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Entries from May 2008

New post at The China Beat on The May Fourth Movement

May 10th, 2008 · No Comments

Yeah I know…one week late. Ever since my unexpected visa detour to Hong Kong, I’ve been exactly one week behind on everything for a month. Nevertheless, now up at The China Beat (mainland link here):
Like their May 4th predecessors, the young people of China write espousing a strong Chinese nation and their rhetoric […]

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Asian History Carnival on May 12th

May 9th, 2008 · No Comments

I will be hosting the Asian History Carnival here on May 12.  I’ve already received a lot of great submissions in the past few weeks, if you have a post or an essay you’d like to have included, please drop me an email or leave a comment below.

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Back online

May 5th, 2008 · 9 Comments

Sorry for going offline.  Had to get my visa situation sorted out here in Beijing (a subject for a future post) and in today’s climate, I thought it best to go dark for a couple of weeks.  Thank you to the many readers who emailed me wondering what was going on, it was very much […]

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