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Being Blacklisted By China, And What Can Be Learned From It, James A. Milward
Being Blacklisted By China, And What Can Be Learned From It, James A. Milward
China Beat Blog: Archive 2008-2012
Bloomberg, and more recently The Washington Post, have run stories about the visa problems of scholars who contributed to Xinjiang: China’s Muslim Borderland, a volume edited by Frederick Starr and published by M.E. Sharpe in 2004. The Bloomberg piece was exhaustively reported; the reporters who wrote it, Dan Golden and Oliver Staley, conducted interviews with Chinese as well as western participants in the episode, and all in all did a good job with a complicated story. Inevitably, however, the Bloomberg piece creates some misconceptions, and these are as likely to be reinforced as cleared up in news reports that build …
Cabul Or Afghanistan: The Seat Of The Anglo-Russian Question (1878), Phil Robinson
Cabul Or Afghanistan: The Seat Of The Anglo-Russian Question (1878), Phil Robinson
Digitized Afghanistan Materials in English from the Arthur Paul Afghanistan Collection
Anglo-Russian question, Afghanistan, the country, the Ameer and the Afghans.
A pamphlet of facts about the country, with a map of the country showing routes of advance and passes, from the Russian lines beyond the Oxus to the Persian Gulf.
Afghanistan And The Anglo-Russian Dispute (1885), Theophilus F. Rodenbough
Afghanistan And The Anglo-Russian Dispute (1885), Theophilus F. Rodenbough
Digitized Afghanistan Materials in English from the Arthur Paul Afghanistan Collection
An account of Russia's advance toward India, based upon the reports and experiences of Russian, German, and British officers and travellers; with a description of Afghanistan and of the military resources of the powers concerned
Included are three maps and other illustrations
Lord Curzon In India: 1898-1903 (1903), H. Caldwell Lipsett
Lord Curzon In India: 1898-1903 (1903), H. Caldwell Lipsett
Digitized Afghanistan Materials in English from the Arthur Paul Afghanistan Collection
Contents:
Lord Curzon's aims -- Russia, Afghanistan and Persia -- The independent tribes -- The new frontier province -- Famine administration -- Irrigation and railways -- British rule in India -- Miscellaneous reforms -- The best viceroy since Lord Lawrence. Includes an appendix containing Lord Curzon's speech justifying the Delhi Durbar
Through The Khyber Pass To Sherpore Camp, Cabul: An Account Of Temperance Work Among Our Soldiers In The Cabul Field Force (1883), J. Gelson Gregson
Through The Khyber Pass To Sherpore Camp, Cabul: An Account Of Temperance Work Among Our Soldiers In The Cabul Field Force (1883), J. Gelson Gregson
Digitized Afghanistan Materials in English from the Arthur Paul Afghanistan Collection
Afghanistan and Great Britain's foreign relations, 19th century.
A Personal Narrative Of A Visit To Ghuzni, Kabul, And Afghanistan, And Of A Residence At The Court Of Dost Mohamed, With Notices Of Runjit Sing, Khiva, And The Russian Expedition (1840), Godfrey Thomas Vigne
A Personal Narrative Of A Visit To Ghuzni, Kabul, And Afghanistan, And Of A Residence At The Court Of Dost Mohamed, With Notices Of Runjit Sing, Khiva, And The Russian Expedition (1840), Godfrey Thomas Vigne
Digitized Afghanistan Materials in English from the Arthur Paul Afghanistan Collection
19th century travel and description of Afghanistan by written by Gedfrey Thomas Vigne.
Book Review: Fractured Rebellion, Amy O'Keefe
Book Review: Fractured Rebellion, Amy O'Keefe
China Beat Blog: Archive 2008-2012
In this groundbreaking book, Andrew Walder creates an orderly account of the events, discussions, and political currents that comprised the student movement in Beijing during the first two years of China’s Cultural Revolution. With meticulous attention to sequencing, he comprehends and brings meaning to a whirlwind of events often described as a vindictive political free-for-all, but which he shows, instead, to have been a structured series of rivalries.
