BBC Radio Podcasts from China: As History Is My Witness

Old Hundred Names - China's Citizens

People power has long been promised. With the internet, is it finally here?

The empire builder who thought he was the younger brother of Jesus Christ.

Class war in 11th century China: the rise and fall of a brilliant bureaucrat.

Liu Bei, the swashbuckling adventurer from ancient China.

History's verdict on the man who left the terracotta warriors and a mighty empire.

It is said that one sister loved money, one loved power and one loved her country.

Carrie Gracie explores why China's children still quote two drunkards from the 8th century

In a society built around ancestor worship, Carrie Gracie meets the ultimate ancestor.

How Kublai Khan, the man from Mongolia, beat the odds and conquered the south.

Death or castration: China's greatest historian Sima Qian faces a tough choice.