Ep. 195 | The British East India Company (Part 1)

The China History Podcast

Laszlo Montgomery

History, Society & Culture

4.8 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 24 February 2018

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Maybe this isn't the most "China history flavored" topic but The Honorable Company did play a somewhat starring role during the Qing Dynasty starting from about the Jiaqing Emperor. In this first of a two-part series, I am offering you an overview of who they were, where they came from and how they came to be so hated by so many.

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0:59.6	Greetings everyone, Lauslau Montgomery here, the China History Podcast.
1:04.3	Sometime back in mid-2017, I did this special episode for Cathay Pacific Airways that was
1:09.9	meant to be an accompaniment to the BBC miniseries TABU that they had just started offering
1:15.2	as part of their in-flight entertainment service.
1:18.3	Because the Honorable British East India company was so central to the story, you know, playing Tom Hardy's nemesis.
1:25.6	Cathay Pacific asked me to whip up something special that sort of offered up a nice one hour
1:31.0	overview of the East India Company without taking too deep of a dive.
1:35.0	After all, they didn't want me to put their passengers to sleep.
1:38.0	So this episode is going to be part one of a short two-part series.
1:43.0	It's nothing new and has been available Fleetwide on KFA since I think August or September 2017.
1:50.0	And now here it is for your own personal enjoyment.
1:53.6	I'll put part two out the following week.
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