Passport To The World: Chinese Students At The University Of Kentucky, Denise Ho, Jared Flanery
Passport To The World: Chinese Students At The University Of Kentucky, Denise Ho, Jared Flanery
China Beat Blog: Archive 2008-2012
My Thursday afternoon flight from Shanghai to Chicago exhibited a curious phenomenon. United Airlines Flight 836, which went from China to Midwestern America on August 19, 2010, had the most homogenous set of passengers I had ever seen. They were all in their late teens and early twenties, Chinese youth dressed in the trendiest fashions and carrying the latest electronics. I was so impressed that I broke my rule about photographing people, popped up in my seat in the corner of economy class, and took their picture.
Whether United knew it or not, my flight was a modern school bus, …
Straight Out Of Wukan: A Quick Q & A With Journalist Rachel Beitare, Jeffrey Wasserstrom
Straight Out Of Wukan: A Quick Q & A With Journalist Rachel Beitare, Jeffrey Wasserstrom
China Beat Blog: Archive 2008-2012
Earlier this year, a Beijing-based Israeli journalist named Rachel Beitare contacted me out of the blue to set up an interview about the impact the Arab Spring events might have in China. I ended up impressed by the caliber of the questions put to me, so I started keeping an eye out for her byline, in case she published things in English (much of her work comes out in Hebrew, which I don’t read). I wasn’t disappointed, as before long Foreign Policy ran a smart commentary, ”Guilty By Association,” in which Ms. Beitare looked at the way the Party had …
Havel, China And Africa, Howard W. French
Havel, China And Africa, Howard W. French
China Beat Blog: Archive 2008-2012
I am eager to read Chinese news accounts of the life and death of Vaclav Havel, whose central message might be summed up as the necessity for individuals everywhere to cast off their apathy and assume their rights – and agency – as citizens.
The death of this figure of major importance to the history of the late- and post-Cold War world will inevitably generate talk that is heavily focused on Europe, just as the attention of the Western media and foreign ministries tended to stay almost exclusively bracketed on this region (with China, for a time, serving as a …
Liminal City, Rian Dundon
Liminal City, Rian Dundon
China Beat Blog: Archive 2008-2012
He says he’s lost his city and his society. We drive past a group of demonstrators protesting land seizures. He points out the scene and the gaggle of police cruisers nearby and grins in English “this is Chi-na”, emphasizing the play-on-words between “Chi” and “Chai” (chai, or 拆 being Chinese for “dismantle” or “demolish”). He sees the city’s recent prosperity through a filter of isolation, exclusion, and greed. Tells me how the doors are all closed. How peoples’ sense of self worth is determined by the number of contacts in their cell phones. How they are drifting further …
Review: Consent Of The Networked, Anne Henochowicz
Review: Consent Of The Networked, Anne Henochowicz
China Beat Blog: Archive 2008-2012
The last two years have seen much talk about the explosion of social media as a tool of real change, most notably during the Arab Spring. Tunisia’s and Egypt’s revolutions were powered by Twitter and Facebook. Though these sites are blocked in China, Sina’s microblogging platform Weibo has also changed the political game in that country, forcing government accountability after last summer’s high-speed train crash in Wenzhou and contributing to the very public downfall of former Chongqing Party Secretary Bo Xilai. Weibo’s power may also lead to its demise. After rumors of a coup attempt spread recently, the comment function …
Obama, The Dalai Lama, And Us-China Relations: The Current State Of Affairs
Obama, The Dalai Lama, And Us-China Relations: The Current State Of Affairs
China Beat Blog: Archive 2008-2012
In early 2010, when President Obama met with the Dalai Lama, this made a considerable splash both in the news media and in diplomatic circles, and there have been various repercussions from Beijing’s side when other foreign leaders have met with the Tibetan figure. Obama’s July 16 meeting with the Dalai Lama in Washington, DC led to a furious reaction within hours from Beijing, perhaps even stronger than in the past. So we decided to ask Robbie Barnett, the Director of Columbia University’s Modern Tibetan Studies Program, the author of works such as Lhasa: Streets with Memories, and a long-time …
China’S Empty Apartments, Michael Gsovski
China’S Empty Apartments, Michael Gsovski
China Beat Blog: Archive 2008-2012
There are serious problems in the Chinese housing market. While the average urban resident has to deal with constant rent hikes and the threat of eviction in the face of new construction, the rich buy extra apartments to shield their wealth against inflation. Not only is this an economic threat, but in China it is a particular threat to stability as well. Firstly, since the turbulent boom years of the China’s opening and reform period, owning housing has been seen as a useful hedge for ordinary people against an otherwise uncertain economic situation. Secondly, owning—rather than renting—an apartment or other …
Q&A: Yi-Li Wu, Author Of Reproducing Women, Maura Elizabeth Cunningham
Q&A: Yi-Li Wu, Author Of Reproducing Women, Maura Elizabeth Cunningham
China Beat Blog: Archive 2008-2012
MEC: Your book examines “medicine for women” (科 fuke) in Qing China. How did the practice of fuke then differ from present-day obstetrics and gynecology? What has changed in the Chinese understanding of women’s medicine?
