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Laszlo Montgomery presents topics covering 5,000 years of Chinese history and culture.
Nothing to see here. Just a quick announcement on the latest from the CHP. Thanks for your patience. Lots of new stuff coming soon. The CHP...
I drove downtown not too long ago to meet with Jesse Appell to talk about his first book, "This was funnier in China" https://www.simonandsc...
I had the idea for this episode sometime during mid-summer 2025. Then I became distracted by the big project I'm working on now, then the ho...
This one is more entertaining than anything. Mr. Andrew Shaw mentioned this looting of the eastern Qing Tombs event when I interviewed him e...
This morning, in between recording sessions, I checked out what was headlining on Drudge. And right there was the leading story, "Let Them E...
In early 2025, I was approached by Jenny Chan at pacificatrocities.org about interviewing one of their experts in an upcoming CHP episode. I...
Here's something a little different from the usual CHP fare. It concerns a natural substance that's not too well-known outside of Asia, main...
Hi Everyone, just coming up for air. This is actually one of the several new episodes that have been available on Patreon and CHP Premium si...
Here's a preview of a new podcast, The Chinatown Sting, from our friends at Pushkin Industries. In the late 1980s, a group of women connecte...
Here's another quickie for you, only a half hour long. It seems not only are the portions at fast-food chains shrinking, so are the CHP epis...
This is a rather long episode, running at just about one hour. The Guangxi Massacre is one of those dark chapters from the Cultural Revoluti...
In this episode, we look at the life of Anson Burlingame, a well-known name in California. During Lincoln's term as president, he was appoin...
Here's a nice little standalone episode on the life and work of Thomas Wade and Herbert Giles. And you can't mention Herbert Giles without m...
This is only a 2-parter, so this exciting episode will bring the curtain down on Lin Biao and his famous "Incident." We resume the story fol...
This is Part 1 of a 2-Part series looking at the life of Lin Biao and the actual Lin Biao Incident itself. This bit of history is documented...
Just in time for Liberation Day, I'm presenting this timely episode. Back in 1890, with the aim of protecting American companies from foreig...
This is the second of a two-part mini-series introducing the world of European plant hunting in China. In this episode, we look at some of t...
I was afraid I'd barely be able to scrape together enough material for a short episode. Instead, this one is gonna take almost two hours to...
Calling all fans of podcast great, Lindsay Graham! Here's a sampling of the very popular podcast, History Daily . On History Daily , they do...
Former BBC reporter and master jade carver Andrew Shaw is back. What an informative interview this one turned out to be! I hope you all enjo...
I welcomed Wuhan-based Andrew Shaw onto the CHP to talk about his book. It's all about the plundering of China's cultural treasures and impe...
With the Singapore History series out of the way, and 2025 off and running, here's the first special interview episode of the year. Not too...
First of all, to all of you who lasted through the entire series up to this concluding episode, I extend to you, my deepest appreciation. I...
In its hour of need, quite a few leaders rose to the occasion in Singapore. Lee Kuan Yew didn't transform the nation by himself. Last time w...
We left off last time with Singapore being granted sovereignty by Britain on June 3, 1959, and Tunku Abdul Rahman's "Grand Design" speech co...
Post-WWII Singapore was a time that was loaded with historical events that shaped how matters would unfold throughout the 1950s and into the...
In this episode, we see how Japan marched and bicycled their way across the Johor Strait and proceeded to quickly defeat the British Commonw...
Although all kinds of tension brewed beneath the surface, the mid to late 19th Century saw a continued bonanza for Singapore. A prosperous c...
Part 4 continues with the aftermath of the 1824 Treaty of London. John Crawfurd takes over from a disgraced William Farquhar as First Reside...
With Singapore formally established, we look at those first months and years. As soon as the document was signed, Raffles left the island an...
With the arrival of the Portuguese and their 1511 victory, the history of this region began to move in s new direction. The Portuguese and t...
Requests to present the history of Singapore go back to 2010 or 2011. At long last, here's an easy-to-consume and digest overview of The Lio...
First off, let me apologize for the less-than-optimal audio quality. This is a very informative interview. And for those of you who missed m...
This is surprisingly not very well-known and certainly wasn't taught in my US history classes. Here's a story for you that many might find h...
In this episode, I'm presenting a simple but still informative overview of not only the Grand Canal but also the bigger subject of canals in...
Here's another CHP Special Episode. Not too long ago I had the chance to chat with Yokohama-based Scott Crawford, author of "Silk Road Centu...
Here's a reading of an article recently published in the South China Morning Post, written by travel writer David Leffman. On his most recen...
This is the third time the history and traditions behind a Chinese holiday is being introduced. The history behind the Chinese New Year and...
Once dubbed "the richest man in the world" back in his day, the first half of the 19th century, Wu Bingjian 伍秉鉴 was a leading figure in the...
It must have been three or four years ago that I started bouncing this idea off Janie about a discussion regarding historical fiction rooted...
With the 18-part History of Chinese Philosophy series finally out of the way, we're back with all new CHP content. Here's one that introduce...
Firstly, hats off to Emma and her 团队 at the CYZ for all their hard work, all season-long. We close out the season 9 with an amusing story fr...
For this 18th and final episode in the series, we'll focus on the rival philosophies of Lu Xiangshan 陆象山 and Zhu Xi 朱熹。 We'll also look at m...
We're almost at the end. We continue on in Part 17 with Zhu Xi and his philosophy. There will be more discussion about Qi, Han Studies (Han...
Season 9 is starting to wind down. For the ninth chengyu of the season, we take Sima Qian's "Record of the Grand Historian" and open to the...
We'll finish off the Five Founders of Neo Confucianism with the last two, the Cheng Brothers: Cheng Hao 程颢 and Cheng Yi 程颐. Then we'll explo...
In this episode we begin our look at Neo Confucianism. In English, we called it that. But in Chinese it was referred to in other ways, most...
For the third time on the CHP, I'm featuring another episode from Empires-An Asian Business Podcast , this time featuring India's watch and...
For our eighth CSP offering this season, we open up the Book of Han once again and hear the story behind Jiāo Bīng Bì Bài 骄兵必败. It doesn't a...
We pick up with the second part of this overview of Daoism with Zhuangzi and his beloved book, "The Zhuangzi." We'll also move beyond Laozi...