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2014: (10) Liu Nianchun’s Novel《劫在中南海》 “The Catastrophe at Zhongnanhai” Chapter Ten: Character is Destiny

Liu Nianchun’s novel 《劫在中南海》chapters translated thus far on this blog are listed at 2014: (1-2) Liu Nianchun’s Novel 《劫在中南海》”The Catastrophe at Zhongnanhai” Chapters 1 – 2 The previous chapter: 2014: (9) Liu Nianchun’s Novel《劫在中南海》 “The Catastrophe at Zhongnanhai” Chapter Nine: Mao Zedong and … Continue reading

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2013: A Non Han-Centric (Uyghur) Perspective on Chinese History

Many countries have founding myths. The U.S. has George Washington and the cherry tree, an innocuous myth illustrating the characters of one of the founders. A pernicious one is the “Last Cause” myth of the American South that idealized the … Continue reading

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2016: Sinology Russian and American: Translation and Poetry

The previous article China-Russia: Histories of ‘Spelling’ (pinyin) of Chinese in Russia and China discussed Russian Sinology in the context of Russian and Chinese efforts to devise a clear and easy-to-learn method of ‘spelling’ Chinese first for academic purposes and later to … Continue reading

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2020: Zhang Baijia: Reflections on China’s Research on Frontiers and Relations with Neighboring States

Professor Zhang Baijia 章百家 spoke at the first session and gave opening remarks of the academic workshop on “China’s Frontier and Asian Studies” hosted by the Department of History of Tsinghua University on October 11, 2020. Zhang Baijia is the … Continue reading

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