Bay Area Readers: See Datong: The Great Society
Bay Area Readers: See Datong: The Great Society
China Beat Blog: Archive 2008-2012
Our readers in the Bay Area who enjoyed learning about the new Kang Youwei docu-drama Datong: The Great Society earlier this week have an upcoming opportunity to see the movie, which will be screened at UC Berkeley on December 13. Filmmaker Evans Chan will be on hand for a Q&A after the film.
Shanghai Spaces And Histories: Thoughts On Reading Qiu Xiaolong’S Years Of Red Dust, Daisy Yan Du
Shanghai Spaces And Histories: Thoughts On Reading Qiu Xiaolong’S Years Of Red Dust, Daisy Yan Du
China Beat Blog: Archive 2008-2012
In Shanghai Modern, Leo Lee, a prominent specialist in Chinese literary studies, focuses much of his attention on urban space as a marker of modernity in Republican Shanghai (1912-1949). His mappings of the city include places that are located mostly in the concessions, where Western (and later Japanese) influences dominated: the high-rise buildings in the Bund, the department stores located on or near Nanjing Road, and the cafes in the French Concession, as well as dance halls, public parks, race clubs, and cinemas. Lee also touches upon the lanes populated by native Chinese, but his main focus is on …
China Beat On Break
China Beat Blog: Archive 2008-2012
We’re going to put China Beat on hiatus from now until early July so I can get settled in Shanghai (where I’ll be based for the next couple of months) and all of our consulting editors and contributors can enjoy some summer vacation.
Asia’S Disappearing Daughters, Jeffrey Wasserstrom
Asia’S Disappearing Daughters, Jeffrey Wasserstrom
China Beat Blog: Archive 2008-2012
Last week witnessed the publication of Mara Hvistendahl’s Unnatural Selection: Choosing Boys Over Girls, and the Consequences of a World Full of Men (Public Affairs, 2011), and over the weekend my take on the book appeared online at the recently relaunched Asian Review of Books. That review is reposted here with the kind permission of the ARB, almost exactly as it ran there. Those who are interested in learning more about Hvistendahl’s arguments after reading my essay can, of course, buy the book, but U.S.-based followers of the blog have another option as well: catch one of the public events …
Your Discourse Or Mine?, Silvia Lindtner
Your Discourse Or Mine?, Silvia Lindtner
China Beat Blog: Archive 2008-2012
As scholars we speak frequently in public and are confronted with various interpretations of our work by others who at times do not share our own viewpoints. Though this often brings with it excitement at the opportunity to form bridges between academic and other discourses, reaching audiences beyond our own disciplines and engaging a wider public still remains a challenge for many of us. We look at these conversations as opportunities for further debate, for mutual learning, and for being introduced to different perspectives on our work. At times, how one’s work finds resonance elsewhere surprises, illuminating the scholar’s responsibility …
Excerpt: The Tree That Bleeds: A Uighur Town On The Edge, Nick Holdstock
Excerpt: The Tree That Bleeds: A Uighur Town On The Edge, Nick Holdstock
China Beat Blog: Archive 2008-2012
Nick Holdstock, who readers might remember from a piece on the 2009 riots in Xinjiang he posted here last month, has a new book coming out later this week from Luath Press. In The Tree That Bleeds: A Uighur Town on the Edge, Holdstock recounts the story of his year teaching English in Yining, a border town that in 1997 saw an outbreak of violence, and his efforts to discover the truth about what happened there. Here, in two excerpts from the book’s introduction, Holdstock explains what brought him to Yining and describes his journey to and first encounters with …
Reading Round-Up: Reactions To The Wenzhou Train Crash, Maura Elizabeth Cunningham
Reading Round-Up: Reactions To The Wenzhou Train Crash, Maura Elizabeth Cunningham
China Beat Blog: Archive 2008-2012
There has been a huge amount of reporting on the July 23 train accident in Wenzhou that killed at least 39 and incited a continuing outcry among Chinese journalists and internet users, as well as government efforts to silence such criticism. Here, a collection of links connected to the rail crash and its aftermath.
