release date: 23-05-2018
- Language: English
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Chinese Mythology
- A Captivating Guide to Chinese Folklore Including Fairy Tales, Myths, and Legends from Ancient China
- By: Matt Clayton
- Narrated by: Randy Whitlow
- Length: 2 hrs and 2 mins
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This amazing collection of Chinese myths will allow you to enter the Chinese mind, so you can gather secrets and wisdom from a proud and respected country.
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Chinese Mythology
- A Captivating Guide to Chinese Folklore Including Fairy Tales, Myths, and Legends from Ancient China
- Narrated by: Randy Whitlow
- Length: 2 hrs and 2 mins
- Release date: 16-07-2018
- Language: English
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Everything Under the Heavens
- How the Past Helps Shape China's Push for Global Power
- By: Howard W. French
- Narrated by: Nicholas Hormann
- Length: 11 hrs and 56 mins
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For many years after its reform and opening in 1978, China maintained an attitude of false modesty about its ambitions. That role, reports Howard French, has been set aside. China has asserted its place among the global heavyweights, revealing its plans for pan-Asian dominance by building its navy, increasing territorial claims to areas like the South China Sea, and diplomatically bullying smaller players.
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Everything Under the Heavens
- How the Past Helps Shape China's Push for Global Power
- Narrated by: Nicholas Hormann
- Length: 11 hrs and 56 mins
- Release date: 14-03-2017
- Language: English
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China to Me
- A Partial Autobiography
- By: Emily Hahn
- Narrated by: Nancy Wu
- Length: 22 hrs and 1 min
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Deemed scandalous at the time of its publication in 1944, Emily Hahn's now classic memoir of her years in China remains remarkable for her insights into a tumultuous period and her frankness about her personal exploits. A proud feminist and fearless traveler, she set out for China in 1935 and stayed through the early years of the Second Sino-Japanese War, wandering, carousing, living, loving - and writing. Many of the pieces in China to Me were first published as the work of a roving reporter in the New Yorker. All are shot through with riveting and humanizing detail.
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China to Me
- A Partial Autobiography
- Narrated by: Nancy Wu
- Length: 22 hrs and 1 min
- Release date: 13-11-2018
- Language: English
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Bruce Lee: A Life from Beginning to End
- By: Hourly History
- Narrated by: Matthew J. Chandler-Smith
- Length: 1 hr and 6 mins
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The name Bruce Lee is synonymous with martial arts superstar. Lee’s movie career was cut tragically short by his death at just 32 years old. Starring in six big-release feature movies, Lee revolutionized martial arts movie-making and challenged Western prejudices against the East. Challenging the status quo of martial arts practice, Lee created his own unique system, Jeet Kune Do. More than a martial art, Jeet Kune Do is a philosophy for life that is founded on the art of fighting without fighting.
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Bruce Lee: A Life from Beginning to End
- Narrated by: Matthew J. Chandler-Smith
- Series: Biographies of Actors, Book 7
- Length: 1 hr and 6 mins
- Release date: 28-11-2018
- Language: English
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Chinese Characters
- A BBC History of China in 20 Lives
- By: Rana Mitter
- Narrated by: Rana Mitter
- Length: 5 hrs and 14 mins
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Award-winning author and historian Professor Rana Mitter introduces us to some of the remarkable individuals who have shaped the arc of Chinese history. Selecting men and women from ancient times to the modern era - some rich and powerful, others poor and unknown - he explores their sensational life stories, from Mongol emperors to 19th-century factory girls.
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Chinese Characters
- A BBC History of China in 20 Lives
- Narrated by: Rana Mitter
- Length: 5 hrs and 14 mins
- Release date: 24-02-2022
- Language: English
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Defying the Dragon
- Hong Kong and the World's Largest Dictatorship
- By: Stephen Vines
- Narrated by: Kathleen Li
- Length: 12 hrs and 34 mins
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Defying the Dragon tells a remarkable story of audacity—of how the people of Hong Kong challenged the PRC's authority, just as its president reached the height of his powers. Is China as unshakeable as it seems? What are its real interests in Hong Kong? Why are Beijing's means of control no longer working? Where does this leave Hongkongers themselves? Stephen Vines has lived in Hong Kong for over three decades. His book unpacks the Hong Kong-China relationship and its wider significance—right up to the astonishing convergence of political turmoil and international crisis.
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A detailed account on Hong King’s recent struggle for democracy
- By Winnie on 09-05-2023
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Defying the Dragon
- Hong Kong and the World's Largest Dictatorship
- Narrated by: Kathleen Li
- Length: 12 hrs and 34 mins
- Release date: 17-05-2022
- Language: English
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The Tormented Alliance
- American Servicemen and the Occupation of China, 1941-1949
- By: Zach Fredman
- Narrated by: P.J. Ochlan
- Length: 10 hrs and 29 mins
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After Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor, leaders in China and the United States had high hopes of a lasting partnership between the two countries. More than 120,000 U.S. servicemen deployed to China, where Chiang Kai-shek's government carried out massive programs to provide them with housing, food, and interpreters. But, as Zach Fredman uncovers in The Tormented Alliance, a military alliance with the United States means a military occupation by the United States.
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The Tormented Alliance
- American Servicemen and the Occupation of China, 1941-1949
- Narrated by: P.J. Ochlan
- Length: 10 hrs and 29 mins
- Release date: 21-03-2023
- Language: English
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Chairman Mao: The Life and Legacy of Mao Zedong
- By: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Cliff Truesdell
- Length: 1 hr and 29 mins
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It's a sure sign of fame when a man is known simply by his first name, and Mao Zedong, often referred to simply as Mao or Chairman Mao, was one of the most influential men of the 20th century. He was also arguably the most controversial; as the founder of the People's Republic of China, Mao rose from being a communist revolutionary to successfully overthrowing a regime and transforming China into a communist powerhouse in Asia.
