American Foreign Policy… Assessing Party Policies in Tibet in the 1950s: Notes on Melvyn Goldstein’s Volume 2 1 May 20119 May 2011 Anyone who has the slightest pretext of considering themselves informed on the question of current Chinese Communist Party policy in Tibet needs to enter into an extended reconnaissance of this…
China… Sino-French Soliloquies 4 Feb 2011 Word counts don't mean so much at the end of the day, the release of a big article manuscript into the hands of a capable editor should always be grounds…
French… A Moveable Feast of Sino-French Links 7 Jan 20118 Jan 2011 Particularly as we lay siege to a new year, one in which I hope this blog can increasingly function as a kind of open workshop, a mediation on hope may…
Sino-French Relations… Thoughts on Sino-French Relations from “the Time of Distrust” to Today 27 Jun 2009 One of the more exciting things I get to do as a young academic is travel to the Foreign Ministry Archives in Beijing, there to scout out new sources on…
Chinese communist party… Mao Zedong and Korean War Propaganda: Nianpu Notes, Jan. 1951 (2) 20 Mar 201421 Mar 2014 New sources published in Beijing this past December give us further insight into Mao Zedong's multifarious activities and ongoing strategic activities with respect to the Korean War. In addition to…
Cello… No Silence for the Unsubjugated: Woeser in the Parisian Press 17 Jan 201120 Jan 2011 Han ideograms of self-praise tattoo the walls of the echo chamber of the PRC; millions of yuan are tilted downward as if out of dump trucks, rushing into the cultural…
Chinese Avant-Garde… Censorship and Mockery: Chinese Contemporary Art in French Eyes 8 Mar 20109 Mar 2010 Here on this website, we have tossed off a few missives in the past about Sino-French relations and the role played of looted art therein. And why not? Since even…
China… Stehen Sie Auf: The Germans Step Up 26 Dec 200927 Dec 2009 Along with and her cabinet members, German Chancellor Angela Merkel appears to be filling a void left by the Obama administration in speaking frankly to China on environmental and human…
China… Rechauffement: China and France Make Nice 22 Dec 200923 Dec 2009 French diplomacy in East Asia has been proceeding apace. Last month's visit to North Korea by special envoy Jack Lang seems to have borne fruit: Paris announced it was on…
Sino-French Relations… Dalai Lama in Paris; A Commentary on Elections and Propaganda 28 Jun 200916 Jul 2009 Nearly three weeks has passed since the Dalai Lama stopped in the Paris city mayor’s office for a brief ceremony and photo opportunity, but his visit remains worth commenting upon,…
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