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East Asia Now

Center for East Asian Studies, UW—Madison

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East Asia Now explores connections between East Asia and the United States through interviews, discussions, and lectures. It is an outreach initiative of the Center for East Asian Studies at the University of Wisconsin—Madison.
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This podcast series represents the work of 28 students from Centre College who took "HIS 435: Spirits, Gods and Ghosts of East Asia" together in January 2017. They received no prompt or recommended categories from their instructor, and built these episodes from scratch themselves with virtually no prior audio engineering experience. These episodes represent a diverse collection of student research into broader categories of East Asian folklore and ghost tales.
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本人曾居住中東與中亞地區服務多年,對中東與中亞相關事務非常熟悉。針對這些一般亞洲人比較少關注的,但又是國際政治的聚焦重點地區,特別開設此一頻道,以講解相關國家背景、歷史、目前國情狀況與國際新聞上牽涉這些地區的新聞說明解釋。 所有各集說法僅代表本人意見,歡迎大家針對有興趣的主題收聽。 歐亞大陸遊牧民族的歷史研究,純粹個人喜好,中國正統朝代的歷史我沒興趣,但這些隱藏在歷史帷幕後的遊牧民族縱橫歐亞大陸東西,少數民族建國圖生存,歷史上沒有提到的東西方交流才是我最有興趣的重點。 此外中國敵情研究、中國太空事業、世界各國太空事業發展等亦為近日研究方向。有興趣者請搜尋臉書公開社團「蘇老師的太空世界與太空知識」,裡面有各種各樣的太空知識。 歡迎介紹給更多想增加知識的朋友一起來聽我講故事。如果有專門想聽的主題,或我哪邊講錯想訂正的,歡迎來信 yupingsu@hotmail.com 也可以在臉書上搜尋【外交官講中東與中亞】的粉絲頁與我交流喔。 截至2024年本人出版書籍包括 1. 聖地出任務-台灣國際志工故事集 2. 勇抗強權-阿富汗 3. 台以關係百年史:外交官眼中的以色列 4. 從奴隸到霸主 ...
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俄羅斯首都莫斯科附近的番紅花市政廳(Crocus City Hall)22日晚間發生了恐怖襲擊事件,造成至少137人死亡、182人受傷。在俄烏戰爭的敏感時期,此事受到全球高度關注,在對外公開的畫面當中,這些涉案槍手明顯受到嚴刑拷打。專家認為,俄羅斯總統蒲亭此舉是為了強調「跟他作對者將遭到殘酷懲罰」。 對於此次恐攻事件,伊斯蘭國分支「ISIS-K」已坦承犯案並公布相關影像,但俄國總統蒲亭(Vladimir Putin)仍持續恐怖主義矛頭指向烏克蘭,並表示即使莫斯科恐攻真是伊斯蘭武裝分子所為,也是為了烏克蘭的利益,質疑基輔在其中「發揮了作用」。 一週連3起!巴基斯坦中國工程師車隊遇自殺攻擊釀6死 https://tw.news.yahoo.com/%E9%80%B1%E9%80%A33%E8%B…
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The fascinating, untold story of how the Chinese language overcame unparalleled challenges and revolutionized the world of computing. A standard QWERTY keyboard has a few dozen keys. How can Chinese—a language with tens of thousands of characters and no alphabet—be input on such a device? In The Chinese Computer: A Global History of the Information…
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The pursuit of antiquity was important for scholarly artists in constructing their knowledge of history and cultural identity in late imperial China. By examining versatile trends within paintings in modern China, this book questions the extent to which historical relics have been used to represent the ethnic identity of modern Chinese art. In doin…
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"What happened in Hong Kong is not an anomaly but a warning" - Hong Kong Human Rights defender Chow Hang Tung, speech written from prison upon receiving a human rights award. In our interview today, I spoke with Professor Michael C. Davis, author of Freedom Undone: The Assault on Liberal Values and Institutions in Hong Kong (AAS and Columbia UP, 20…
