250. Victorian Narcos: Banished From Beijing (Ep 4)

Empire

Jack Davenport

History

4.6 • 4.1K Ratings

🗓️ 28 April 2025

⏱️ 34 minutes

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How did the Macartney Mission fail so spectacularly? Where does the word ‘kowtow’ come from? Why were the diplomats banished from the Forbidden City? Listen as William and Anita continue the story of how the Macartney expedition completely failed to develop diplomatic relations with imperial China in 1793. _____________ Empire Club: Become a member of the Empire Club to receive early access to miniseries, ad-free listening, early access to live show tickets, bonus episodes, book discounts, our exclusive newsletter, and access to our members’ chatroom on Discord! Head to empirepoduk.com to sign up. For more Goalhanger Podcasts, head to www.goalhanger.com. Email: [email protected] Instagram: @empirepoduk Blue Sky: @empirepoduk X: @empirepoduk Assistant Producer: Becki Hills Producer: Anouska Lewis Senior Producer: Callum Hill Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:25.1	Yes.
1:25.6	So the last cliffhanger we left you on.
1:27.8	Yes. It's it. It's you again. No, yay, it's you again. So look, the last episode, we left you
1:36.8	on the cliff edge, or rather mountain crag, the British ambassador to China would be British ambassador to China. Lord McCartney
1:46.7	has finally made it to the summer kingdom of the great emperor, the great Qing emperor.
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