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Japan
Message From the United States President to the Emperor of Japan, 1941
December 6, 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
November 26, 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.
Japanese Government, “Twenty-One Demands,” April 26, 1915
April 26, 1915
This is an English translation from a Chinese translation of a revision of the demands originally submitted on January 18, 1915.
John Hay to Andrew White, "First 'Open Door' Note, Sept. 6, 1899
December 13, 1901
Secretary John Hay wrote versions of this note to each of the major powers (Britain, Germany, France, Italy, Russia, and Japan).
Dismantling Developmentalism: Japan, Korea, Taiwan
The University of California, Berkeley Center for Chinese Studies will jointly host a conference on Japan, Korea, and Taiwan in the 1980s.
Trans-Pacific Transmissions: Video Art Across the Pacific
Art Gallery of Greater Victoria hosts an exhibit exploring the visual culture of exchange between Asia and the Americas.
Fraught Security in Asia - 70 Years after WWII
University of California, Los Angeles Asia Institute hosts a panel discussion of the security climate in Asia 70 years after WWII.
Japanese Lacquerware
The Asian Art Museum presents an exhibit of Japanese Lacquerware.
Making Matsutake Worlds: A Transnational Commodity Chain from Southwest China
UC Berkeley Institute of East Asian Studies hosts a talk with Michael Hathaway
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Featured Articles
January 4, 2024
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.
Events
Thursday, March 21, 2024 - 4:00pm PST
Ying Zhu looks at new developments for Chinese and global streaming services.
Tuesday, March 19, 2024 - 4:00pm
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?