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2024.03.24 中國的太空站、嫦娥登月計畫、天問火星探測任務-擷取自蘇育平撰中國航天事業與火箭軍一書 中國從2011年起,建設「天宮一號」太空實驗室,或者叫他軌道飛行器,也可以說就是一艘停留在軌道上固定位置的太空船體,但是其實它也就是一個原始型態的太空站。 2011年9月29日,天宮-1號由長征-2F運載火箭發射升空,並完成順利進入軌道及變軌的任務,從此開始在太空中運行。 它與地面之通信測控是由中繼衛星、16個中國海內外陸基測控站、3艘遠望測控船、北京飛控中心、西安測控中心等共同組成。 圖2-36 天宮一號目標飛行器(中國航天局) 天宮-1號是由實驗艙與資源艙兩個艙體連結而成,全重8.5噸,長度10.4公尺,最大直徑處3.35公尺,內部空間約15立方公尺,一個套房的空間大小,夠兩、三位…
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Missionary Diplomacy: Religion and Nineteenth-Century American Foreign Relations (Cornell University Press, 2024) illuminates the crucial place of religion in nineteenth-century American diplomacy. From the 1810s through the 1920s, Protestant missionaries positioned themselves as key experts in the development of American relations in Asia, Africa,…
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美俄是可以和解的 2024年3月23日,美國女太空人Tracy Dyson與一名俄羅斯太空人Oleg Viktorovich Novitsky及一名白俄羅斯女太空人Marina Vasilevskaya一起搭乘俄羅斯聯邦聯盟號 Soyuz-MS-25號太空船,由俄羅斯聯邦向哈薩克租借的拜科努爾太空發射站(Baikonur Cosmodrome)順利發射升空。 圖-俄國聯盟號太空船發射資訊(Spaceintel101.com) 原本此次太空任務在兩天前就應該發射,但最後讀秒時因機械問題臨時取消延後發射。本次太空任務是將3名太空人送到國際太空站(ISS)上,去進行人員的替換。 圖-白俄羅斯太空人Marina Vasilevskaya(NASA臉書粉絲頁) 大家可能奇怪,美俄不是已經因為俄烏戰事劍…
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In an era where states and politicians regularly weaponize moral emotions to foment intergroup conflict and violence, understanding the dynamics of violent mobilization and state authority are more relevant than ever before. In Righteous Revolutionaries: Morality, Mobilization, and Violence in the Making of the Chinese State (U Michigan Press, 2022…
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照片為俄羅斯聯盟號太空船與火箭。 2024.03.21 本日世界各地火箭發射任務、俄羅斯SOYUZ MS25太空船運補太空人替換到ISS、獵鷹9號也運補物資到ISS、中國本年登月任務嫦娥6號 俄羅斯SoyuzMS25聯盟號太空船原本計畫本日發射將三名太空人運上國際太空站輪替,但發射臨時取消延遲至3月26日。 ROACKET LAB一枚ELECTRON火箭載運美國軍事載荷上空。 SPACEX一枚獵鷹九號火箭推送隆運貨飛船運補6000磅(2700公斤)物資到國際太空站。 中國發射鵲橋二號中繼衛星到月球軌道,2024年5月預計使用長征五號火箭載送嫦娥六號探月飛船到月球南極,未來月球科研站預定地點採集月壤。…
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As Taiwan gains prominence on international headlines, often framed in terms of conflict with China, it’s easy to neglect the island nation’s human stories and nuances. Niki Alsford’s book Taiwan Lives: A Social and Political History (University of Washington Press, March 2024) aims to provide a more nuanced counterweight to the sensationalism and …
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In the sixteenth century, members of the Ouchi family were kings in all but name in much of Japan. Immensely wealthy, they controlled sea lanes stretching to Korea and China, as well as the Japanese city of Yamaguchi, which functioned as an important regional port with a growing population and a host of temples and shrines. The family was unique in…
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2024.03.17 本週國際新聞導覽-俄烏戰爭、星艦3號發射、南海菲律賓與中國海警衝突、紅海葉門危機、以巴戰爭未了 俄烏戰爭從兩年前2022年2月24日開打,我記憶猶新,原先俄羅斯計畫三日亡烏,與八年抗戰三月亡華一樣的天真,結果竟也打成長期抗戰。俄羅斯靠量體大的面積與經濟力壓制烏克蘭,烏克蘭靠美歐北約力量支持著未倒,但實際也已經筋疲力竭,國力大衰,死傷人數甚多。 為什麼要打這個帳?要從基輔羅斯時代說起。還有二戰初期烏克蘭歡迎納粹進軍一起打蘇聯紅軍、到克里米亞半島歸屬換手引發新仇舊恨,以及蘇聯瓦解後烏克蘭天真的放棄核武器,與境內俄裔人口的認同混淆,都是今日這場無止盡戰爭的起源。 SpaceX星艦三號發射有何意義?是成功還是失敗?人類的宇宙夢值得繼續做嗎?請聽蘇老師道來。 南海菲律賓海巡隊與中…
