The Tolstoy-Dolan Mission and the Establishment of US-Tibetan Relations: An investigation into the events that unfolded after the first visit of American representatives to Lhasa in 1943 [PDF]
, 2017 This article investigates the events that unfolded during and after the visit of two Office of Strategic Service (OSS) agents to Lhasa in spring 1943.
Ernst, Maximilian
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No Man an Island: The Cinema of Hou Hsiao-hsien
, 2009 Hou Hsiao-hsien is arguably the most celebrated Chinese-language film director in the international film festival realm. However, this is not due to an inert cultural tradition so much as to numerous historical/contextual factors – most of all his being ...
Udden, James N.
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Homogenizing nationalists, budding fascists, and truculent exceptionalists: the end of world order in the Indo-Pacific. [PDF]
Int Polit (Hague), 2022 McKinney JM.
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Pao-Lu Hsu (Xu, Bao-lu): The Grandparent of Probability and Statistics in China
, 2012 The years 1910-1911 are auspicious years in Chinese mathematics with the births of Pao-Lu Hsu, Luo-Keng Hua and Shiing-Shen Chern. These three began the development of modern mathematics in China: Hsu in probability and statistics, Hua in number theory ...
Chen, Dayue, Olkin, Ingram
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'A very different kind of challenge'? NATO's prioritization of China in historical perspective. [PDF]
Int Polit (Hague), 2022 Michaels JH.
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Sino-US Competition: Is Liberal Democracy an Asset or Liability? [PDF]
J Chin Polit Sci, 2023 Xia M.
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The Decision to Reinforce Hong Kong: September 1941 [PDF]
, 2012 In November 1941 the Canadian government, reacting to a British request, despatched “C” Force to reinforce the garrison at Hong Kong. Shortly after the Canadians arrived, the Japanese army attacked and captured the British colony.
Copp, Terry
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Negotiating Shanghai Mercy Hospital: Philanthropy, Business and Control of Madness in Republican China. [PDF]
Soc Hist Med, 2023 Ma J.
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The missionaries and the Guomindang: an exploration of the Seventh-day Adventist experience in Republican China [PDF]
, 2015 Crocombe, Ruth
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The Taiwan Strait Crisis of 1954-55 and U.S.-R.O.C Relations [PDF]
On September 3, 1954, Chinese artillery began shelling Quemoy (Jinmen), one of the Kuomintang-held offshore islands, setting off the first Taiwan Strait Crisis.
Matsumoto I., Haruka
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