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'''''Lecture Room''''' ([[Chinese character|Chinese]]: 百家讲坛; [[Pinyin]]: ''Bǎijiā Jiǎngtán'') is a popular [[TV program]] of [[China Central Television]], mostly featured on [[CCTV-10]], which invites [[scholars]] to provide lectures on various disciplines. In its early days, areas featured included [[biology]], [[physics]], [[economics]], [[history]] and [[literature]], with lecturers from around the world. Its focus has gradually changed, and recent programs have focussedfocused on [[Chinese history]] and [[Chinese culture]]. It was first broadcast on [[9 July]] [[2001]].

The show's title is literally translated as "Lecture Forum from A Hundred Schools of Thought". ''Lecture Room'' is but an English adaptation of the name.

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==Current and recent lecture series==

*[[Yi Zhongtian]], ''Influential Personalities of the [[Han Dynasty]]''; ''Savouring the [[Three Kingdoms]]'' (品三国)

*[[Liu Xinwu]], ''Liu Xinwu Exposes the SecrectsSecrets of [[Dream of Red Chamber]]'' I-IV (刘心武揭密红楼梦 1-4)

*[[Yan Chongnian]], ''Emperors of the [[Qing Dynasty]]'', ''The Fall of Ming and Rise of Qing''

*[[Mao Peiqi]], ''Emperors of the [[Ming Dynasty]]''

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*[[Bill Gates]], entrepreneur (2003)

*[[Stephen Hawking]], physicist (2002)

*[[Tsung-Dao Lee]], physcistphysicist (2001,2002)

*[[Robert Mundell]], economist (2003)

*[[Mary Poovey]], writer (2002)