# #311 - Qing 42: Charting the Collision Course Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-history-of-china-487671/311-qing-42-charting-the-collision-course Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-history-of-china-487671/311-qing-42-charting-the-collision-course.md Podcast: [The History of China](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-history-of-china-487671) Published: 2025-11-11T02:15:00+00:00 Episode link: https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/tracking.swap.fm/track/YfZO4tERxneauNcW9Fgn/mgln.ai/e/211/traffic.megaphone.fm/ARML1714886620.mp3?updated=1762827688 Audio file: https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/tracking.swap.fm/track/YfZO4tERxneauNcW9Fgn/mgln.ai/e/211/traffic.megaphone.fm/ARML1714886620.mp3?updated=1762827688 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-history-of-china-487671/episodes/311-qing-42-charting-the-collision-course Duration seconds: 2131 ## Resource The 19th Century is going to be exceedingly rough on Qing China. So, before we venture down into the chasm that is the "Chinese Century of Humuliation's" opening salvos, let's assess where we - and the Empire - sit as of 1810... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-history-of-china-487671/episodes/311-qing-42-charting-the-collision-course/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-history-of-china-487671/311-qing-42-charting-the-collision-course.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.