🎧 Chinese Labour Corps in World War One with Wenlan Peng
20th Century • 26m
During the First World War, many Chinese came to work as labourers on the Western Front, but their story is rarely told. Dan talks to Wenlang Peng about the impact of the Chinese Labour Corps, and what life was life for them.
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