The History of China Podcast

07/07/2025

Supplemental: Qianlong's 1758 Dzungar Victory Stele

The Qianlong Emperor erects a giant stone scoreboard atop the ashes of his enemies, specifically to gesticulate rudely at their desiccated bones & shout "SCOREBOARD, LOSERS!!!"

01/07/2025

#297 - Qing 32: Tea, Trade, & Thunder

What is diplomacy but war by other means?
What is trade but diplomacy with shiny goods?

27/06/2025

#296 - Qing 31: The Architect of Capacity

Battles are won with superior tactics,
Theaters are won with superior strategy,
Empires are conquered with superior logistics.

21/06/2025

17/06/2025

#295 - Qing 30: Building Better Worlds

Yongzheng declares that they should take off and nuke the entire northwestern frontier from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.

06/06/2025

Russia & Ming/Qing Expansionism Across Asia
& the Vanishing of Dzungaria
(ca. 1600~1800)

31/05/2025

#294 - Qing 29: The Conquest of Qinghai

Now our operation is small, but there's a lot of potential for... *aggressive* expansion! So, which one of you fine khans would like to join our team?

Oh... there's only 1 spot open right now, so we're gonna have *Try-Outs*...

24/05/2025

#293 - Qing 28: Three Treks Across Eurasia
..I *knew* I should've turned left at Samarkand!...

14/05/2025

#292 - Qing 27: The Wonder Years

It was the best of times, it was the Yongzheng-est of times...

07/05/2025

#291 - Qing 26: The Cosplayer of Heaven

The Yongzheng Emperor is here to slay, on the runway & off.

17/04/2025

You know I hate to see you leave, Aisin-Gioro Xuande, but I love to watch you go...

#290 - Qing 25: The End of a (Kangxi) Era

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