China: As History is My Witness
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28-Oct-2012
China: As History is My Witness - china: Old Hundred Names: China's Citizens 19 OCT 2012
At best they have been taken for granted and sometimes they have endured far worse at the hands of China's governments and invaders alike. What voice for the Chinese public now?
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28-Oct-2012
China: As History is My Witness - china: Hong Xiuquan: The Rebel 18 OCT 2012
A 19th-century Christian king on the Yangtze. The Europeans joined forces against him, and nearly a 100 years later, it was another rebel who claimed to put China's people in power.
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28-Oct-2012
China: As History is My Witness - china: Wang Anshi: The Mandarin 17 OCT 2012
Running China has always required a civil service machine. One man's tale of triumph and disaster among the yes men and flatterers of the 11th century.
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28-Oct-2012
China: As History is My Witness - china: Liu Bei: The Warlord 16 OCT 2012
The swashbuckling adventurer from ancient China, when cunning and courage ruled, whose exploits still grip China today.
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28-Oct-2012
China: As History is My Witness - china: Qin Shi Huangdi: The Emperor 15 OCT 2012
The swashbuckling adventurer from ancient China, when cunning and courage ruled, whose exploits still grip China today.
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28-Oct-2012
China: As History is My Witness - china: The Soong Sisters: The Consorts 12 OCT 2012
Three sisters end up on different sides of China's bloody political divide after marrying some of the most important men of the 20th Century.
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28-Oct-2012
China: As History is My Witness - china: Du Fu & Li Bai: The Poets 11 OCT 2012
The two men whose poetry remains as vivid in the Chinese imagination as that of William Shakespeare in the West.
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28-Oct-2012
China: As History is My Witness - china: The Duke of Zhou: The Ancestor 10 OCT 2012
Many Chinese look to Confucius for guidance. But Confucius looked to the Duke of Zhou. He handed over power to his nephew 3,000 years ago - but his ideas still motivate leaders today.
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28-Oct-2012
China: As History is My Witness - china: Kublai Khan: The Barbarian 09 OCT 2012
The Chinese emperor who inspired Coleridge and Columbus was not Chinese. Carrie Gracie finds a pattern in the way China digests foreigners and their ideas.
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28-Oct-2012
China: As History is My Witness - china: Sima Qian: China's Great Historian 08 OCT 2012
Free speech has long had a high price in China. Here Sima Qian ponders his privates - and posterity - in a tale that still resonates after more than 2000 years.
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28-Oct-2012
China: As History is My Witness - china: Welcome
Welcome to China: As History is my Witness. From emperors to poets to generals, the BBCâs former Beijing correspondent Carrie Gracie explores the lives of key figures from Chinaâs rich past to examine how Chinese society has evolved over the past 3,000 years. The first episode will be available to download on Monday, 8 October 2012.
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