# The History of China

A podcast by Chris Stewart. A journey through the 5000 years of history documented by one of the world's oldest continuous civilizations. For all the episodes for free, as well as additional content, please subscribe and/or visit http://thehistoryofchina.wordpress.com.

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## Latest episodes

- [#351.2 – Strange Tales XI.2: The Body Won’t Behave](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/741606139/9c183a4a1004) (2026-10-23, 35 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/tracking.swap.fm/track/YfZO4tERxneauNcW9Fgn/mgln.ai/e/211/traffic.megaphone.fm/ARML1223949546.mp3
- [#351 - Strange Tales XI.1: Don't Wake the Grave](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/741606139/64e0238b5f92) (2026-10-17, 41 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/tracking.swap.fm/track/YfZO4tERxneauNcW9Fgn/mgln.ai/e/211/traffic.megaphone.fm/ARML9275602860.mp3
- [#350 - Taiping 25: Rings Within Rings](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/741606139/1a3095bf6d90) (2026-10-09, 48 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/tracking.swap.fm/track/YfZO4tERxneauNcW9Fgn/mgln.ai/e/211/traffic.megaphone.fm/ARML1443138637.mp3
- [#349 - Taiping 24: The Bouncer](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/741606139/7641b2c61936) (2026-10-03, 40 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/tracking.swap.fm/track/YfZO4tERxneauNcW9Fgn/mgln.ai/e/211/traffic.megaphone.fm/ARML2740569794.mp3
- [#348 - Arrow War 2: Ashes of Perfect Brightness](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/741606139/e5fb491e8725) (2026-09-25, 44 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/tracking.swap.fm/track/YfZO4tERxneauNcW9Fgn/mgln.ai/e/211/traffic.megaphone.fm/ARML3822312319.mp3
- [#347 - Arrow War 1: The Servants' Entrance](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/741606139/81d5318242d7) (2026-09-18, 41 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/tracking.swap.fm/track/YfZO4tERxneauNcW9Fgn/mgln.ai/e/211/traffic.megaphone.fm/ARML4726185914.mp3
- [#346 - Taiping 23: Friends From Afar](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/741606139/c34e2c056f7f) (2026-09-11, 42 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/tracking.swap.fm/track/YfZO4tERxneauNcW9Fgn/mgln.ai/e/211/traffic.megaphone.fm/ARML6699490764.mp3
- [#345 - Taiping 22: Heaven Below](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/741606139/734f74d3a03f) (2026-09-04, 44 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/tracking.swap.fm/track/YfZO4tERxneauNcW9Fgn/mgln.ai/e/211/traffic.megaphone.fm/ARML1985464211.mp3
- [#344 - Taiping 21: Borrowed Things](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/741606139/79684075b927) (2026-08-29, 39 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/tracking.swap.fm/track/YfZO4tERxneauNcW9Fgn/mgln.ai/e/211/traffic.megaphone.fm/ARML4120247717.mp3
- [#308.5 - Zheng Yi Sao, Pt. 3: The Tiger's Mouth](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/741606139/180149ec7481) (2026-08-23, 36 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/tracking.swap.fm/track/YfZO4tERxneauNcW9Fgn/mgln.ai/e/211/traffic.megaphone.fm/ARML7960944429.mp3
- [#343 - Taiping 20: The Guest & the Host](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/741606139/b94976e727f1) (2026-08-21, 36 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/tracking.swap.fm/track/YfZO4tERxneauNcW9Fgn/mgln.ai/e/211/traffic.megaphone.fm/ARML9262768104.mp3
- [#342 - Taiping 19: Approved In the Margins](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/741606139/ca1cdcc7141c) (2026-08-15, 53 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/tracking.swap.fm/track/YfZO4tERxneauNcW9Fgn/mgln.ai/e/211/traffic.megaphone.fm/ARML7922526600.mp3