Book Review: A Critical Introduction To Mao, Brian J. Demare
Book Review: A Critical Introduction To Mao, Brian J. Demare
China Beat Blog: Archive 2008-2012
At the outset of the final chapter of A Critical Introduction to Mao, Jiang Yihua, a senior Chinese scholar, suggests that it will still be many years before historians will be able to draw any definitive conclusions concerning Mao Zedong, revolutionary China’s most imposing figure. This inability to give a final and authoritative interpretation of Mao, Jiang suggests, is due to difficulties of archival access as well as the fact that Mao is still being recreated and reshaped by his ever loyal followers and his equally dedicated detractors. Jiang’s skeptical approach to the problem of knowing Mao, a problem rarely …
A View On Ai Weiwei’S Exit, Geremie R. Barme
A View On Ai Weiwei’S Exit, Geremie R. Barme
China Beat Blog: Archive 2008-2012
A much shorter version of this essay was originally destined for a leading newspaper outlet. Unfortunately, so much editorial “back-filling” was required to transform it into something more accessible to even a relatively sophisticated readership, I decided that it would be best to pull it. Instead, I offer it here with considerable additional material to readers of China Beat.
Facebook And The People In The Iron House: 非死不可?, James A. Millard
Facebook And The People In The Iron House: 非死不可?, James A. Millard
China Beat Blog: Archive 2008-2012
“Maybe we will block content in some countries, but not others,” Adam Conner, a Facebook lobbyist, told the [Wall Street] Journal. “We are occasionally held in uncomfortable positions because now we’re allowing too much, maybe, free speech in countries that haven’t experienced it before,” he said.
China Beat Event: “Nationalism And Religion In Twentieth- Century Asia,” Friday 4/22
China Beat Event: “Nationalism And Religion In Twentieth- Century Asia,” Friday 4/22
China Beat Blog: Archive 2008-2012
China Beat readers in Southern California are invited to join us this Friday at UC Irvine for a dialogue between James Carter of Saint Joseph’s University and UCI’s Vinayak Chaturvedi, who will be discussing the topic of “Nationalism and Religion in Twentieth-Century Asia.” Carter’s new book is Heart of Buddha, Heart of China: The Life of Tanxu, a Twentieth-Century Monk (read an excerpt here); Chaturvedi is author of Peasant Pasts: History and Memory in Western India.
Ai Weiwei And The “Age Of Madness”: Day Five And Counting, Lionel M. Jensen
Ai Weiwei And The “Age Of Madness”: Day Five And Counting, Lionel M. Jensen
China Beat Blog: Archive 2008-2012
Just over four days after Ai Weiwei’s sudden apprehension by China’s Public Security Bureau, the government has initiated, as is its tireless and terrifying custom, the public process of building a case against the disappeared by alluding to the subject’s “crimes.”
New Issue Of Twentieth-Century China Available
New Issue Of Twentieth-Century China Available
China Beat Blog: Archive 2008-2012
The latest issue of Twentieth-Century China should be arriving in subscribers’ mailboxes right now, bringing readers four research articles described below by Chief Editor James Carter in an excerpt from the journal’s editorial:
Understanding China, Ron Javers
Understanding China, Ron Javers
China Beat Blog: Archive 2008-2012
Though the lyric was written for and recorded by Nina Simone in 1964, most Americans who remember it at all probably remember best the 1965 cover by Eric Burdon and the Animals, with its twangy guitar riffs and R&B-fired shriek of entreaty.
Ai Weiwei And Qingming, Lionel M. Jensen
Ai Weiwei And Qingming, Lionel M. Jensen
China Beat Blog: Archive 2008-2012
Ai Weiwei (as most readers of this blog will know), perhaps China’s best-known artist and provocateur, is missing. Like so many other people of conscience and voice in the past two years, he is gone. Swallowed by the insatiable fear of the state’s authoritarian belly. It has been more than four days since his apprehension and his wife, Lu Qing, who was also detained and questioned, has not heard from him; he is unreachable by phone.