In this episode we go over the CCP's attitudes towards religion during the first 15 years of the PRC to 1965. These developments are important fo...
Episode 43: The Third Front
In this episode we'll be discussing the Third Front, a covert industrialisation campaign that took place between 1964 and 1972 in China's re...
Episode 42: The Socialist Education Movement, 1962-1966
In this episode we discuss the Socialist Education Movement (SEM), a campaign conducted in the Chinese countryside from 1962-1966 in order to restore ...
Episode 41: Post-Leap Economic Recovery & Struggles in the Party Leadership
Now that we understand the Great Leap Forward, we turn to the period just after the leap to see how China began to recover from economic and political...
Episode 40: The Sino-Soviet Split Part 2
This is the second of two parts covering the events that led to the breakdown in relations between China and the Soviet Union between 1958 and 1964. I...
Episode 39: The Sino-Soviet Split Part 1
This is the first of two parts covering the events that led to the breakdown in relations between China and the Soviet Union between 1958 and 1964. Th...
Episode 38: 50 Years of Chinese History Quiz!
A review of the 50 years of Chinese history we've covered on this podcast.Find the questions and answers on the Sinobabble website
Episode 37: "The Firemaker" by Peter May Book Review
**Hi guys,I'm so sorry the audio is so terrible for this episode! I think my mic wasn't plugged in properly and the programme defaulted to m...
Episode 36: The Great Leap Forward (4): Academics argue about how many people died
This is part 4 in a 4 part series on the Great Leap Forward. This series will cover the whys and hows of China's disastrous Second Five-Year Plan...
Episode 35: The Great Leap Forward (3): Famine
This is part 3 in a 4 part series on the Great Leap Forward. This series will cover the whys and hows of China's disastrous Second Five-Year Plan...