- [#341 - Taiping 18: Titles of the Dead](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/741606139/6e47d279218c) (2026-08-08, 43 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/tracking.swap.fm/track/YfZO4tERxneauNcW9Fgn/mgln.ai/e/211/traffic.megaphone.fm/ARML2879246399.mp3
- [#340 - Taiping 17: Out of Kings](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/741606139/a8a9991c839a) (2026-08-02, 50 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/tracking.swap.fm/track/YfZO4tERxneauNcW9Fgn/mgln.ai/e/211/traffic.megaphone.fm/ARML2203200623.mp3
- [#339 - Taiping 16: At Sixes & Sevens](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/741606139/c36113f7ab71) (2026-07-27, 48 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/tracking.swap.fm/track/YfZO4tERxneauNcW9Fgn/mgln.ai/e/211/traffic.megaphone.fm/ARML6686779360.mp3
- [#338 - Taiping 15: The Summer of 10,000 Years](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/741606139/300ff37e7280) (2026-07-19, 41 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/tracking.swap.fm/track/YfZO4tERxneauNcW9Fgn/mgln.ai/e/211/traffic.megaphone.fm/ARML3679622784.mp3
- [#337 - Taiping 14: Tears Enough to Swell the River](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/741606139/4f9d082162b4) (2026-07-13, 43 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/tracking.swap.fm/track/YfZO4tERxneauNcW9Fgn/mgln.ai/e/211/traffic.megaphone.fm/ARML7897024153.mp3
- [#336 - Taiping 13: The Order of Caps and Shoes](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/741606139/a1d2219fbdee) (2026-07-07, 43 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/tracking.swap.fm/track/YfZO4tERxneauNcW9Fgn/mgln.ai/e/211/traffic.megaphone.fm/ARML3727582170.mp3
- [#335 - Taiping 12: The Man In Hunan](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/741606139/b510bee1df0c) (2026-06-30, 38 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/tracking.swap.fm/track/YfZO4tERxneauNcW9Fgn/mgln.ai/e/211/traffic.megaphone.fm/ARML2648338428.mp3
- [#334 - Taiping 11: The Spear of Heaven and the Winter Wolf](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/741606139/139b4d881f99) (2026-06-23, 32 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/tracking.swap.fm/track/YfZO4tERxneauNcW9Fgn/mgln.ai/e/211/traffic.megaphone.fm/ARML2293084463.mp3
- [#333 - Taiping 10: All Things In Common](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/741606139/1aceaf096332) (2026-06-15, 40 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/tracking.swap.fm/track/YfZO4tERxneauNcW9Fgn/mgln.ai/e/211/traffic.megaphone.fm/ARML7980396985.mp3
- [#332 - Taiping 9: Heaven Is A Place On Earth](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/741606139/218ecaf08794) (2026-06-08, 38 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/tracking.swap.fm/track/YfZO4tERxneauNcW9Fgn/mgln.ai/e/211/traffic.megaphone.fm/ARML4107948085.mp3
- [#331 - Taiping 8: Kingdom Come](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/741606139/fd818ca22233) (2026-05-31, 43 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/tracking.swap.fm/track/YfZO4tERxneauNcW9Fgn/mgln.ai/e/211/traffic.megaphone.fm/ARML6969539762.mp3
- [#330 - Taiping 7: Beneath the Walls of Changsha](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/741606139/82fe3214131e) (2026-05-23, 35 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/tracking.swap.fm/track/YfZO4tERxneauNcW9Fgn/mgln.ai/e/211/traffic.megaphone.fm/ARML6851876586.mp3
- [#329 - Taiping 6: River of Souls](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/741606139/cc6aeac6f956) (2026-05-16, 37 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/tracking.swap.fm/track/YfZO4tERxneauNcW9Fgn/mgln.ai/e/211/traffic.megaphone.fm/ARML8902712597.mp3
- [#328 - Taiping 5: The Way Ahead](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/741606139/167d1b0824ed) (2026-05-08, 54 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/tracking.swap.fm/track/YfZO4tERxneauNcW9Fgn/mgln.ai/e/211/traffic.megaphone.fm/ARML3469215306.mp3