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2.3 各款太空運載火箭 太空運載火箭基本上就是洲際彈道飛彈的推進段,兩者通用且可相互使用。 中國將其太空運載火箭以長征家族為名,從長征一號到現在的長征七號,各款還有不同的改進型。曾經一度有「暴風一號」之名,但因發生事故不吉利,該系列名稱便不再使用。 現在使用最多的是長征二號F系列,專用於神舟飛船之液體燃料火箭,其實如果舊款彈道飛彈要退役了,直接拿來作為太空推進火箭用,其實也是一個極好的用途,將原本軍事殺人的用途改為發展太空事業,意義完全就不一樣了。 我們可以看到,從一開始火箭就是使用液體燃料為主,也就是使用具有高比衝高比推力的化學液體推進劑,又可分為「單組元推進劑」,也就是液化氣體如液氫、液氧等,以及雙組元推進劑(又分可自燃推進劑、不可自燃靠點火之推進劑),如煤油混液氧,與三組元推進劑。 …
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2.1.2 北斗衛星導航系統 另外,為了預防與美國開戰時,美國可能關閉不讓人使用GPS導航系統之作法抗衡,中國軍方包括總參謀部、總裝備部、國防科技工業局、中國科學院、中國航天科技集團、中國電子科技集團、國防科技大學等多單位共同研發,耗時26年,投入達120億美元,發射58顆衛星之北斗導航衛星系統終於成功建立自己的導航衛星系統。 世界最早的導航衛星系統是美國的GPS系統,通過全球30多顆圍繞地球軌道運行的GPS衛星進行多點定位,可對用戶提供時間、位置與速度等資訊。在任何天候下,只要在地球表面空曠之地,有開放的視野,就可以很快接收到至少4枚衛星的訊號並完成對自身的定位。中國本來也是使用GPS的八十幾個國家之一。但在1993年,銀河號貨輪遭美國無理盤查並關閉其GPS系統,導致該船動彈不得一個月,驚…
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SPACEX的星艦3號機於2024.3.14 10:00左右發射升空,順利未出意外。前兩次星艦1號與2號在發射過程中爆炸失事。 星艦的測試成功對於馬斯克2035年將1百萬地球人移居到火星的計畫將是關鍵的一步。 NASA表示在主小型星帶之靈神星PSYCHE-16,是一顆19世紀人類就發現的隕石小星體,他的特殊之處在於這顆大小約為美國德州大小的小行星體,是一顆95%以上都是金屬的小行星,主要成分是黃金與鎳。在地球上都是歸為貴金屬。據估計,他的整顆星體經濟價值達到700 Quintillion美元,7億兆美元,倘平分給地球80億人,每人可分得930億美元。 NASA已經要派出探測器到靈神星去研究其形成原因,應該是行星強力碰撞後,殘留的行星內核殘餘,才會都是金屬而不是岩石。他表面也充滿受撞擊的隕石坑…
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一家基地在日本的火箭公司SPACEONE將首射其火箭KARIOS,一種三節之固體燃料火箭,在2024.03.13從日本發射升空。可惜發射幾秒後就爆炸失事墜毀,但請再接再厲。 美國SPACEX公司的龍太空船運補國際太空站已返回地球。Di 蘇育平 Yuping SU
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2.1 中國航天太空事業 上一節講述了中國兩彈一星的發展,發展出核彈後,必須要有發射載具。火箭,也就是彈道飛彈除了彈頭爆炸部以外之推進部分,就是核彈最佳的載具,但其實也是發射衛星或太空船的通用載具,用途都是將酬載頂出大氣層進入外太空空間。 中國從1970年代,開發出了東風-5彈道飛彈、長征-1運載火箭、風暴-1型運載火箭之後,眼見美蘇兩強太空競賽之激烈,毛澤東指示中國也要發展太空事業,東方紅一號衛星也就上了天,就算在文革打破一切的時代,就算連火箭發射基地與許多珍貴的火箭科學家也捲入批鬥與鬥爭的時刻,中國的航天事業也沒有因此中止,頂多只是拖延了一點腳步,大方向還是繼續往前的。 到了21世紀,中國的太空計畫發展已經到了獨樹一幟、沒人比他更認真的程度。首先,是人類宇宙事業的領航者與第一領先選手――…
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1.8 歐洲的太空事業 歐洲有傳統強國,如英國、法國、德國、義大利等,在二戰之後,藉由美國援助,也慢慢恢復元氣,並追隨美國的腳步與蘇聯對抗。 歐洲也有自己的太空計畫,英、法、德都有火箭或彈道飛彈技術,在1968年11月29日,歐洲太空發射發展組織(European Launcher Development Organisation,ELDO)結合諸國之力進行第一次發射,這次發射一個擁有三級的歐羅巴-1號火箭(Europa 1 rocket),地點在澳洲南部的WOOMERA皇家澳洲空軍基地。 這款火箭也是各國組合的結果:第一節是英國依照藍紋彈道飛彈藍本設計的推進段,第二節是法國生產的,第三節是德國生產的,裝載的是測試衛星一枚。但是,發射過程中,第一、二段順利燃燒,第三節卻不幸爆炸,導致任務失敗…
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之決議,但是任誰都知道這是不可能的,只要有能力到達太空的國家,幾乎都是懷有軍事意圖的,也只有具備戰略意圖,一個國家才會有動機耗費資源與金錢製造太空載具前進到太空空間。再加上在太空部署軍事設施,可以有效地壓制地表的勢力,因此,這是一個不可說,但許多國家競相去做的事情。 過去美國太空事業是由美國空軍太空司令部與美國國家太空總署NASA負責,現在則是由2019年12月正式成立的「美國太空軍」(Space Force)與NASA負責。太空軍算是繼美國空軍於1947年,獨立成為一個新軍種後,又再一獨立出來的新軍種,與美國陸軍、海軍、空軍、海軍陸戰隊、海岸巡防隊並立。只是太空軍與美國空軍之間,還是存在相當程度的連結,太空軍的基地設施、人員、武器裝備、指揮協調等,一切都是來自美國空軍原屬的太空司令部與下轄…
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1.3 蘇聯R-2飛彈到中國東風-1型 1960年代,中國的航天事業開始快速地從無到有發展。首先,有蘇聯曾經提供的R-2飛彈做參考基礎,這是蘇聯模仿納粹德國V2火箭技術而生產的第一款短程戰區彈道飛彈,1946年開始研發,1951年服役,部署到蘇聯陸軍部隊中,直到1962年退役。 該款火箭重量19.6噸,長度17.65公尺,直徑1.65公尺,採用液體火箭推進器,射程達576公里,速度約兩馬赫,打擊精度約8公里。老實說,本款火箭作為軍事武器實在是不及格,因為準確性太差,只能作為打擊敵軍士氣的威嚇性武器。但是,作為太空運載火箭,它可就完全合格了。 圖1-3 蘇聯R-2彈道飛彈(Nesusvet拍攝,公有領域) 蘇聯後續將R-2開發出R-2A型探空火箭,將帶有活體狗的太空艙發射入太空中。 1957年…
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人類從有智慧開始,就對天空中的日月星辰感到興趣,日月因為其有規律的升起與降落,成為了人類計算時間的標準;星辰的運行軌道與亮度閃爍,成為在海洋上指引方向之憑藉,甚至還被人分別星座,賦予不同的傳說故事與意義。 1.1 古代中國天文學 天文學中的天象變化,也成為古代朝廷的大事。比如獵戶座天狼星,代表著北方遊牧民族入侵的徵兆;比如彗星出現也是凶兆;日食與月食發生時,還得要拿著鑼敲以把天狗趕走。古代曆法也多是依照星象變化的規律而制定,埃及人、馬雅人、中國人、希臘羅馬人都很注重曆法,認為天象的變化會對應地面上人事的變化。因此,必須給予足夠的重視,以便及早處理憂患。中國在漢朝時期,就製作出觀測天象的渾天儀,渾儀用來測量天體球面的座標,渾象則是用來演示天象的儀表,兩者組合就是用來解釋渾天說的儀器。 中國天文…
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星際探索-中國航天事業與中國火箭軍 人類生命源起地球,地球也是現今所有已知地球生命的母親,沒有地球的孕育,一切生命都不會產生。但人類卻是破壞地球,傷害地球最深的生物。人類之所以現在還能在地球上逍遙,濫用地球資源、破壞地球環境,排放溫室氣體,慢性戕害地球環境健康,完全是因為這一兩百年來地球沒有太大的地質或氣候變動,也沒有真正面對地外文明、外星文明入侵的降維打擊,冷戰時期的核戰爭也沒有真的爆發,導致核冬天。因此,人類還可以持續各種自掘墳墓的行為,如戰爭、種族清洗、軍事衝突、恐怖主義、大量使用化石燃料、大量砍伐生產氧氣的叢林綠地等惡質行徑,傷害地球母親。 如果有一天,地球面對像毀滅了恐龍的那樣小行星打擊,或太陽噴發大量太陽粒子吹走地球大氣層,又或者地球地軸倒轉,導致季節混亂,甚至多幾座火山大爆發,…
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槍械種類 使用型號 備註 自動步槍 81式突擊步槍(上一代) 95式自動步槍QBZ-95(新生代)03式自動步槍 衝鋒槍 79式、85式衝鋒槍 機槍 81式班用機槍 95式班用機槍 88式輕重兩用機槍 狙擊步槍 79式、85式狙擊步槍(上一代) 88式狙擊步槍(新一代) 手槍 92式9釐米手槍 弓弩 裝甲車 防爆裝甲車 大口徑武器 40火箭筒、無後座力砲 單兵武器 催淚瓦斯彈、閃光彈、煙霧彈 機動師專屬 59式坦克、107式火箭砲、輪式裝甲車、直升昇機 中國海警 艦砲、機槍、防空導彈、水砲、水雷等 (一)步槍 在公安軍時代,基本上連解放軍都是使用五花八門的武器,更別提公安軍。一直到1956年定型生產的56式自動步槍,又稱56式衝鋒槍,解放軍與公安軍才開始使用制式槍械。 圖1-44 仿製蘇聯A…
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A brief stay in France was, for many Chinese workers and Chinese Communist Party leaders, a vital stepping stone for their careers during the cultural and political push to modernize China after World War I. For the Chinese students who went abroad specifically to study Western art and literature, these trips meant something else entirely. Set agai…
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中國武警部隊是一支半軍半警的中國武裝力量。曾經是解放軍公安部隊,後來逐步獨立成為與解放軍、民兵並立的中國三大武裝力量之一。 中國武警曾經一度收編許多解放軍裁軍下來的基建工程兵與乙種步兵師,因此擁有黃金、水電、交通、警衛、森林、消防、邊防、機動師等性質各異的部隊。 2018年大改編後,剩下各省市內衛武警、機動總隊、海警總隊三大支柱,其他警種分別歸屬到其他部會轄下。 從渤海、東海到釣魚台,從台灣海峽、西沙到南沙,中國海警部隊標註有China Coast Guard的船艦日益頻繁出現在各海域。 在傳統有爭端的海域如釣魚台海域、南海九段線,都可以看到中國海警持續不懈、不間斷的進行展現存在感的行為。面對這支已經在船艦數量穩居世界海巡隊伍第一名的中國海警部隊,我們該有的認識是必須要的。就讓我們一起來認識…
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Japan's Holocaust: History of Imperial Japan's Mass Murder and Rape During World War II (Knox Press, 2024) combines research conducted in over eighteen research facilities in five nations to explore Imperial Japan's atrocities from 1927 to 1945 during its military expansions and reckless campaigns throughout Asia and the Pacific. This book brings t…
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Between 1565 and 1815, the so-called Manila galleons enjoyed a near-complete monopoly on transpacific trade between Spain’s Asian and American colonies. Sailing from the Philippines to Mexico and back, these Spanish trading ships also facilitated the earliest migrations and displacements of Asian peoples to the Americas. Hailing from Gujarat, Nagas…
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The late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries saw the turbulent end of China’s imperial system, violent revolutionary movements, and the fraught establishment of a republican government. During these decades of reform and revolution, millions of far-flung “overseas Chinese” remained connected to Chinese domestic movements. Transpacific Reform a…
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2023-2024年,繼續在邦交國大使館的工作,生活在加勒比海島國聖文森及格瑞那丁,兩年多沒有回過台灣。 工作之餘繼續寫書,2023年出版了「中國武警與中國海警」、「蒙古人全史-從東胡到現代蒙古國」,另外兩本 「中國海上力量全覽-海軍、海警、海巡與海上民兵」、「星際探索-中國航天事業與中國火箭軍」去年寫好但 出版社來不及出版,海上力量全覽已經在印刷廠印製,中國航天事業一書已經在校稿。 人類的知識探索是無窮盡的,我發現我對知識的探索也已經從子宮到了外太空。 2024年的現在,可能每週都有中國或美國的官方或民間所屬的太空運載火箭發射升空,不論是發射人造衛星, 或是發射無人或載人太空船、深空探測器等,或者有探月工程、探火星工程、太空站維護輪替運補任務等等, 都十分有意思。 將來我會帶大家隨我一起去…
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With comics franchises getting turned into multi-billion dollar revenue opportunities and consumer technology companies dominating daily headlines — the trappings of “geekdom” have made their way into the global mainstream over the past few days. As part of this trend, Japanese-style anime has also gained immense transnational popularity, arguably …
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Japan is often imagined as a nation with a long history of whaling. In The Gods of the Sea: Whales and Coastal Communities in Northeast Japan, c.1600-2019 (Cambridge UP, 2023), Fynn Holm argues that for centuries some regions in early modern Japan did not engage in whaling. In fact, they were actively opposed to it, even resorting to violence when …
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In December 1937, the Chinese capital, Nanjing, falls and the Japanese army unleash an orgy of torture, murder, and rape. Over the course of six weeks, hundreds of thousands of civilians and prisoners of war are killed. At the very onset of the atrocities, the Danish supervisor at a cement plant just outside the city, 26-year-old Bernhard Arp Sindb…
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Today’s guest is Charles B. Jones, Associate Professor and Director of the Religion and Culture graduate program in the School of Theology and Religious Studies at the Catholic University of America. He will be speaking with us about his new book Chinese Pure Land Buddhism: Understanding a Tradition of Practice, just published in the Pure Land Budd…
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Peter Harmsen's book Shanghai 1937: Stalingrad on the Yangtze (Casemate, 2015) describes one of the great forgotten battles of the 20th century. At its height it involved nearly a million Chinese and Japanese soldiers while sucking in three million civilians as unwilling spectators and victims. It turned what had been a Japanese adventure in China …
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On the podcast today, I am joined by Mai Corlin, who is researcher at the department of cross-cultural and regional studies in the University of Copenhagen. Mai will be talking about her new book, The Bishan Commune and the Practice of Socially Engaged Art in Rural China (Palgrave Macmillan, 2020) Mai’s book examines the new rural reconstruction mo…
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“The things that are happening to North Korea are happening to all of us…they are part of the human community. To say that this is just a problem for North Korea is to say that North Koreans are not part of the human community.” In her new book, Dying for Rights: Putting North Korea’s Human Rights Abuses on the Record (Columbia University Press, 20…
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For all the talk of China being a peaceful country with no aggressive intentions, it has behaved like most other rising powers – spending lots of money on its military. But what do we know of how that military is used? James A. Siebens is the editor of China’s Use of Armed Coercion: To Win Without Fighting (Routledge, 2023). Listen to him in conver…
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In 1864, on a midsummer’s day, Kawai Koume, a 60-year old matriarch of a samurai family in Wakayama, makes a note in her diary, which she had dutifully written in for over three decades. There are reports of armed clashes in Kyoto. It’s said that the emperor has ordered the expulsion of the foreigners, and it’s also said that a large band of vagabo…
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Max Ward’s Thought Crime: Ideology and State Power in Interwar Japan (Duke University Press, 2019) analyzes the trajectory and transformations of the implementation of Japan’s 1925 Peace Preservation Law from its conception until the early years of the 1940s. The law, which began as a state effort to tamp down radicalism and “dangerous thought” (mo…
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In his new book, Transnational Nazism: Ideology and Culture in German Japanese Relations, 1919-1936 (Cambridge University Press, 2019), associate professor of history at Carnegie Mellon University Ricky W. Law examines the cultural context of Tokyo and Berlin’s political rapprochement in 1936. This study of interwar German-Japanese relations is the…
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On 9th August 1945, the US dropped the second atomic bomb on Nagasaki. Of the dead, approximately 8500 were Catholic Christians, representing over sixty percent of the community. In Dangerous Memory in Nagasaki: Prayers, Protests, and Catholic Survivor Narratives (Routledge, 2019), Gwyn McClelland presents a collective biography, where nine Catholi…
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In this captivating translation of the imaginative prose essay collection Wild Grass (1927) and experimental memoir Morning Blossoms Gathered at Dusk (1928), Eileen J. Cheng expertly showcases the range and imagination of Lu Xun (1881–1936), generally considered to be the father of modern Chinese literature. Combined, these two books include storie…
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Malaysian Chinese (Mahua) literature is marginalized on several fronts. In the international literary space, which privileges the West, Malaysia is considered remote. The institutions of modern Chinese literature favor mainland China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong. Within Malaysia, only texts in Malay, the national language, are considered national literat…
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In this vivid and highly original reading of recent Chinese history, Scents of China: A Modern History of Smell (Cambridge University Press, 2023) Dr. Xuelei Huang documents the eclectic array of smells that permeated Chinese life from the High Qing through to the Mao period. Utilising interdisciplinary methodology and critically engaging with scho…
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On the podcast today, I am joined by Professor Anru Lee, who is professor of anthropology at John Jay College, the City University of New York. Anru will be talking about her new book, Haunted Modernities: Gender, Memory and Placemaking in Postindustrial Taiwan, which was published just last year in 2023 by University of Hawai’i Press. Haunted Mode…
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Florence Mok's book Covert Colonialism: Governance, Surveillance and Political Culture in British Hong Kong, c.1966-97 (Manchester UP, 2023) is timely and exciting for those who are interested in colonial governance and autonomy of the colonial polity. This is a long-ignored area in which colonial historians have made major interventions. Moving aw…
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In the early 1990s, Mongolia began a transition from socialism to a market democracy. In the process, the country became more than ever dependent on international mining revenue. Nearly thirty years later, many of Mongolia's poor and rural feel that, rather than share in the prosperity the transition was supposed to spread, they have been forgotten…
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Is Kiribati in the American lake, Indo-Pacific or Chinese Pacific? In this Episode, Julie Yu-Wen Chen talks to Rodolfo Maggio, a senior researcher at the University of Helsinki to conceptualize Kiribati as an interstitial island in the Chinese Pacific. Rodolfo Maggio is a social anthropologist of moral and economic values in the Asia-Pacific region…
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In Among the Braves Hope, Struggle, and Exile in the Battles for Hong Kong and the Future of Global Democracy (Hachette, 2023) Shibani Mahtani and Timothy McLaughlin tell the story of Hong Kong's demise from Two Systems to One Country through the eyes of some of its key actors in the 2019 Anti-Extradition protests. In their richly evocative narrati…
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Why do so many contemporary Chinese artists use porcelain in their work? How do artists make sense of the legacy that porcelain has in China, and how do they use it to transmit ideas about China, Chinese art, and Chinese culture? In New Export China: Translations across Time and Place in Contemporary Chinese Porcelain Art (University of California …
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