花崗齋雜記

Jottings from the Granite Studio provides commentary, analysis, and opinion on China and Chinese history. It is written by Jeremiah Jenne, a PhD Candidate at a large public research university in Northern California. Currently, Jeremiah is in Beijing teaching history, doing archival research, and working on his dissertation.

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More on the DPRK tests

Robert Kaplan reviews the possible scenarios of a DPRK collapse (violent or not) in this month’s issue of The Atlantic Online. (“When North Korea Falls” via Arts and Letters Daily) Kaplan argues that in the event of a DPRK implosion, the real winner, out of all the possible players, might just be Beijing.

“Although Japan’s proximity [...]

October 10th, 2006 | Tags: , | Category: Chinese History | 2 comments - (Comments are closed)

On-line dictionaries and other ways to waste time in the Chinese language

(I jest. It’s amazing how much more productive we historians should–emphasize: should–be with all of the amazing tools now at our disposal.)Guoyu Cidian 国语词典 is a great on-line dictionary with multiple definitions, synonyms, antonyms, and decent examples. Not quite as good as the CD-ROM version of the Hanyu Dacidian 汉语大词典, but a nice site for quick [...]

October 10th, 2006 | Tags: | Category: Chinese History | One comment - (Comments are closed)