Radio War Nerd EP 301 — The First China-US Cold War: Background, 1773-1949 (Part 1) w/Carl Zha

Guest: Carl Zha, podcaster Recorded: October 26, 2021 The War Nerd welcomes back RWN legend Carl Zha for a new series on the First China-US Cold War, because we're all in the sequel whether we like it or not. In this introductory episode, Carl looks at US-China relations going way back to the Boston Tea Party & the New England opium traffickers, through the 20th century's Yangtze River patrols & the massive US intervention in China in 1946 up to the Chinese Communists' victory in 1949 over the US-backed Nationalists — the start of the US-China Cold War. Check out Carl Zha's podcast Silk & Steel. Follow Carl on Twitter. Previous RWN episodes with Carl Zha: -EP #74 - Taiping Rebellion-EP #81 - Early Uighur History, Pt. 1-EP #83 - Uighur History, Pt. 2: Battle of Talas-EP #90 - First Sino-Japanese War-EP #94 - Romance of the Three Kingdoms, with Carl Zha-EP #108 - Uyghur Separatism Today (Uighur History, Pt. 3)-EP #113 - The Rape of Nanking-EP #149 - Uyghur Oppression-EP #170 - Sino-Vietnamese War, 1979-EP #201 - Genghis Khan, Pt 1: Temujin Rising-EP #202 - Genghis Khan, Pt 2: The Mongol Empire Total time: 1:47:16 Direct link to this episode's mp3 here