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Sino-Japanese Relations: A Selected Bibliography

Posted May 20th, 2013 at 09:08 AM by f0ma
Updated May 20th, 2013 at 09:11 AM by f0ma

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A reading guide for pre-1911 Sino-Japanese relations, for anyone interested. By no means an exhaustive list, just a collection of books I've come across in my travels.

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China vs. Democracy: How China Stopped HK's Democratization in the 1990s

Posted May 9th, 2013 at 12:51 PM by jttwong

In the city of Hong Kong, debates over the Chinese influence on the city's democratization is again raging. Want to raise some awareness by showing ppl a chapter of HK's democratization that ended because of Chinese intervention. Today, HK's legislative body is elected by 35 by geographic constituency (western-style proportional democracy) and 30 by functional constituency (rich people who represent companies voting for themselves and employees)

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Addendum: A Timeline of Tang-Yamato Relations

Posted April 12th, 2013 at 10:14 AM by f0ma
Updated April 12th, 2013 at 10:16 AM by f0ma

In lieu of doing any actual work myself, I decided to make a companion guide to my previous companion guide. This is a more streamlined timeline, featuring major events, diplomatic missions and other pieces of relevant information. Although not as in-depth as the preceding piece, I think that it's somewhat more accessible.

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On the nature and composition of the Chinese army in the Manchurian theatre, Dec 1894

Posted February 20th, 2013 at 07:38 PM by f0ma
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By the end of 1894, the Chinese army was in disarray. After their defeat at Pyongyang in September, they had been in constant retreat, first falling back to the Yalu River and then into Manchuria proper after the battle of Juliancheng in late October. By December, the Chinese army was running out of options. They had given too much ground to the advancing Japanese, allowing the latter to gain momentum, but at the same time, they had their backs to the wall....
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Archive #7: The 1704 Letter of Pere Gozani

Posted January 9th, 2013 at 07:39 PM by ghostexorcist
Updated January 9th, 2013 at 07:56 PM by ghostexorcist

Archive #7: The 1704 Letter of Pere Gozani

The Jesuit Jean-Paul Gozani visited the Kaifeng Jewish community in the early 18th century. He reported what he saw and heard in a letter to his superior. The letter serves as an interesting example of the west's contemporary negative view of foreign culture and religion.

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