China Empire

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    • A Family's Reckoning with China
    • By: Edward Wong
    • Narrated by: Edward Wong, Will Dao
    • Length: 16 hrs and 49 mins
    • Release date: 06-25-24
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 17 ratings
    • An epic narrative that tells the story of modern China by braiding an intimate family memoir with contemporary reporting by a New York Times diplomatic correspondent and former Beijing bureau chief....

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    • A Journey Down the Amur River at the Borderlands of Empires
    • By: Dominic Ziegler
    • Narrated by: Steve West
    • Length: 14 hrs and 6 mins
    • Release date: 11-10-15
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 48 ratings
    • A remarkable journey down the Amur River, revealing the history and culture of a region that is once again becoming one of the world's most contested regions....

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    • By: Ronald Spector
    • Narrated by: Michael Prichard
    • Length: 12 hrs and 21 mins
    • Release date: 07-19-07
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 96 ratings
    • Americans are accustomed to thinking that World War II ended on August 14, 1945, when the Japanese surrendered unconditionally. Yet on the mainland of Asia peace was a brief, fretful interlude....

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    • The Ancient World Economy and the Empires of Parthia, Central Asia and Han China
    • By: Raoul McLaughlin
    • Narrated by: James Cameron Stewart
    • Length: 14 hrs and 21 mins
    • Release date: 09-18-19
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 143 ratings
    • The Roman Empire and the Silk Routes investigates the trade routes between Rome and the powerful empires of inner Asia, including the Parthian regime which ruled ancient Persia (Iran)....

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    • Central Eurasia and the Birth of the Classical Age from Persia to China
    • By: Christopher I. Beckwith
    • Narrated by: Jim Lee
    • Length: 7 hrs and 58 mins
    • Release date: 01-17-23
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 23 ratings
    • This audiobook narrated by Jim Lee provides a rich, discovery-filled account of how a forgotten empire transformed the ancient world....

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    • The Story of Tencent and China's Tech Ambition
    • By: Lulu Yilun Chen
    • Narrated by: Richard Burnip, Lulu Yilum Chen
    • Length: 9 hrs and 9 mins
    • Release date: 07-14-22
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 70 ratings
    • Lulu Chen tells the story of how Tencent is changing the world, a fascinating behind-the-scenes look at one of the worlds biggest tech companies....

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    • Between Empire and Anarchy, from the Mediterranean to China
    • By: Robert D. Kaplan
    • Narrated by: Eric Jason Martin
    • Length: 14 hrs and 49 mins
    • Release date: 08-22-23
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 58 ratings
    • Robert D. Kaplan explores Greater Middle East through reporting and travel writing to reveal deeper truths about the impacts of history on the present and how the requirements of stability over anarchy are often in conflict with the ideals of democratic governance.

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    • How a Million Migrants Are Building a New Empire in Africa
    • By: Howard W. French
    • Narrated by: Don Hagen
    • Length: 10 hrs and 31 mins
    • Release date: 05-20-14
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 299 ratings
    • An exciting, hugely revealing account of China’s burgeoning presence in Africa - a developing empire already shaping, and reshaping, the future of millions of people....

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    • The Horse and the Rise of Empires
    • By: David Chaffetz
    • Narrated by: Paul Boehmer
    • Length: 13 hrs and 56 mins
    • Release date: 07-30-24
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 1 rating
    • No animal is so entangled in human history as the horse. The thread starts in prehistory, with a slight, shy animal, hunted for food. Domesticating the horse allowed early humans to settle the vast Eurasian steppe....

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    • A Captivating Guide to the Merged Kingdoms of Cambodia That Became the Angkor Empire That Ruled over Most of Mainland Southeast Asia and Parts of Southern China
    • By: Captivating History
    • Narrated by: Jason Zenobia
    • Length: 3 hrs and 1 min
    • Release date: 06-23-21
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 8 ratings
    • Did you know that at its peak, Angkor was the largest city in the world, almost the size of a modern metropolis, maybe even comparable to Los Angeles? Listen to find out more....

