Monthly Archives: September 2009
Vietnam says embrace the “harmonious society,” or else
The Economist reports that Vietnamese “nationalist bloggers” are facing repercussions from the government for criticizing China. In a country with a long, often antagonistic history with China, it is no surprise that politically active Vietnamese might object to lucrative mining … Continue reading
Filed under China, Sino-Vietnamese Relations
Reason to fear the Peaceful Rise? Or, Hey U.S., 不干涉内政
嗨美国，尊重我们的主权！不干涉我们的军事现代化! A war of words between China and the U.S. over the trajectory of China’s military modernization program is on going. Although the feud is by no means a new phenomenon in U.S.-China relations, an Associated Press piece highlights yet … Continue reading
Filed under China, US-China Relations
Gun laws and culture wars
This past Friday evening, at a bar in semi-rural northeast Ohio no less, I was privy to sit in on an intense debate regarding gun laws in America. The debate/argument might be roundly summed up as a war of divergent … Continue reading
Filed under China, Taxi drivers
Xinjiang, Sino-Soviet Cooperation, and Anti-Soviet Sentiment among Beijing Students in 1950
In a quite illuminating article published in Xinjiang difangzhi, Wang Lianfang chronicles the rise-and-fall of Sino-Soviet joint ventures in Xinjiang in the 1950s. These are the very joint ventures that Mao Zedong would later denounce as Soviet colonialism in the … Continue reading
Filed under Liberation, Uncategorized, Xinjiang
美国白宫确认为庆中国国庆升五星红旗
媒体早先的报道指称：“中国国庆60周年前夕，一面五星红旗将在美国白宫南面的草坪上冉冉升起。这面中国国旗将于9月20日上午10时由美国大华府地区的华人、华侨亲手升起。这也是中国国旗第一次由民间组织在美国总统府所在的白宫前面升起 Source: Tianya (Popular Chinese message board) The White House on Friday dismissed as inaccurate reports from China that the administration will mark the 60th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic by flying the Chinese flag on the … Continue reading
Filed under China
New Images of North Korea from the Korean War
I am eagerly awaiting the release of North Korea Caught in Time: Images of War and Reconstruction. Compiled by Chris Springer, it has received positive reviews from the likes of Bruce Cumings, Don Oberdorfer, and Bradley K. Martin. This book … Continue reading
Filed under Korean War, North Korea, Uncategorized
PLA & Han Immigration to Xinjiang
Liu Haiwei [刘海卫] taking a rest in an ethnic Kyrgyz family’s yurt in Karakul Lake One brisk spring day earlier this year, Doug Shultz and I spent a day driving through the Xinjiang countryside with one Liu Haiwei. Liu, a … Continue reading
Filed under Xinjiang
Fear
…But, among the soldiers and cadre who will enter Xinjiang, there is still fear of such a long road ahead. They fear they’ll never return home, they fear marching through grasslands and passing through deserts, they fear the cold and … Continue reading
Filed under Liberation, Xinjiang
The Problem of a Gift
Liqun: Ref: Telegram of the afternoon of August 18.(20) Regarding the question of the Xinjiang Ethnic Representatives presenting a gift, your response is appropriate. Central Committee August 19 [1949] (20) On the Afternoon of August 17, Deng … Continue reading
Filed under Liberation, Xinjiang
