Chinese history

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• SOURCE: National History Center and Woodrow Wilson Center
  5/25/2021
  

  Event: June Fourth: The Tiananmen Protests and Beijing Massacre of 1989 (June 1, 2021)

  Jeremy Brown’s June Fourth takes a historical approach to the events of 1989 in China, arguing that the Beijing massacre was neither necessary nor inevitable, and tracing alternative paths that could have led to different outcomes. He addresses the National History Center's Washington History Seminar on June 1. 

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  5/11/2021
  

  It’s a Golden Age for Chinese Archaeology — And the West is Ignoring It

  by Rowan K. Flad

  Recent discoveries in Egypt have overshadowed more significant finds in China. This may reflect the romanticized popular culture image of colonial-era tomb-raiders, or the prevalent sense that Western civilization is derived from the Mediterranean world. It's time for a broader view of why the ancient world matters. 

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• SOURCE: The New Republic
  3/11/2021
  

  The Underground Activists Who Fought for Freedom Across Asia

  by Jeffrey Wasserstrom

  A new book on the movements against colonial rule in Asia looks to grassroots movements and multiple ideological and political groups and challenges "great man" ideas of national liberation. 

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• SOURCE: Business Insider
  3/2/2021
  

  What China's Last Major War Tells Us About How it Will Fight the Next One

  An examination of the roots of war between Vietnam and China, which may suggest that Beijing is willing to initiate military action in the future. China's poor military performance in this conflict led to reform and modernization of the People's Liberation Army. 

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• SOURCE: The Atlantic
  12/15/2020
  

  The World’s Most Important Body of Water

  by Daniel Yergin

  The author of a book on the dispute over control of the South China sea examines four critical decisionmakers whose actions shaped the present conflict. 

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• SOURCE: TIME
  6/15/2020
  

  The Risky Journey That Saved One of China’s Greatest Literary Treasures

  by Janie Chang

  The story of the Siku Quanshu Wenlan Ge is inseparable from the story of people who risked all to protect a cultural legacy, from the librarian who sold off his house to the students who would not abandon the heavy boxes that slowed their travel.

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• SOURCE: History.com
  5/18/2020
  

  When Did People Start Eating in Restaurants?

  Historian Rebecca Spang's book "The Invention of the Restaurant" examines the French roots of dining out.

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• SOURCE: The New York Times
  3/8/2020
  

  Ah, Tea. So Relaxing. But Its History Is Another Story.

  A room at the Metropolitan Museum of Art tells the story of tea and politics, from China to Britain and that “party” in Boston.

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  1/30/20
  

  The real danger of coronavirus

  by Jessica Hauger

  Chinese and Chinese American people have served as scapegoats for infectious disease outbreaks and sanitation failures in the United States and around the world to particularly alarming effect.

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• SOURCE: The Atlantic
  10/26/19
  

  Writer and Historian Jung Chang Profiled in The Atlantic: China’s ‘Most Dangerous Profession’

  Jung Chang is one of the most celebrated chroniclers of modern China. Her life spotlights the threat that writing still holds for the country’s rulers.

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• SOURCE: Chris Riback's Conversations
  10/4/19
  

  Isaac Stone Fish: Where Do US-China Relations Go Next?

  by Chris Riback

  As the 2020 campaign heats up, several key questions will be asked and debated, including: How did we get here – and where do China and US-China relations go next?

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• SOURCE: NY Times
  6/2/10
  

  After Tiananmen, China Conquers History Itself

  by Louisa Lim

  Young people question the value of knowledge, a victory for Beijing 30 years after the crackdown on student protests.

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• SOURCE: NY Times
  6/4/19
  

  In China, a Reuters Partner Blocks Articles on the Tiananmen Square Massacre

  China has made efforts to quash public mentions of the day when tanks and troops moved into the Beijing plaza and crushed student-led protests.

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• SOURCE: NY Times
  6/3/19
  

  30 Years After Tiananmen, ‘Tank Man’ Remains an Icon and a Mystery

  Three decades after the Chinese Army crushed demonstrations centered on Tiananmen Square, “Tank Man” — the person who boldly confronted a convoy of tanks barreling down a Beijing avenue — is as much a mystery as ever.

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• SOURCE: National Security Archive
  6/4/19
  

  National Security Archive Publishes Special Exhibit on the 30th anniversary of the Massacre at Beijing’s Tiananmen Square

  Declassified Records Describe Attacks by Chinese Troops, Internal Official Debates, and U.S. Attempts to Keep U.S.-China Relations on Track.

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• SOURCE: Foreign Affairs
  5/30/19
  

  The New Tiananmen Papers

  by Andrew J. Nathan

  Inside the Secret Meeting That Changed China.

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• SOURCE: NY Times
  5/30/19
  

  Photos of the Tiananmen Square Protests Through the Lens of a Student Witness

  After three decades, Jian Liu decided to reveal images he took of the hopeful 1989 student movement and its bloody aftermath.

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• SOURCE: NY Times
  5/3/19
  

  May Fourth, the Day That Changed China

  by Jeffrey N. Wasserstrom

  Protests in 1919 propelled the country toward modernity. One hundred years later, the warlord spirit is back in Beijing.

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• 5/7/19
  

  How Chinese History Restarted 100 Years Ago

  by Peter Zarrow

  On Sunday, May 4, 1919, some 3,000 students assembled at Tiananmen Square in Beijing to protest the Versailles Treaty that ended World War I. 

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• SOURCE: NY Times
  4/29/19
  

  Xi Praises a Student Protest in China. From 100 Years Ago.

  The May 4, 1919, protest against Western colonialism had inflamed Chinese nationalism and helped spread a wave of ideas rejecting Chinese tradition and hierarchy.