- [#327 - Taiping 4: The Heavenly Kingdom](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/741606139/44a65fbbf90b) (2026-04-28, 41 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/tracking.swap.fm/track/YfZO4tERxneauNcW9Fgn/mgln.ai/e/211/traffic.megaphone.fm/ARML4762603331.mp3?updated=1777352701
- [#326 - Taiping 3: The Image-Breakers](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/741606139/c92c4853c506) (2026-04-21, 36 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/tracking.swap.fm/track/YfZO4tERxneauNcW9Fgn/mgln.ai/e/211/traffic.megaphone.fm/ARML8593405792.mp3?updated=1776795322
- [#325 - Taiping 2: The God Worshippers](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/741606139/5bab0af1b039) (2026-04-15, 44 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/tracking.swap.fm/track/YfZO4tERxneauNcW9Fgn/mgln.ai/e/211/traffic.megaphone.fm/ARML5986331239.mp3?updated=1776229953
- [#324 - Taiping 1: The Second Son of God](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/741606139/dcde17aa4c19) (2026-04-07, 40 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/tracking.swap.fm/track/YfZO4tERxneauNcW9Fgn/mgln.ai/e/211/traffic.megaphone.fm/ARML4434311790.mp3?updated=1775602007
- [Intelligent Speech 2026 - Nemesis, Mine](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/741606139/f160afac47ef) (2026-03-31, 41 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/tracking.swap.fm/track/YfZO4tERxneauNcW9Fgn/mgln.ai/e/211/traffic.megaphone.fm/ARML5680418977.mp3?updated=1774978517
- [#323 - Opium War 8: Perfect Equality](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/741606139/1e6493f79adb) (2026-03-27, 44 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/tracking.swap.fm/track/YfZO4tERxneauNcW9Fgn/mgln.ai/e/211/traffic.megaphone.fm/ARML5394066525.mp3?updated=1774582920
- [#322 - Opium War 7: The Throat of the Empire](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/741606139/b88585c24f59) (2026-03-19, 48 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/tracking.swap.fm/track/YfZO4tERxneauNcW9Fgn/mgln.ai/e/211/traffic.megaphone.fm/ARML2961637788.mp3?updated=1773899155
- [#321 - Opium War 6: Imperial Ouroboros](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/741606139/962e542ac2e3) (2026-03-10, 38 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/tracking.swap.fm/track/YfZO4tERxneauNcW9Fgn/mgln.ai/e/211/traffic.megaphone.fm/ARML4611304531.mp3?updated=1773165007
- [#320 - Opium War 5: Bayonets In the Dragon's Teeth](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/741606139/82eb0f73b4a9) (2026-02-22, 46 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/tracking.swap.fm/track/YfZO4tERxneauNcW9Fgn/mgln.ai/e/211/traffic.megaphone.fm/ARML6237995541.mp3?updated=1771790376
- [Re'cast: #11 - Special: Gong Xi Fa Cai! (OG: 2014)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/741606139/e422ddc5f93f) (2026-02-20, 37 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/tracking.swap.fm/track/YfZO4tERxneauNcW9Fgn/mgln.ai/e/211/traffic.megaphone.fm/ARML1828464676.mp3?updated=1771626335
- [#319 - Opium War 4: Peddling the Drug Peddlers' War](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/741606139/3c98d42242b7) (2026-02-09, 42 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/tracking.swap.fm/track/YfZO4tERxneauNcW9Fgn/mgln.ai/e/211/traffic.megaphone.fm/ARML6336160274.mp3?updated=1770678194
- [#318 - Opium War 3: Up In Smoke](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/741606139/27010485df0f) (2026-02-01, 58 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/tracking.swap.fm/track/YfZO4tERxneauNcW9Fgn/mgln.ai/e/211/traffic.megaphone.fm/ARML9371631561.mp3?updated=1769905031
