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    Taiwan

    When did countries become countries? Misha Glenny on what is happening in Taiwan now.

    The life and times of Chairman MaoChina

    4/4 Misha Glenny completes our travels round China with the story of Chairman Mao

    Imperial CollapseChina

    3/4 Misha Glenny on the end of the Qing, and what happened next.

    To kowtow or not kowtowChina

    2/4 Misha Glenny and producer Miles Warde head to Hong Kong.

    The First EmperorChina

    1/4 Misha Glenny on where China came from and what it is now.

    A Balancing ActTurkey

    3/3 Misha Glenny on the birth of Turkey from the ruins of the old Ottoman Empire in 1923.

    The MilitaryTurkey

    2/3 East versus west, secular versus religious, how the empire came to the point of collapse.

    The Ottomans - East or WestTurkey

    1/3 Misha Glenny in Istanbul on the 100th anniversary of the Turkish Republic

    The sacred song of warRussia

    4/4 Misha Glenny on Russia and defensive war.

    Catherine the Great and the question of EuropeRussia

    3/4 The Bear moves west.

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