Cultural Politics… Mao Zedong, Jiang Qing, and Vietnam in 1965 1 Mar 2022 On 2 June 1965, Mao Zedong arrived in Hangzhou, where he read a journal article which interested him greatly. Entitled “Looking at US Expansion of the Vietnam War from the…
Art… Shanghai Impressions, or, What Cellistic Ennui Tells Us about Cultural Dynamics in the Sino-North Korean Relationship 20 Dec 2011 A few days in Shanghai rarely fails to reorient one immediately from wherever illusory place one has been prior. In Shanghai, China’s upward thrust is paired with its revolutionary guts,…
American Foreign Policy… Study in Contrasts: US and France Regard the Shanghai Expo 15 May 201020 May 2010 I spent part of this weekend watching American diplomats on C-SPAN describing how great everything is going at the American pavilion at the Shanghai Expo. Hillary Clinton, having tactfully…
East Asian modernity… China Youth Daily’s Report on the North Korean Pavilion in Shanghai 3 May 2010 Zheng Pingping[郑萍萍], “After 159 Years, North Korea Participates in its First World Expo [159年后，朝鲜首次参加世博会],” China Youth Daily [中国青年报], May 1, 2010. Translation by Adam Cathcart. 4月30日，即将揭开大幕的世博园区里略显安静，第一次参加世博会的朝鲜馆朴素亮相。“世博会是中国的喜事，我们把中国的喜事当成自己的喜事一样高兴。”世博会试运行期间，朝鲜馆负责人、朝鲜商业会议所副会长李成云几乎整天都站在馆门口，微笑迎接观众。这是自1851年英国伦敦举办第一届世博会以来，朝鲜第一次参加世博会。朝鲜馆成为很多中国游客的目标，高峰时期进入朝鲜馆，要排队半个小时左右。来上海参加世博一日游的常州市民李健，购买了一幅朝鲜的工艺画后，又回到入口，向佩戴着金日成头像的李成云询问画家的名字。 李成云对《中国青年报》记者说，朝中友谊历史久远，四五十岁的中国人都对《卖花姑娘》这样的朝鲜歌曲耳熟能详，所以要借世博会的机会，给上海市民、中国人民带来惊喜，给他们留下今日朝鲜的好印象。 On April 30,…
American Foreign Policy… Obama in Shanghai / 奥巴马在上海，第一 16 Nov 200916 Nov 2009 Finally, a story worth reading about Obama's trip to China. And for the record, it's normal for top university students to be a members of the Communist Youth League, or…
Sino-North Korean relations China Still Shielding Pyongyang from Domestic Media Criticism 29 Aug 200929 Aug 2009 Li Ruigang, head of Shanghai Media Group, was recently summoned to Beijing for a verbal drubbing on account of his company's critical documentary about North Korea. This of course indicates…
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