Podcasts History History Unplugged Podcast Does China Really Have a 5,000-Year-Old History?

Does China Really Have a 5,000-Year-Old History?

Published: July 5, 2017, 7 a.m.

b'Few will dispute that China has one of the most ancient cultures on earth, but is there any truth to the claim\\u2014made by many residents of China\\u2014that there is a 5,000-year-long line of continuity in its culture? Would an inhabitant of present-day China from five millennia ago really have anything in common with a bullet-train-riding businessman from Guangzhou drinking a Starbucks while on his way to Beijing? The answer, as always, is tricky, but there is some truth to the claim. Or at least more truth to the claim than almost any other culture could make. \\xa0 TO HELP OUT THE SHOW Leave an honest review on\\xa0iTunes. Your ratings and reviews really help and I read each one. Subscribe on\\xa0iTunes\\xa0or\\xa0Stitcher'