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… to the Department of History, “ Wang Xitian and the Chinese Experience in Imperial Tokyo, 1899-1923: Class, … in Tokyo, under the influence of changing politics in China, growing tensions in Sino-Japan relations, and the … in Tokyo. Finding those sources, however, took almost half a year. What resources at Yale were the most helpful for …

… Others” and “Formation of the Korean Bronze Age” This event will consist of two lectures. A light reception with … The earliest written records on “Koreans” are found in Chinese documents from the Han dynasty (3rd century BCE-3rd … as primary sources for early Korean history in Korea, China, and Japan. These records play a crucial role in …

… talk presents a case study from the early Tang empire of China. At its largest extent, the Tang’s territory spanned … and Korean sailors. How did the state classify these non-Chinese foreigners? How did the Tang court define … It shows how imperial laws created systems to absorb non-Chinese into the empire on the one hand and impose harsh …

… Kingdom of Characters: The Language Revolution That Made China Modern , was recently featured on the front page of the … one: the century-long fight to make the formidable Chinese language accessible to the modern world of global … Characters follows the bold innovators who reinvented the Chinese language, among them an exiled reformer who risked a …

… Xiamen University, studies the medieval history of South China, particularly the local society and culture, as well as … around 50 published papers which mostly focus on medieval Chinese history and Buddhist studies. He co-edited with … “Bridges China Dialogue” in Geneva, a prominent annual event featuring high-level conversation between ministers, …

… criminal investigations into possible war crimes in Syria. China protects its allies in Myanmar from any meaningful … genocide in Rwanda to the Holocaust — is to recognize the emptiness of that approach. Would any country today defend … value. Genocide prevention will remain just a pipe dream so long as the United Nations’ member states treat it …

… Development, and Minister of the Environment and Rural Affairs. Prior to that, he made his career in the … in the 1970s we were very concerned with countries like China, India, Indonesia, Bangladesh, now increasingly, we are … world will be Nigerian and that by the end of the century, half the world’s population will be from Sub-Saharan Africa. …