Extras
Qiu Jin was the tragic star of the failed revolution of 1907, against the Qing Dynasty.
Michael Wood describes the first meeting of the Chinese Communist Party in Shanghai 1921.
The great Taiping Rebellion, the fall of the Empire and the rise of Mao.
Under the Qing Dynasty Muslim culture had a new vitality – including all women’s mosques.
Professor Zheng Yangwen tells Michael about the impact of the opium trade in China.
Michael Wood watches an opera in the snow, to celebrate Grandma’s 90th birthday!
Survey the three great revolutions that gave birth to today's China.
Discover the splendors of China’s last empire, the Qing.
A weekend of shopping and sightseeing in Suzhou - the tourist capital of the Ming dynasty!
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The great Taiping Rebellion, the fall of the Empire and the rise of Mao.
The time of the Great Wall , the Forbidden City and treasure ships sent on ocean voyages.
Michael Wood conjures up China's first great international age, the Tang Dynasty.
Michael Wood returns to the beginnings of Chinese history to find clues to today's China.