China Great History

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    • The History of China's Most Devastating Catastrophe, 1958-62
    • Written by: Frank Dikötter
    • Narrated by: Daniel York Loh
    • Length: 15 hrs and 43 mins
    • Release date: 2024-05-23
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 1 rating
    • Between 1958 and 1962, 45 million Chinese people were worked, starved or beaten to death. Mao Zedong threw his country into a frenzy with the Great Leap Forward, an attempt to catch up with and overtake the West in less than fifteen years. It led to one of the world's greatest catastrophes.

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    • How England Stole the World's Favorite Drink and Changed History
    • Written by: Sarah Rose
    • Narrated by: Sarah Rose
    • Length: 7 hrs and 42 mins
    • Release date: 2010-03-18
    • Language: English
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    • Here is the remarkable account of Robert Fortune's journeys into China - a thrilling narrative that combines history, geography, botany, natural science, and old-fashioned adventure....

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    • China’s Road from Revolution to Reform
    • Written by: Chen Jian, Odd Arne Westad
    • Narrated by: Feodor Chin
    • Length: 14 hrs
    • Release date: 2024-10-29
    • Language: English
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    • Odd Arne Westad and Chen Jian chronicle how an impoverished and terrorized China experienced radical political changes in the long 1970s and how ordinary people broke free from the beliefs that had shaped their lives during Mao’s Cultural Revolution.

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    • Russia, China, and the Next World War
    • Written by: Jim Sciutto
    • Narrated by: Jim Sciutto
    • Length: 10 hrs and 57 mins
    • Release date: 2024-03-12
    • Language: English
    • 3.5 out of 5 stars 6 ratings
    • The essential new book by CNN Chief National Security Correspondent Jim Sciutto, reporting from the front lines of political hotspots and warzones across the globe....

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    • China and the World
    • Written by: Timothy Brook
    • Narrated by: Timothy Brook
    • Length: 18 hrs and 16 mins
    • Release date: 2020-03-17
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 3 ratings
    • Timothy Brook analyzes the last eight centuries of China’s relationship with the world in this magnificent history that brings together accounts from civil servants, horse traders, spiritual leaders, explorers, pirates, emperors, migrant workers, invaders, visionaries, and traitors....

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    • A Concise Introduction to Chinese History, Culture, Dynasties, Mythology, Great Achievements & More of the Oldest Living Civilization
    • Written by: History Brought Alive
    • Narrated by: R. E. Harter
    • Length: 3 hrs and 7 mins
    • Release date: 2022-05-26
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 1 rating
    • While there are many books that explore China’s history, public knowledge is still lacking....

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    • The History of China's Most Famous Landmark
    • Written by: Charles River Editors
    • Narrated by: Violet Meadow
    • Length: 1 hr and 16 mins
    • Release date: 2015-05-07
    • Language: English
    • 1 out of 5 stars 1 rating
    • The Great Wall of China is perhaps the wonder of the world that has most captured the human imagination....

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    • Big City Dreams Along a Shanghai Road
    • Written by: Rob Schmitz
    • Narrated by: Paul Boehmer
    • Length: 12 hrs and 17 mins
    • Release date: 2015-12-27
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 5 ratings
    • Modern Shanghai: a global city in the midst of a renaissance, where dreamers arrive each day to partake in a mad torrent of capital, ideas, and opportunity....

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    • A History of the Chinese Cultural Revolution
    • Written by: Yang Jisheng, Stacy Mosher - translator, Guo Jian - translator
    • Narrated by: Nancy Wu
    • Length: 26 hrs and 19 mins
    • Release date: 2021-03-30
    • Language: English
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    • Following his groundbreaking and award-winning history of the Great Famine, Yang Jisheng presents the only history of the Cultural Revolution by an independent scholar based in mainland China, and makes a crucial contribution to understanding those years' lasting influence today....

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    • Britain, China and the 400-Year Contest for Power
    • Written by: Kerry Brown
    • Narrated by: Michael Page
    • Length: 12 hrs and 31 mins
    • Release date: 2024-09-03
    • Language: English
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    • A vivid history of the relationship between Britain and China, from 1600 to the present.

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    • The Making of Hong Kong
    • Written by: Vaudine England
    • Narrated by: Vaudine England
    • Length: 10 hrs and 3 mins
    • Release date: 2023-05-16
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 1 rating
    • This timely, well-researched, and “illuminating” (The New York Times Book Review) new history of Hong Kong reveals the untold stories of the diverse peoples who have made it a multicultural world metropolis—and whose freedoms are endangered today....

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    • A Captivating Guide to the First and Second Opium War and Their Impact on the History of the United Kingdom and China
    • Written by: Captivating History
    • Narrated by: Jason Zenobia
    • Length: 3 hrs and 27 mins
    • Release date: 2020-10-26
    • Language: English
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    • When diplomatic efforts to introduce opium to the Chinese market failed, the British Parliament approved an alternative: war. There were two wars: one from 1839 to 1842, and another from 1856 to 1860. They are collectively known as the Opium Wars....

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    • Great World History, Book 1
    • Written by: The History Hour
    • Narrated by: Jason Zenobia
    • Length: 1 hr and 32 mins
    • Release date: 2021-02-26
    • Language: English
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    • Much of the material in this book comes from The Bamboo Annals, The Records of the Grand Historian, and later historians who studied those sacred texts. The bamboo annals were discovered in AD 281, inside the tomb of King Xian....

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    • Democracy Versus Autocracy from the Ancient World to the U.S. and China
    • Written by: Matthew Kroenig
    • Narrated by: Joel Richards
    • Length: 10 hrs and 10 mins
    • Release date: 2020-11-24
    • Language: English
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    • Matthew Kroenig advances the riveting argument that democracies tend to excel in great power rivalries. He contends that democracies actually have unique economic, diplomatic, and military advantages in long-run geopolitical competitions....

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    • Along the Borders of History from China to Mexico
    • Written by: Ian Volner
    • Narrated by: Ian Volner, Pete Cross
    • Length: 8 hrs and 42 mins
    • Release date: 2019-06-11
    • Language: English
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    • In The Great Great Wall, architectural historian and critic Ian Volner takes a deep dive into the story of Donald Trump’s wall. Volner follows the conception, selling, design, and construction (or lack thereof) of this expensive and consequential barrier....

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    • Written by: Hourly History
    • Narrated by: Stephen Paul Aulridge Jr
    • Length: 1 hr and 5 mins
    • Release date: 2019-04-25
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 1 rating
    • Violent confrontation between armed groups over the supply of illegal narcotics is something we commonly associate with criminal gangs in modern cities, but in the mid-nineteenth century Great Britain went to war with Imperial China....

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    • China's Geopolitical Journey in the Modern World
    • Written by: David Ewen
    • Narrated by: James Edwards
    • Length: 50 mins
    • Release date: 2023-09-22
    • Language: English
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    • This book delves into the geopolitical influence of China, providing a comprehensive analysis of its rise as a global power. The author explores various dimensions that contribute to China's growing influence....

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