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World War II
Peattie, Drea, and van de Ven, eds., The Battle for China: Essays on the Military History of the Sino-Japanese War of 1937-1945, 2010
January 1, 2010
This review by Roger Brown was originally published by the H-War discussion list and is reproduced here under Creative Commons license.
Clements, Wellington Koo: China (Makers of the Modern World), 2008.
January 1, 2008
Yongjin Zhang reviews the book for H-Diplo.
Wakabayashi, ed. The Nanking Atrocity, 1937-38- Complicating the Picture, 2007
January 1, 2007
This edited volume was reviewed by Sven Saaler for H-Genocide in September 2009. It is reprinted here under Creative Commons license.
Paul H. Kratoska, Asian Labor in the Wartime Japanese History: Unknown Histories, 2005.
January 1, 2005
Bill Sewell reviews the book for H-US-Japan.
New Research on the Nanjing Incident
December 31, 2004
David Askew summarizes scholarship on what happened in Nanjing in December 1937.
Zaccarini, The Sino-American Friendship as Tradition and Challenge: Dr. Ailie Gale in China, 1908-1950, 2001
December 31, 2002
Sayuri Shimizu reviews the book for H-Diplo.
Goodman, Social and Political Change in Revolutionary China: The Taihang Base Area in the War of Resistance to Japan, 1937-1945, 2000
January 1, 2000
Matthew Young reviews the book for H-Diplo.
Treaty of Peace between the Republic of China and Japan (Treaty of Taipei) 1952
April 28, 1952
Signed at Taipei, 28 April 1952
Entered into force, 5 August 1952, by the exchange of the instruments of ratification at Taipei
Treaty of Peace with Japan, 1951
September 8, 1951
Treaty of Peace with Japan, Sept. 8, 1951, San Francisco, California, USA
Instrument of Surrender by Japan, 1945
September 2, 1945
Instrument of Surrender by Japan, September 2, 1945, Tokyo Bay
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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.
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Thursday, March 21, 2024 - 4:00pm PST
Ying Zhu looks at new developments for Chinese and global streaming services.
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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?