Ep. 307 | The History of Guangzhou (Part 5)

Published: Aug. 21, 2022, 4 p.m.

b"More Guangzhou history. This time we look at the events between the Second Opium War to the Northern Expedition.\\xa0Featuring prominently in this episode will be Sun Yat-sen and the warlords.\\xa0Before we get to them, however, we're stuck reliving all the historical short-sightedness of the foreign powers during the Daoguang and Xianfeng eras.\\xa0I'm sure they all felt invincible back then against a rotted-out China government.\\xa0Guangzhou became the headquarters for the Anti-Qing and later Anti-Warlord movements.\\xa0As it was before in Guangzhou history, because of the local unrest, a lot of commerce shifted to other ports in China.\\xa0We should be able to finish this series off next time in Part 6.\\xa0\\xa0\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices"