Sunday, May 10, 2020

BBC The Story of China With Michael Wood

Very recommendable! Michael Wood is an excellent story teller! Great imagery! However, that Michael Wood was granted this kind of intimate access to China could probably not have been achieved without the consent of the Communist Party of China. 

About Song dynasty and Kaifeng city



About e.g. Taiping Rebellion, Boxer Rebellion, Opium Wars, First Sino-Japanese War of 1895, Qiu Jin, and more ...
The almost glowing description of one of the worst mass murderers of the 20th century (Mao) is disturbing!

About e.g. women mosques with female imams

About among many other things the jesuits and Matteo Ricci

Tang dynasty. E.g. how Buddhism, Islam, and Christianity entered China

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