Tag: Greater Tumen Initiative

Borderlands, Korean War, Manchuria, North Korean border region, Sino-North Korean relations, Yanbian

Cambridge on the Tumen: A Transnational Workshop

A small group of scholars gathered in Cambridge on Friday, May 23 for a conference centered on the Tumen River and a critical sub- region of Northeast Asia which has seen less critical attention than the issues surrounding it might indicate it deserves. Funded by the Beyond the Korean War Project  and including participants from the North Asian Borders Network, the workshop brought together a number … Continue reading Cambridge on the Tumen: A Transnational Workshop

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North Korean border region, Sino-North Korean relations

Rumblings on the Tumen

China has approved, yet again, an international development zone in the Tumen Delta.  Global Times reports (in English), as does CCTV. The Chinese government has approved a border development zone in the Tumen River Delta to boost cross-border cooperation in the Northeast Asian region, the provincial government of Jilin announced on Monday. The information office of the government said the pilot zone covering 73,000 square kilometers … Continue reading Rumblings on the Tumen

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American Foreign Policy, East Asian modernity, North Korean border region, Sino-North Korean relations, US-North Korea relations

Environmental Movements and the DPRK [II]

In an earlier post I went off the handle in Beat style and demanded that the U.S. and China get serious about both engaging and pressuring the North Koreans by focusing on environmental issues: Send Stephen Chu to pound on the table at the Six-Party Talks! Blast down the tunnels at the DMZ for joint seismic research!  Tag the tigers endangered and let them leap … Continue reading Environmental Movements and the DPRK [II]

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