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Good sources to learn about ancient+imperial china? (hexbear.net)

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Most casual history youtubers I watch can't go 20 minutes without making sinophobic "jokes". Anyone have better recommendations for learning pre-modern chinese history, everything from culture, monarchs, etc. of China that doesn't include liberal ideology or racism? Thanks!

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 hours ago

For Youtube videos:

Here's a series of English lectures on China. The professor is currently a member of PSL: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL-zm2mrr9onY5hrGya2DhgBn_-xUk51p3

Here's a 100 episode series on Chinese history from CCTV: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLSyuJLM8uqBYm_VaFMZPkk9E3UUxtaR0E

Some of the Wikipedia articles of a particular dynasty are super long. Just look at the ones for the Song dynasty: