Foreign Exchanges: the Podcast
World roundup: August 29-30 2026
Aug 31, 2026 · 17 min · 9 segments
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Foreign Exchanges: the Podcast
Aug 31, 2026 · 17 min · 9 segments
Stories from Iran, Iceland, Venezuela, and elsewhere Subscribe to *Foreign Exchanges* today and get **40% off your first year!** This is a public…
Derek DavisonHost
On August 29, 1842, Britain and Qing China signed the Treaty of Nanjing, ending the 1839-1842 First Opium War.
China was obliged to pay reparations to Britain, and Hong Kong became a British colony, which it remained until 1997.
The treaty also ended China's Canton system, which had forced all foreign trade to run through the port city of Guangzhou or Canton, and was the means by which the Chinese government controlled those foreign commercial interactions and forced the Qing to accept unequal conditions on Chinese-British trade.
On August 30, 1363, the navies of two competing factions of Red Turban rebels who were vying to replace the Mongolian Yuan dynasty, one led by Zhu Yuanzhang and the other by Chen Yuliang, began a five-week battle on China's Lake Poyang.
When it was over, Chen Yuliang was dead and Zhu Yuanzhang's faction was ascendant.
Zhu and his forces eventually overthrew the Yuan, and he took the throne as the Hongwu Emperor, the first ruler of China's Ming Dynasty.
On August 30, 1922, the Republican Turkish Army defeated an occupying Greek force at the Battle of Dumlumpenar in western Anatolia.
In their victory, the Turks destroyed the better part of an entire Greek army corps and began driving the rest of the Greek army toward the western Anatolian coast.
The Greek position was untenable, and they withdrew completely from Anatolia in mid-September.
On August 29, 1842, Britain and Qing China signed the Treaty of Nanjing, ending the 1839-1842 First Opium War.
China was obliged to pay reparations to Britain, and Hong Kong became a British colony, which it remained until 1997.
The treaty also ended China's Canton system, which had forced all foreign trade to run through the port city of Guangzhou or Canton, and was the means by which the Chinese government controlled those foreign commercial interactions and forced the Qing to accept unequal conditions on Chinese-British trade.
On August 30, 1363, the navies of two competing factions of Red Turban rebels who were vying to replace the Mongolian Yuan dynasty, one led by Zhu Yuanzhang and the other by Chen Yuliang, began a five-week battle on China's Lake Poyang.
When it was over, Chen Yuliang was dead and Zhu Yuanzhang's faction was ascendant.
Zhu and his forces eventually overthrew the Yuan, and he took the throne as the Hongwu Emperor, the first ruler of China's Ming Dynasty.
On August 30, 1922, the Republican Turkish Army defeated an occupying Greek force at the Battle of Dumlumpenar in western Anatolia.
In their victory, the Turks destroyed the better part of an entire Greek army corps and began driving the rest of the Greek army toward the western Anatolian coast.
The Greek position was untenable, and they withdrew completely from Anatolia in mid-September.
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