Mark Simner's guest appearances

Mark Simner

Dan Snow's History Hit

Channel History Hit

Tim Tate

Kavita Puri

Jonathan Sumption

Richard Greenwood

Hirata San

Ben Monro-Davies

Richard Sugg

Andrew Hindmoor

Paul Stickler

Ross Barnett

Maud West

Chris Laoutaris

Susannah Stapleton

Ian Castle

Dr Nicole Willson

OwlTail

British military historian Mark Simner tackles the Opium Wars, rarely taught in English schools, but taught ubiquitously in China. He explains the provenance of both conflicts, and explores some of the reasons why resentment still lingers to this day. The Opium Wars are a critical part of Chinese history, and vital to understanding the first half of the 20th century in China, and to some extent, modern-day China.For ad free versions of our entire podcast archive and hundreds of hours of history documentaries, interviews and films, signup to History Hit TV. Use code 'pod3' at checkout. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

British military historian Mark Simner tackles the Opium Wars, rarely taught in English schools, but taught ubiquitously in China. He explains the provenance of both conflicts, and explores some of the reasons why resentment still lingers to this day. The Opium Wars are a critical part of Chinese history, and vital to understanding the first half of the 20th century in China, and to some extent, modern-day China. For ad free versions of our entire podcast archive and hundreds of hours of history documentaries, interviews and films, signup to <a href="https://welcome.historyhit.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">History Hit TV</a>. Use code 'pod3' at checkout. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.

Britain and China in the Opium Wars with Mark Simner

British military historian Mark Simner tackles the Opium Wars, rarely taught in English schools, but taught ubiquitously in China. He explains the provenance of both conflicts, and explores some of the reasons why resentment still lingers to this day. The Opium Wars are a critical part of Chinese history, and vital to understanding the first half of the 20th century in China, and to some extent, modern-day China.For ad free versions of our entire podcast archive and hundreds of hours of history documentaries, interviews and films, signup to History Hit TV. Use code 'pod3' at checkout.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

British military historian Mark Simner tackles the Opium Wars, rarely taught in English schools, but taught ubiquitously in China. He explains the provenance of both conflicts, and explores some of the reasons why resentment still lingers to this day. The Opium Wars are a critical part of Chinese history, and vital to understanding the first half of the 20th century in China, and to some extent, modern-day China.For ad free versions of our entire podcast archive and hundreds of hours of history documentaries, interviews and films, signup to <a href="https://welcome.historyhit.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">History Hit TV</a>. Use code 'pod3' at checkout.  See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.