China… Wartime History and Beijing’s Response to the New Defence Minister in Tokyo 5 Aug 20165 Aug 2016 In the wake of the Upper House elections in Japan, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has completed a reshuffling of his cabinet. As described by Japan hand Michael Cucek, it was…
civil war… Stalinist Modes of Violent Power Consolidation 21 Oct 201521 Oct 2015 Last week the student discussions in my "Mao and Modern China" module at Leeds University centred on the old dichotomy between violent coercion and persuasive communication in the early years…
Uncategorized Recent Work on Sino-North Korean Relations, History, and Chinese Foreign Policy 14 Oct 201516 Oct 2015 The arbitrarily configured 70th anniversary of the Korean Workers' Party, and the presence of a high-level Chinese delegation in Pyongyang, created a need for some commentary and context. This post…
Borderlands… Dandong Discourse: China-DPRK Trade Fair, and Rumblings in Xinchengqu 12 Jul 201513 Jul 2015 Historians have surely seen better days between the Chinese Communist Party and the Kim-centric Workers' Party of [North] Korea, but business continues apace today in the borderland. The main item seen in the…
China… Old Chapters, New Chapters: The Memory Wars in East Asia 17 Mar 201517 Mar 2015 From the very beginning of the so-called ‘post war,’ the territorial and temporal parameters of the memory wars between China and Japan were never drawn particularly cleanly. The war ended…
Beijing… Distant Proximity: China and the North Korean Human Rights Catastrophe 20 Nov 201420 Nov 2014 Beijing is a long way from North Korea. Border crossing points between China and the DPRK remain open, but the potentially fastest and 'game-changing' of these is blocked at present,…
China… On Today’s UN General Assembly Discussion: China-DPRK Notes 18 Nov 2014 The arrival of this resolution, which is being voted on today in New York, should come as no surprise to the North Korean government. The language being considered for General Assembly…
Korean War… Bruce Cumings Strikes North of the 47th Parallel: Seattle, May 4 5 May 20106 May 2010 How fitting is the congruity? That not a score of hours after Chicago's top historian swooped down out of the sky to deliver missives of exhortation to heed the still-trembling…
Beijing… Nachrichten aus der Reich der Mitte: German Reportage from the PRC 14 Apr 201014 Apr 2010 Der Spiegel has been simply plundering all kinds of topics lately in its coverage of China which are worth noting. The global nuclear summit has the Hamburg magazine focused intently…
Chinese communist party… China to U.S. Cities: Hoist the Tibetan Flag, Lose N.B.A. Broadcast Rights in China 12 Mar 201012 Mar 2010 American mayors, human rights activists, and N.B.A. fans take note: A recent decision by the Portland City Council to declare March 10 "Tibet Awareness Day" is making big waves in…
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