Category Archives: Cultural diplomacy
Xinjiang, the PRC, and Egypt: The Curious Case of Ma Hanbing’s “The Nile River”
Every so often during research, seemingly unrelated threads come together flawlessly. Take, for instance, my interest in the Deputy Secretary of Xinjiang’s Propaganda Department Ma Hanbing (新疆分局宣传部副部长马寒冰). Ma, from what I gathered, served in that department from 1949 to 1953 … Continue reading
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