{"podcast":{"title":"The History of China","slug":"the-history-of-china-487671","podcast_index_feed_id":487671,"rss_url":"http://feeds.feedburner.com/thehistoryofchina","website_url":"http://thehistoryofchina.wordpress.com","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/f38dab30-3eac-11ed-85fa-371e959ff24d/image/443d59892af69c79735f6243d43648fe.png?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"Chris Stewart","episode_count":386,"summary":"A journey through the 5000 years of history documented by one of the world's oldest continuous civilizations. For all the episodes for free, as well as additional content, please subscribe and/or visit http://thehistoryofchina.wordpress.com.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-16T10:19:23.342658+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-history-of-china-487671"},"episode":{"title":"#313 - Qing 44: Frontiers, Pt. 2: The Vastness Devours Us - Mountain Monasteries & Money Pits","slug":"313-qing-44-frontiers-pt-2-the-vastness-devours-us-mountain-monasteries-money-pits","published_at":"2025-12-04T21:46:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-history-of-china-487671/313-qing-44-frontiers-pt-2-the-vastness-devours-us-mountain-monasteries-money-pits","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-history-of-china-487671","url":"https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/tracking.swap.fm/track/YfZO4tERxneauNcW9Fgn/mgln.ai/e/211/traffic.megaphone.fm/ARML3820616796.mp3?updated=1764884728","audio_url":"https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/tracking.swap.fm/track/YfZO4tERxneauNcW9Fgn/mgln.ai/e/211/traffic.megaphone.fm/ARML3820616796.mp3?updated=1764884728","summary":"From the koan chants of monasteries tucked between Himalayan peaks, to wending caravan paths stretching endlessly across the arid expanses of the Taklamakan & trackless steppes of Dzungaria, we finish out our look at the four primary frontier regions of the Qing Empire as of 1800, where they'd come from, how they were operated, & the imperial tonnage of headaches for Beijing that came with both.Tibet - 00:01:21Xinjiang - 00:22:08 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices","meta_description":"From the koan chants of monasteries tucked between Himalayan peaks, to wending caravan paths stretching endlessly across the arid expanses of the Taklamak…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3462,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-history-of-china-487671/episodes/313-qing-44-frontiers-pt-2-the-vastness-devours-us-mountain-monasteries-money-pits/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-history-of-china-487671/313-qing-44-frontiers-pt-2-the-vastness-devours-us-mountain-monasteries-money-pits.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}