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China: Imperial Collapse

How to Invent a Country by BBC

May 13, 202441:52Society & Culture

"You could do a whole programme on why you shouldn't build a capital in Beijing. It's a Mongolian camel camp." Paul French Beijing means capital of the north, and was first used by the Ming to distinguish it from Nanjng,...

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China: Imperial Collapse is an episode from How to Invent a Country by BBC. "You could do a whole programme on why you shouldn't build a capital in Beijing. It's a Mongolian camel camp." Paul French Beijing means capital of the north, and w...

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Published May 13, 2024, 41:52 long, audio available.