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Empress Wu Zetian The only woman to rule China

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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)
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Nixon in China: a week that changed the world

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Nixon in China: the trip that changed the Cold War

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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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Q&A How were fireworks made in ancient China?

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Has China always been the world’s greatest superpower?

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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

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