Something different this week on Sinica: A selection of "This Week in China's History" columns by James Carter, all narrated by Kaiser with a little interstitial music by Chunqiu (Spring & Autumn).

The columns: * Not just a metaphor: Dragons of imperial China show us how people lived (1517) * The ‘Empress of China’ and the beginning of U.S.-China trade (1784) * The rise of Empress Dowager Cixi (1861) * In the 7th century, a Chinese coup of Shakespearean proportions (626) * Titanic’s six Chinese survivors tell a story that goes far beyond a shipwreck (1912) * The problem with Mao’s ‘continuous’ revolution (1967) * The Battle of Red Cliffs and the blurring of fact and fiction (208-209)

The music: snippets from * The Huntsman * The Last Page (intro) * The Subcelestial * A Call from Afar * Between the Mountains and the Sea * Born of the Storm * Born of the Storm (again) * A New Day * The Last Page (outro)

All these tracks and more are available on Spotify here or on YouTube here.