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Documents
The Chinese People Have Stood Up! 1949
Opening address by Mao Zedong, Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party, at the First Plenary Session of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.
Acheson, Statement on China, 1949
Secretary of State Dean Acheson's view of China in August 1949.
The Constitution of the Republic of China 1946
The 1946 Constitution of the Republic of China (Taiwan).
Order of Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek Supplementing the Act of Surrender 1945
This is order No. 1 of Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek to the Japanese forces in China, excluding Manchuria, Formosa, and French Indo-China north of 16 degrees of north latitude, which were surrendered under the act of 9 September 1945. This order supplements the acts of surrender to the Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers and his General Order No. 1.
Instrument of Surrender by Japan, 1945
Instrument of Surrender by Japan, September 2, 1945, Tokyo Bay
Soong Mei-ling, “Addresses to the House of Respresentatives and to the Senate,” February 18, 1943.
宋美龄1943年2月18日在美国众议院的演说
Mr. Speaker and Members of the House of Representatives of the United States:
Japanese Note to the United States ("Fourteen Part Message"), 1941
Japanese Note to the United States, December 7, 1941,(Generally referred to as the "Fourteen Part Message.")
Message From the United States President to the Emperor of Japan, 1941
One day before the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor with 420 airplanes, President Franklin D. Roosevelt sent the following message to the Showa Emperor of Japan.
United States Note to Japan, 1941
The text of the document handed by the Secretary of State to the Japanese Ambassador on November 26, 1941, which consists of two parts, one an oral statement and one an outline of a proposed basis for agreement between the United States and Japan.
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We note the passing of many prominent individuals who played some role in U.S.-China affairs, whether in politics, economics or in helping people in one place understand the other.
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Ying Zhu looks at new developments for Chinese and global streaming services.
David Zweig examines China's talent recruitment efforts, particularly towards those scientists and engineers who left China for further study. U.S. universities, labs and companies have long brought in talent from China. Are such people still welcome?