This was a really interesting (and listenable) talk on Chinese history in the 19th and 20th centuries, for those who think history only happens in Europe.  (Ok, since it’s just “recent” Chinese history, it, of course, has a European flavor.  Oh well. 🙂 )

[Oh, I wanted to add one more thing that might be too late, now that IFTTT has shipped this: I found out why the U.S. attempted to create the League of Nations but then stayed out of it at the last moment: racism, of course (in part, because it made us vulnerable to a ploy by Japan that sabotaged it).]