The Blank Piece of Paper

The spring of 1966 was, in Zhang Zhonghan’s mind, just the beginning of a grand project to color in a blank piece of paper, Xinjiang, with the youth of the nation. Continue reading The Blank Piece of Paper

Data Sharing, Research

Indexing Zhao Ziyang’s Collected Works

A research tool for the newly published Collected Works of Zhao Ziyang. Continue reading Indexing Zhao Ziyang’s Collected Works

Research

Mark Your Calendars: Mao at #AAS2017

“Mao Unplugged: The Chairman Between War and Revolution” is coming to Toronto in March 2017. Continue reading Mark Your Calendars: Mao at #AAS2017

Research

The Canadian Long Telegram

Why do we remember the Kennan long telegram and the Novikov cable, but not the Canadian counterpart? Continue reading The Canadian Long Telegram

Research

Coca-Cola in China

I am giving a conference paper next week at the 2016 SHAFR Annual Meeting on Coca-Cola’s fitful return to China in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Continue reading Coca-Cola in China

Research

“The Asiatic countries should get together”

“The idea was a good one,” remarked Wellington Koo . “The Asiatic countries should get together.” Continue reading “The Asiatic countries should get together”