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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.
U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission, "Symposia on Transatlantic Perspectives on Economic and Security relations with China," November 30, 2004
November 30, 2004
This hearing was conducted by the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission on November 30, 2004. The U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission was created by the U.S. Congress in 2000 to monitor, investigate, and submit to Congress an annual report on the national security implications of the economic relationship between the United States and the People’s Republic of China.
Chinese Government White Paper on “Human Rights Record of the United States in 2001,” 2002
March 11, 2002
This Chinese government paper covers details areas where the U.S. has violated human rights upon its own people and other nations. It also points out that racial discrimination is the most serious human rights problem.
Svensson, Debating Human Rights in China: A Conceptual and Political History, 2002
January 1, 2002
Fred Edwards reviews the book for H-Diplo, February 2003, credit H-Asia.
H.Con.Res. 73 – China/Olympics, 2001
April 4, 2001
Expressing the Sense of Congress that the 2008 Olympic Games should not be held in Beijing unless the Government of the People’s Republic of China releases all political prisoners, ratifies the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, and observes internationally recognized human rights.
President Clinton's Beijing University speech, 1998
June 29, 1998
President Bill Clinton gave a speech to Beijing University's students and faculty.
Hillary Clinton, Remarks at the UN Conference on Women, 1995
September 5, 1995
Then the first lady of the U.S., Hillary Clinton led the U.S. delegation to the 4th United Nations Conference on Women which was held near Beijing in 1995.
President Clinton's statement on the release of Harry Wu, 1995
August 25, 1995
President Clinton issued a statement through his press secretary about China's release of Chinese American Harry Wu.
Pres. Lee Teng-hui, Cornell University Commencement Address, June 9, 1995
June 9, 1995
Taiwan-born Lee Teng-hui 李登輝 (1923-2020) was Vice President of the Republic of China 1984-1988. A member of the ruling Kuomintang, Lee assumed the presidency on the death of Chiang Ching-kuo. In 1990, he was elected president by the ROC legislature. In 1996, Lee was elected in Taiwan's first-ever direct presidential election. He was succeeded in office by Chen Shui-bian of the Democratic Progressive Party. Lee studied at Iowa State University, earning a masters degree in agricultural economics. He later returned to the U.S. and earned his doctorate in agricultural economics at Cornell University. Members of Congress led by Senator Frank Mukowski of Alaska and Representative Tom Lantos of California pushed the Clinton administration to authorize a private, unofficial visit by Lee to the U.S.
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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.
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?