States of Play by Sam Olsen

States of Play by Sam Olsen

The Man Who Unified China

Chinese history 5: the First Emperor

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Sam Olsen
Mar 20, 2021
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Dear all,

Today I’m resuming my historical and cultural posts on China, which will now be every fortnight as I mentioned last time. Here we are looking at the First Emperor, a man with a mixed name in history, and someone better known in the West for being buried with hundreds of thousands of terracotta soldiers - a truly amazing experience if you have t…

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