Sun Yat-sen - A Killing in Hong Kong - #1

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Peter Harrison

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Kasaix

We will talk in Lies about the Taiping Rebellion's influence on Sun—one of his early teachers was a participant, and he idolized the Taiping Rebels.

Robert Rath

There *may* be a very geeky Easter Egg next episode... ;-)

Robert Rath

That is Kwan Tai, the Han dynasty general immortalized as the God of War. He's worshipped by many business people but especially those in honor professions like police, lawyers, and (paradoxically) Triads. There's a persistent folk rumor in Hong Kong that you can tell a Triad Kwan Tai statue from a "legit" one because Kwan Tai holds his weapon in his left hand rather than his right.

Robert Rath

I hope you guys mention the influence Henry George had on Sun Yat Sen!

Mortimer

There are just so many map mistakes in this episode. I hope you could do more study about how Qing dynasty's map changed in 19th century before doing next episode.

Bell Deng

What is the significance of the golden statues?

Hooray! A First Forray into 20th Century Chinese History! [A Pity though that the Cultural Revolution and the Great Leap Forward won't be Covered. *sigh*]

Martin Verran

Eventually the Taiping Rebellion is going to have to get its own series. Because that was a LOT.

Joshua Evans-Lowell