Japanese Juxtaposition Part 3
Taiwan Through Time
This is the third part of my interview with Chris. In our conversation we discuss names, worldly awareness, elements of history and concepts of culture, amongst other things.
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Japanese Juxtaposition Part 2
Taiwan Through Time
This is the second part of my interview with Chris. Our conversation flowed from South African obscurities to drinking and karaoke in Japan.
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Japanese Juxtaposition
Taiwan Through Time
This is the first part of a conversation with a fellow teacher and South African who spent time living and teaching in Japan. We discuss our experiences as expats in Asian countries, make comparisons between Japanese and Taiwanese society and debate over systems of education.
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Southern Ming
Taiwan Through Time
After the fall of Beijing and Nanjing, various emperors arose across the remnant of the Ming Empire. Each was determined to hold the Qing at bay and rebuild the glory of the Ming.
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Li's Beijing
Taiwan Through Time
We take a look at how Li Zhicheng went about trying to manage Beijing, how the population responded to his capture of the city, how Li was undermined by the actions of one of his generals and how his dreams of being an emperor were dashed by the Ming general Wu Sangui.
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The Ming Broken
Taiwan Through Time
On the 25th April, 1644, Beijing fell to the forces of Li Zicheng. Who was he, how did he rise to power and how did he lose the capital in under two months?
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Taiwan Society
Taiwan Through Time
A short introduction to what Taiwanese society is like from the perspective of a foreigner.
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Episode 29 - Hong Taiji
Taiwan Through Time
We look at the second Khan of the Jin Dynasty, some of the changes he makes to his empire and the renaming of the Jin as the Qing Dynasty.
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Episode 28 - Banner System & Ningyuan
Taiwan Through Time
We look at the Nurhaci's Banner System, how policies within the Jin Dynasty began changing as the Jurchen people fell on hard times and the important Battle of Ningyuan or Níngyuǎn Zhī Zhàn.
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Episode 27 - Nurhaci
Taiwan Through Time
Nurhaci came from the Jurchen tribes of Manchuria, north east of China. In a parallel of King Phillip II of Macedon, Nurhaci unified his people and reworked them into a devastatingly effective military force.
info_outlineThis is the second part of my interview with Chris. Our conversation flowed from South African obscurities to drinking and karaoke in Japan.