THE STORY OF CHINA

THE LAST EMPIRE/THE AGE OF REVOLUTION

SATURDAY, MAY 25 @ 7:00PM

Michael Wood tells the dramatic tale of China’s last empire, the Qing. In the 18th century China was the biggest economy in the world, and with that prosperity came a fabulously rich culture. From China’s favourite novel, to opera and storytelling houses, and all-women’s mosques, it’s an age full of surprises. But then came the fateful clash with the British in the First Opium War, the beginning of the end of the empire.

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