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The Gordons: Prisoners of the Cultural Revolution

US president Richard Nixon (centre) and secretary of state William Rogers (right) at the Great Wall of China during their groundbreaking visit in February 1972. (Photo by -/AFP via Getty Images)

Nixon in China: a week that changed the world

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Nixon in China: the trip that changed the Cold War

Soldiers from Mao Zedong’s Red Army assemble in Yan’an, Shaanxi province, 1936 (Photo by Getty)

The Chinese Civil War: a guide to the conflict and the rise of Mao Zedong

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Mao’s Cultural Revolution: everything you wanted to know

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History's greatest mysteries Why did Mao’s chosen successor flee China? . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Q&A How were fireworks made in ancient China?

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Has China always been the world’s greatest superpower?

Mao Zedong applauds a parade of Red Guards in Tiananmen Square, Beijing. These young militants followed Mao’s call in early August 1966 to defend the party from a ‘white terror’. (Photo by Universal History Archive/UIG via Getty Images)

Reign of the red terror: Mao Zedong and the Cultural Revolution

In this lecture, Michael Wood uses the stories of five individuals from across the centuries to cast light on China’s rich and varied history

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Voices of China

Graham Hutchings discusses how China was convulsed by the communist revolution of 1949. (Image by Getty Images)

Chaos & communism: China’s 1949 revolution

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Michael Wood The story of China . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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The voices of China: 5 perspectives on an extraordinary past

Chess players in the 14th century

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Ancient board games: which ones did people play for fun in the past?

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Genghis Khan: the Mongol warlord who almost conquered the world