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    • The War with China and North Korea - Fall of an Empire
    • By: David Poyer
    • Narrated by: Gary Galone
    • Series: Dan Lenson, Book 19
    • Length: 15 hrs and 18 mins
    • Release date: 03-04-21
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 37 ratings
    • Admiral Lenson leads Operation Rupture, the invasion of South China, in a bid to finally end the war and restore peace. Meanwhile, Captain Cheryl Staurulakis fights to take a radical new “super ship” to sea, even though its power and capability may introduce more risk than reward....

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    • A History
    • By: John Keay
    • Narrated by: Anne Flosnik
    • Length: 25 hrs and 30 mins
    • Release date: 12-27-15
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 219 ratings
    • Crisp, judicious, and engaging, China is the classic single-volume history for anyone seeking to understand the present and future of this immensely powerful nation....

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    • The Novel
    • By: Edward Rutherfurd
    • Narrated by: Daniel York Loh, Zheng Xi Yong, Andrew Wincott
    • Length: 34 hrs and 49 mins
    • Release date: 05-11-21
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 516 ratings
    • Edward Rutherfurd has enthralled millions of people with his grand, sweeping historical sagas that tell the history of a famous place over multiple generations. Now, in China: The Novel, Rutherfurd takes listeners into the rich and fascinating milieu of the Middle Kingdom....

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    • Toward an Alliance Between the USA, Russia, China, and India to Finally Defeat the British Empire
    • By: William Wertz
    • Narrated by: Virtual Voice
    • Length: 10 hrs and 39 mins
    • Release date: 03-24-24
    • Language: English
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    • This book presents a comprehensive history of the existential war waged between the Anglo-Dutch imperial system and what became known as the ...

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    • A New Monetary History of China
    • By: Jin Xu
    • Narrated by: Nancy Wu
    • Length: 12 hrs and 32 mins
    • Release date: 04-22-21
    • Language: English
    • 3 out of 5 stars 5 ratings
    • This revelatory account of the ways silver shaped Chinese history shows how an obsession with “white metal” held China back from financial modernization....

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    • A Concise Introduction to Chinese History, Culture, Dynasties, Mythology, Great Achievements & More of the Oldest Living Civilization
    • By: History Brought Alive
    • Narrated by: R. E. Harter
    • Length: 3 hrs and 7 mins
    • Release date: 05-26-22
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 16 ratings
    • While there are many books that explore China’s history, public knowledge is still lacking....

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    • A Secret History of Empire and War
    • By: James Bradley
    • Narrated by: Richard Poe
    • Length: 9 hrs and 5 mins
    • Release date: 11-24-09
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 254 ratings
    • In 1905 President Teddy Roosevelt dispatched Secretary of War William Howard Taft on the largest U.S. diplomatic mission in history....

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    • Fragile Superpower
    • By: Susan L. Shirk
    • Narrated by: Kyle Tait
    • Length: 13 hrs and 12 mins
    • Release date: 08-23-22
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 14 ratings
    • Shirk argues that rising powers such as China tend to provoke wars in large part because other countries mishandle them. Unless we understand China's brittle internal politics and the fears that motivate its leaders, we face the very real possibility of avoidable conflict with China....

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    • The Barbarian King Who Challenged Rome
    • By: John Man
    • Narrated by: James Adams
    • Length: 10 hrs and 20 mins
    • Release date: 08-21-06
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 192 ratings
    • In the years 434-454 A.D., the fate of Europe hung upon the actions of one man: Attila, king of the Huns....

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    • The Afterlives of China's Cultural Revolution
    • By: Tania Branigan
    • Narrated by: Tania Branigan
    • Length: 8 hrs and 58 mins
    • Release date: 01-31-23
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 4 ratings
    • More than fifty years on, the Cultural Revolution's scar runs through the heart of Chinese society, and through the souls of its citizens. Stationed in Beijing for the Guardian, Tania Branigan came to realise that this brutal and turbulent decade continues to propel and shape China to this day....

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