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Recent Reviews

Chao on Barbieri-Low, 'The Many Lives of the First Emperor of China'

Author

Barbieri-Low, Anthony J.

Reviewer

Chao, Glenda

Barbieri-Low, Anthony J.. The Many Lives of the First Emperor of China. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2022. 360 pp. $65.00 (cloth), ISBN 9780295750224.

Reviewed by Glenda Chao (Ursinus College)
Published on H-Asia (January, 2024)
Commissioned by Jenny H. Day (Skidmore College)

Zhang on Moazzin, 'Foreign Banks and Global Finance in Modern China: Banking on the Chinese Frontier, 1870-1919'

Author

Moazzin, Ghassan

Reviewer

Zhang, Elya

Moazzin, Ghassan. Foreign Banks and Global Finance in Modern China: Banking on the Chinese Frontier, 1870-1919. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2022. xviii + 334 pp. $99.99 (cloth), ISBN 9781316517031.$34.99 (e-book), ISBN 9781009037891.

Kinzley on Greene, 'Building a Nation at War: Transnational Knowledge Networks and the Development of China during and after World War II (Harvard East Asian Monographs)'

Author

Greene, J. Megan

Reviewer

Kinzley, Judd

Greene, J. Megan. Building a Nation at War: Transnational Knowledge Networks and the Development of China during and after World War II (Harvard East Asian Monographs). Cambridge: Harvard University Asia Center, 2022. xiv + 319 pp. $60.00 (cloth), ISBN 9780674278318.

Ziomek on Berry, 'The Musha Incident: A Reader on the Indigenous Uprising in Colonial Taiwan'

Author

Berry, Michael, ed.

Reviewer

Ziomek, Kirsten

Berry, Michael, ed.. The Musha Incident: A Reader on the Indigenous Uprising in Colonial Taiwan. Global Chinese Culture. New York: Columbia University Press, 2022. 312 pp. $140.00 (cloth), ISBN 9780231197465.$35.00 (paper), ISBN 9780231197472.

Recent Threads

TOC Global Taiwan Brief, Vol. 9, Issue 6

This issue was originally published on the Global Taiwan Institute's website and the full articles are available at: https://globaltaiwan.org/issues/vol-9-issue-6/)

What US Air Force Re-Optimization Means for Taiwan
By: Eric Chan

At the 2024 “Two Sessions” in Beijing, China Talks Tough on Taiwan
By: Amrita Jash

Decoding Beijing’s Gray Zone Tactics: China Coast Guard Activities and the Redefinition of Conflict in the Taiwan Strait
By: Sze-fung Lee

The Nexus of Cybersecurity and National Security: Taiwan’s Imperatives Amidst Escalating Cyber Threats
By: Enescan Lorci

China’s New Civil Flight Routes

Zoom Seminars, "New Books on Sri Lanka", Wed. March 27th & Wed. April 3rd

The American Institute for Lankan Studies Colombo is holding zoom seminars on two new books on Sri Lanka:

March 27th, 2024: Neena Mahadev, Karma and Grace: Religious Difference in Millennial Sri Lanka. Chair and Discussant: Charles Hallisey.

April 3rd, 2024: Alexander McKinley, Mountain at a Center of the World: Pilgrimage and Pluralism in Sri Lanka. Chair and Discussant: Anne M. Blackburn.

All events are at 9:00--10:00 PM in Sri Lanka (11:30 AM--12:30 PM EDT).

REGISTRATION INFORMATION AND MORE DETAILS ARE AT https://www.aisls.org/virtual-events/

CFA: GTI Internship, Summer 2024

GTI is accepting applications for internships this Summer. Please find below the job description for our internship program.

The Global Taiwan Institute (GTI) is a private, non-profit policy incubator located in the nation’s capital, Washington, DC. Our vision is to raise awareness, deepen affinity, and create opportunities for strengthening the relationship between Taiwan and the international community, and especially Taiwan’s relationship with the United States. We do this through policy research and programs that promote better public understanding about Taiwan and its people.

GTI accepts

Global China Local Cultures Lecture Series (Mar 19): Keren Zhu - The Rise and Fall of Economic-Centered Coalitions in China’s Belt and Road Initiative

Hong Kong Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences

Global China Local Cultures Lecture Series
The Rise and Fall of Economic-Centered Coalitions in China’s Belt and Road Initiative

Date/Time: March 19, 2024 ,10:00 – 11:30 (HK time)
Language: English
Venue: Via ZOOM (Registration is required.)
Registration link: https://hku.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJUvf-ugqDsvE9dYqrfjctB29XAk1pICz_zc#/registration

ABSTRACT
The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), ten years since it began, has become China’s guiding foreign engagement and economic governance principle in the Xi Jinping era. However, questions remain

Recent Posts

Comparative Empire: Conflict, Competition, and Cooperation, 1750-1914

Call for Applications: FELLOWSHIPS at CAPAS, University of Heidelberg, 2025-26

When Global East Meets Global South: East Asia and Latin America," Conference (hybrid)

Reminder CfP Conference "Japanese Military Violence During the Asia-Pacific War", Berlin, 5-7 Sept 2024

Recent Reviews

Chao on Barbieri-Low, 'The Many Lives of the First Emperor of China'

Zhang on Moazzin, 'Foreign Banks and Global Finance in Modern China: Banking on the Chinese Frontier, 1870-1919'

Kinzley on Greene, 'Building a Nation at War: Transnational Knowledge Networks and the Development of China during and after World War II (Harvard East Asian Monographs)'

Ziomek on Berry, 'The Musha Incident: A Reader on the Indigenous Uprising in Colonial Taiwan'

Recent Threads

TOC Global Taiwan Brief, Vol. 9, Issue 6

Zoom Seminars, "New Books on Sri Lanka", Wed. March 27th & Wed. April 3rd

CFA: GTI Internship, Summer 2024

Global China Local Cultures Lecture Series (Mar 19): Keren Zhu - The Rise and Fall of Economic-Centered Coalitions in China’s Belt and Road Initiative