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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Beijing taxis and the directionally challenged…progress made?

Today I flagged a cab to head over to the new US Embassy (a building with  all the charm of a medium-security prison for Midwestern tax cheats glorious symbol of American freedom, F–k yeah!)  and my driver was perplexed even though I had carefully explained in Chinese how to get there.  Now this is hardly unusual [...]

April 17th, 2009 | Tags: , | Category: Beijing Journal, Life in China | 24 comments - (Comments are closed)

The Historical Record for April 17, 2009: Treaty of Shimonoseki

On April 17, 1895, Japan and the Qing Empire signed the Treaty of Shimonoseki, ending the Sino-Japanese War which had been a disaster for the Qing from start to finish.   The war began when the Qing court and the Japanese government vied for the role of “protector” of Korea, a longtime tributary state of the [...]

April 17th, 2009 | Tags: , , , | Category: Chinese History, The Historical Record | 9 comments - (Comments are closed)