Coca-Cola in Chinese History
Now online with Diplomatic History, my latest article: “More than Just a Soft Drink: Coca-Cola and China’s Early Reform and Opening.” Continue reading Coca-Cola in Chinese History
Category: Publications
Uyghurs, Khrushchevs, and More
A round-up of my recent blogging on Sources and Methods. Continue reading Uyghurs, Khrushchevs, and More
Decolonisation and Cold War in Anti-Communist Asia
My work on decolonization and Cold War in anti-communist Asia is published in the International History Review. Continue reading Decolonisation and Cold War in Anti-Communist Asia
Reviewing Recent Scholarship on Cold War Taiwan
I recently reviewed two articles offering some new insights into Taiwan’s Cold War-era diplomacy and international relations. Continue reading Reviewing Recent Scholarship on Cold War Taiwan
Researching the History of the People’s Republic of China
Reflections on research at 25 archives in the PRC. Continue reading Researching the History of the People’s Republic of China
Chinese Foreign Policy Database
In May 2015, the Wilson Center launched the Chinese Foreign Policy Database, which I developed. The Database contains nearly 1,500 declassified documents on the international relations of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) since 1949. Continue reading Chinese Foreign Policy Database
Sino-European Relations during the Cold War and the Rise of a Multipolar World
Sino-European Relations during the Cold War and the Rise of a Multipolar World combines critical oral history with newly translated documentary sources to provide insights into the dynamics of Sino-European relations, past and present, and recent and ongoing global power shifts. Continue reading Sino-European Relations during the Cold War and the Rise of a Multipolar World
Kim Gu on Reunification and War, 1948
A recently unearthed conversation with veteran independence activist Kim Gu (Kim Koo) provides new details on how leaders in southern Korea saw North Korea in 1948 and their predictions about the likelihood of a war in Korea. Continue reading Kim Gu on Reunification and War, 1948
Reassessing China-Myanmar Relations during the Cold War
An introduction by Hongwei Fan and a new set of Chinese-language documents on Sino-Burmese relations was just published by the Cold War International History Project. I served as translator for Fan’s introduction and coordinated the release. Continue reading Reassessing China-Myanmar Relations during the Cold War
More Friends than Foes: Sino-Japanese Relations in 1984
I just published a co-authored introduction to a set Japanese documents on the visit made by Prime Minister Nakasone Yasuhiro to China in March 1984 with Sergey Radchenko, now a Reader in International Relations at Aberystwyth University, and Yutaka Kanda, Associate Professor at Niigata University, Japan. Continue reading More Friends than Foes: Sino-Japanese Relations in 1984
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