People keep moving from rural areas into cities.
Britain
Reeves, The Lone Flag -- Memoir of the British Consul in Macao during World War II, 2014
February 9, 2016
Augustine Meaher reviewed this book for the History of War discussion list in February 2016.
Bickers and Howlett, eds., Britain and China, 1840-1970: Empire, Finance and War (July 7, 2015)
January 23, 2016
Reviewed by Stacie A. Kent for the History of Diplomacy discussion list.
Buchanan, East Wind: China and the British Left, 1925-1976, 2012 (June 18, 2012)
June 10, 2014
Qiang Zhai reviews the book for H-Diplo, February 2013.
Kang, East Asia Before the West: Five Centuries of Trade and Tribute, 2010
January 1, 2010
Valerie Hansen reviews the book for H-Asia, September 2011.
Auerbach, Race, Law, and "The Chinese Puzzle" in Imperial Britain, 2009
January 1, 2009
David Lloyd Smith reviews the book for H-Albion, January 2010.
Welland, A Thousand Miles of Dreams: The Journeys of Two Chinese Sisters, 2006.
January 1, 2006
Sasha Su-Ling Welland reviews the book for H-Net.
Freese, Coal: A Human History, 2004.
January 1, 2004
Jan Kunnas reviews the book for H-Environment, June 2005.
Pomeranz, The Great Divergence: China, Europe, and the Making of the Modern World Economy, 2000
January 1, 2000
Peter Perdue reviews the book for H-World, August 2000.
Joint Declaration of the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of the People's Republic of China on the Question of Hong Kong, Dec. 19, 1984
December 19, 1984
Joint Declaration of the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of the People's Republic of China on the Question of Hong Kong
The White Man's Burden 1899
December 13, 1901
"The White Man's Burden" is a poem by the English poet Rudyard Kipling. It was originally published in the popular magazine McClure's in 1899. It was a response to the U.S. taking over the Philippines after the Spanish-American War. Although Kipling's poem mixed exhortation to empire with sober warnings of the costs involved, imperialists within the United States understood the phrase "white man's burden" as a characterization for imperialism that justified the policy as a noble enterprise.
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Thursday, November 4, 2021 - 4:00pm PT
Kirk Denton will look at the role of politics—especially political parties—in the establishment, administration, architectural design, and historical narratives of museums in Taiwan.
Wednesday, November 10, 2021 - 4:00pm PT
Please join the USC U.S.-China Institute for a discussion with Barry Naughton on his assessment of what he and his colleagues got right and wrong in looking at China’s economy over the past four decades.