57 episodes
How to Invent a Country BBC Radio 4
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- History
When did countries become countries? Misha Glenny on the borders, the stories and the people of countries worldwide.
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China: The Life and Times of Chairman Mao
The Long March, the Civil War, the Great Leap Forward and the Cultural Revolution
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China: imperial collapse
The end of the Qing and the troubled birth of the republic under Dr Sun Yat-sen
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China - to kowtow or not to kowtow
Find out how the world's greatest civilisation found itself dragged into two opium wars
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China - the first emperor
Misha Glenny and Miles Warde head east to find out what is China and where it came from?
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Turkey - Ottoman or Turk
A bonus episode with Hannah Lucinda Smith, Christopher de Bellaigue and Misha Glenny
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Turkey - A Delicate Balancing Act
Ep 3 - How the republic of Turkey emerged from the ruins of World War One