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- By Kieran E. on 18-06-2024
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Chairman Mao: The Life and Legacy of Mao Zedong
- Narrated by: Cliff Truesdell
- Length: 1 hr and 29 mins
- Release date: 15-05-2015
- Language: English
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The Banished Immortal
- A Life of Li Bai (Li Po)
- By: Ha Jin
- Narrated by: David Shih
- Length: 10 hrs and 12 mins
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In his own time (701-762), Li Bai's poems - shaped by Daoist thought and characterized by their passion, romance, and lust for life - were never given their proper due by the official literary gatekeepers. Nonetheless, his lines rang out on the lips of court entertainers, tavern singers, soldiers, and writers throughout the Tang dynasty. The Banished Immortal is an extraordinary portrait of a poet who both transcended his time and was shaped by it and whose ability to live, love, and mourn without reservation produced some of the most enduring verses.
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Entrancing
- By Joe Blow on 23-01-2023
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The Banished Immortal
- A Life of Li Bai (Li Po)
- Narrated by: David Shih
- Length: 10 hrs and 12 mins
- Release date: 15-01-2019
- Language: English
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The Terracotta Army
- The History of Ancient China's Famous Terracotta Warriors and Horses
- By: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Curt Simmons
- Length: 1 hr and 23 mins
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China has always fascinated outsiders, much in the same way that distant light fascinates someone looking down a dark road. It is both familiar and mysterious, ancient and new, and fully understanding it seems to always remain just out of reach.
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The Terracotta Army
- The History of Ancient China's Famous Terracotta Warriors and Horses
- Narrated by: Curt Simmons
- Length: 1 hr and 23 mins
- Release date: 31-03-2015
- Language: English
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Why China Leads the World
- Talent at the Top, Data in the Middle, Democracy at the Bottom
- By: Godfree Roberts
- Narrated by: Charles Stilwell
- Length: 7 hrs and 13 mins
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How did China transform itself from basket case to world leadership in two generations? The short answer: They hired geniuses to run their government (talent at the top); they used data to create policies (data in the middle); and they gave the last word on all appointments and legislation to 3,000 representatives (democracy at the bottom).
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Why China Leads the World
- Talent at the Top, Data in the Middle, Democracy at the Bottom
- Narrated by: Charles Stilwell
- Length: 7 hrs and 13 mins
- Release date: 21-06-2023
- Language: English
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Let Only Red Flowers Bloom
- Identity and Belonging in Xi Jinping's China
- By: Emily Feng
- Length: 10 hrs
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No one can understand modern China—including its response to the pandemic—without understanding who actually lives there, and the ways that the Chinese State tries to control its people. Let Only Red Flowers Bloom collects the stories of more than two dozen people who together represent a more holistic picture of Chinese identity.
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Let Only Red Flowers Bloom
- Identity and Belonging in Xi Jinping's China
- Length: 10 hrs
- Release date: 18-03-2025
- Language: English
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The First Sino-Japanese War
- The History and Legacy of the Conflict That Doomed the Chinese Empire and Led to the Rise of Imperial Japan
- By: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Colin Fluxman
- Length: 1 hr and 15 mins
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Completing the Meiji Restoration that heralded the dawn of a new era for both Japan and Asia, the island nation found itself thrust into the modern world, a world of industry and conquest. Flexing its new muscles, the burgeoning power soon came to blows with the regional power that for centuries dominated the area politically and culturally: China. Also seeking to modernize in the wake of Western exploitation, China struggled to adapt to the changing times, doing everything it could to maintain a balance between modernity and tradition. Japan found that balance.
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The First Sino-Japanese War
- The History and Legacy of the Conflict That Doomed the Chinese Empire and Led to the Rise of Imperial Japan
- Narrated by: Colin Fluxman
- Length: 1 hr and 15 mins
- Release date: 25-05-2018
- Language: English
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The Great Wall of China
- The History of China's Most Famous Landmark
- By: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Violet Meadow
- Length: 1 hr and 16 mins
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The Great Wall of China is perhaps the wonder of the world that has most captured the human imagination, and as the quotes about it indicate, the wall has acquired special significance even outside of China. The places and ways in which it has taken hold vary greatly, but one thing is certain: The Great Wall of China is as amazing as it is mysterious, and it's as mundane as it is magical.
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The Great Wall of China
- The History of China's Most Famous Landmark
- Narrated by: Violet Meadow
- Length: 1 hr and 16 mins
- Release date: 07-05-2015
- Language: English
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Unit 731
- The Forgotten Asian Auschwitz
- By: Derek Pua
- Narrated by: Nicole Dahlstrom
- Length: 53 mins
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Unit 731: The Forgotten Asian Auschwitz by Derek Pua, is not for the faint of heart. It is, however, for anyone wanting to more clearly understand the extent of Imperial Japanese war crimes. This brief, dispassionate, and factual book outlines the creation and development of Unit 731, an organization that employed thousands of Japanese scientists who conducted nightmarish experiments on an untold number of human guinea pigs, all in the name of medical research.
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Unit 731
- The Forgotten Asian Auschwitz
- Narrated by: Nicole Dahlstrom
- Length: 53 mins
- Release date: 04-10-2016
- Language: English
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