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To learn about China's greatest poet, Michael Wood goes back to school!
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Xi'an - the Tang Dynasty capital with half a million people was the world's greatest city.
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Michael Wood looks at the opening of the Silk Road & 'the beginnings of universal history'
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Michael Wood joins a million pilgrims at a temple festival for China’s ancient gods.
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Under the Qing Dynasty Muslim culture had a new vitality – including all women’s mosques.
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Professor Zheng Yangwen tells Michael about the impact of the opium trade in China.
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Michael Wood watches an opera in the snow, to celebrate Grandma’s 90th birthday!
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Michael Wood tells the tale of Admiral Zheng He’s voyages before Columbus.
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A weekend of shopping and sightseeing in Suzhou - the tourist capital of the Ming dynasty!
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In 1582, Matteo Ricci arrives in Macao, hoping to convert China to Christianity.
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After the death of the Ming founder, a brutal new emperor takes charge.
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China developed the world's first great restaurant culture, and it's still going strong!
