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SOURCE: The Diplomat
12/2/19
China Releases History Professor, But Travel Concerns Persist
A recent detention has implications for China-Japan relations.
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SOURCE: The Atlantic
12/2/2019
China Isn’t the Soviet Union. Confusing the Two Is Dangerous.
by Melvyn P. Leffler
An unusual confluence of events World War II led to America’s bitter rivalry with the U.S.S.R. That pattern is not repeating.
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SOURCE: NY Times
11/20/19
Between the Lines of the Xinjiang Papers
by James A. Millward
The Chinese Communist Party is devouring its own and cutting itself off from reality.
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11/19/19
Too Important or Too Irrelevant? Why Beijing Hesitates on Hong Kong
by Kevin M. Shanley
Two competing narratives possibly explain why Beijing’s authoritarian communist rulers have not so far interfered in the increasingly violent protests in Hong Kong, now six months old and heading into a deadly new phase.
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SOURCE: USA Today
11/13/19
How we fail our Chinese students
by Jonathan Zimmerman
If Chinese students spend several years in the United States and decide they don’t like democracy, we must not be making a strong enough case for it.
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SOURCE: The New York Times
October 29, 2019
The Famous, Feuding Siblings Who Helped Shape Modern China
by Jiayang Fan
Jung Chang within “Big Sister, Little Sister, Red Sister: Three Women at the Heart of Twentieth-Century China” lays out the history of the Soong sisters and how they helped formed the modem Chinese Communist Party.
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11/3/19
China and the NBA: How to Lose Friends and Alienate People
by Kevin M. Shanley
China's relationship with NBA is one of the great successes in its cultural and commercial relations with the United States, and a powerful example of Sino-American ‘sports diplomacy’.
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SOURCE: The Atlantic
10/26/19
Writer and Historian Jung Chang Profiled in The Atlantic: China’s ‘Most Dangerous Profession’
Jung Chang is one of the most celebrated chroniclers of modern China. Her life spotlights the threat that writing still holds for the country’s rulers.
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10/27/19
1949: A Crucial Year for America, Russia, China and the World
by Kevin M. Shanley
It’s valuable to revisit three events of global importance from 70 years ago and reflect on how global events intertwine with personal histories.
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SOURCE: Washington Post
10/23/19
Why China should recognize that dissent can be patriotic
by Charlotte Brooks
History suggests that narrowly defining Chinese identity will backfire.
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SOURCE: New York Daily News
10/7/19
The NBA's cowardice on China
by Jonathan Zimmerman
"The NBA just threw Hong Kong under the bus, purely for the sake of the almighty dollar. And if that’s not outrageous, I don’t know what is."
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SOURCE: Chris Riback's Conversations
10/4/19
Isaac Stone Fish: Where Do US-China Relations Go Next?
by Chris Riback
As the 2020 campaign heats up, several key questions will be asked and debated, including: How did we get here – and where do China and US-China relations go next?
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9/22/19
The Long History of Activism Preceding The Hong Kong Democracy Protests
by Susan Blumberg-Kason
For the last 100 years, Hong Kong has seen mass protests. They'll only stop when people feel they have a voice in government.
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SOURCE: NY Times
September 3, 2019
Around the World with Mao Zedong
by Ian Johnson
Julia Lovell's "Maoism: A Global History" traces the surprisingly wide influence of Chinese Communism.
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91/1/9
Where Are the Hong Kong Protests Headed?
by Kevin M. Shanley
After ten weeks of protest by students and others in Hong Kong the crisis seems to be spiraling toward a tragic climax.
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SOURCE: New York Times
8/3/2019
The Forbidden City Opens Wide as China Projects New Pride in Its Past
President Xi Jinping has pushed “cultural self-confidence” as a signature policy, and one of the beneficiaries has been the former home of emperors, neglected no longer.
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SOURCE: The Atlantic
8/5/2019
Lessons From Moscow: How China Might Handle Hong Kong
Soviet experiences from decades past offer examples for what Beijing may do to quell protests in the city.
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SOURCE: Share America
7/3/2019
China arrests Mongolian historian
Ethnic Mongolians in Inner Mongolia, a semi-autonomous region in China, are facing increased pressure from the Chinese Communist Party.
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SOURCE: NPR
6/16/19
The History Behind Hong Kong's Ongoing Protests
Victoria Hui, a Hong Kong native and political scientist at the University of Notre Dame, explains Hong Kong's political history as protests continue there.
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6/16/19
The Origins of American Hegemony in East and Southeast Asia – And Why China Challenges It Today
by Wen-Qing Ngoei
Examining the origins of American hegemony in this region helps us better understand the history of the Cold War.
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