- [To: Queen Victoria, From: Lin Zexu (1839)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/741606139/94517a9e9ba5) (2026-01-31, 18 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/tracking.swap.fm/track/YfZO4tERxneauNcW9Fgn/mgln.ai/e/211/traffic.megaphone.fm/ARML9963876224.mp3?updated=1769830466
- [#317 - Opium War 2: Laboriously Vile Barbarian Eye](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/741606139/3f3e443b1382) (2026-01-18, 43 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/tracking.swap.fm/track/YfZO4tERxneauNcW9Fgn/mgln.ai/e/211/traffic.megaphone.fm/ARML9949070683.mp3?updated=1768778352
- [#316 - Opium War 1: Chasing the Dragon](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/741606139/0415efaee85e) (2026-01-10, 45 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/tracking.swap.fm/track/YfZO4tERxneauNcW9Fgn/mgln.ai/e/211/traffic.megaphone.fm/ARML8829945993.mp3?updated=1768035171
- [#315 - Qing 46: Tripping Toward Taiping - Tribes, Triads, & Theology](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/741606139/bafac456e066) (2025-12-29, 41 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/tracking.swap.fm/track/YfZO4tERxneauNcW9Fgn/mgln.ai/e/211/traffic.megaphone.fm/ARML3291972606.mp3?updated=1766978232
- [#314 - Qing 45: The Big Squeeze](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/741606139/ecd0749d5971) (2025-12-15, 38 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/tracking.swap.fm/track/YfZO4tERxneauNcW9Fgn/mgln.ai/e/211/traffic.megaphone.fm/ARML3049166824.mp3?updated=1765769592
- [#313 - Qing 44: Frontiers, Pt. 2: The Vastness Devours Us - Mountain Monasteries & Money Pits](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/741606139/2e143adb8de1) (2025-12-04, 58 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/tracking.swap.fm/track/YfZO4tERxneauNcW9Fgn/mgln.ai/e/211/traffic.megaphone.fm/ARML3820616796.mp3?updated=1764884728
- [#312 - Qing 42: Frontiers, Pt. 1: The Vastness Devours Us - Of Willow Palisades & Reincarnation Permits](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/741606139/febc47659b39) (2025-11-27, 52 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/tracking.swap.fm/track/YfZO4tERxneauNcW9Fgn/mgln.ai/e/211/traffic.megaphone.fm/ARML4323921973.mp3?updated=1764217725
- [#311 - Qing 42: Charting the Collision Course](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/741606139/9e6bf6b274a4) (2025-11-11, 36 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/tracking.swap.fm/track/YfZO4tERxneauNcW9Fgn/mgln.ai/e/211/traffic.megaphone.fm/ARML1714886620.mp3?updated=1762827688
- [#310 - Strange Tales X.2: An Unseen Balance](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/741606139/2fca13cf33f4) (2025-10-30, 45 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/tracking.swap.fm/track/YfZO4tERxneauNcW9Fgn/mgln.ai/e/211/traffic.megaphone.fm/ARML6881061198.mp3?updated=1761806978
- [309 - Strange Tales X.1: Fateful Encounters](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/741606139/11b23981347e) (2025-10-22, 35 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/tracking.swap.fm/track/YfZO4tERxneauNcW9Fgn/mgln.ai/e/211/traffic.megaphone.fm/ARML4327321834.mp3?updated=1761108182
- [#308 - Zheng Yi Sao, Pt. 2: The Shadow State](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/741606139/f1babb1577b9) (2025-10-14, 36 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/tracking.swap.fm/track/YfZO4tERxneauNcW9Fgn/mgln.ai/e/211/traffic.megaphone.fm/ARML7890860851.mp3?updated=1760420854
- [Special - Mid-Autumn: Fly Me to the Moon](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/741606139/e578fc0d0755) (2025-10-07, 14 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/tracking.swap.fm/track/YfZO4tERxneauNcW9Fgn/mgln.ai/e/211/traffic.megaphone.fm/ARML3211113641.mp3?updated=1759810575

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