Jottings from the Granite Studio

Jonathan Dresner has a roundup of East Asia history news from around the web that includes the Shinzo Abe “comfort women” debacle and apology (see also the controversy over the approaching anniversary of the Nanjing Massacre) as well as the Taiwan textbook flap. Textbooks are a hot topic in Korea too where recent revisions are reigniting the China-Korea history row. North of Beijing, the reconstruction and renovation of the Great Wall continues but sadly those whom the wall once tried to keep out are in danger of losing their native language. The United States gets a mention too with the recent anniversary of Nixon’s visit and the opening of CIA files regarding two agents held in China for over twenty years following a botched operation. Lots of other good things about Japan and Korea. Worth checking out.