Dear Ariane,
You might check the files of the British Government (stored in London or available online through a database) to see if they made any observations about Sino-Swiss relations.
Best wishes,
Matt Wills
UCSD
Note: This was originally posted on H-Asia but I'm reposting here as it might be of interest to H-PRC members.
Seeking panelists for the AHA Annual Meeting - Ethnic Minorities in the PRC
by Dongjo Shin
I am currently organizing a panel proposal for the AHA Annual Meeting in Chicago (Jan. 3 - 9, 2019).
Dear colleagues,
I am working on a book project (Habilitation) on Sino-Swiss relations in the Cold War. I am particularly interested in the use of Switzerland as a hub for Chinese business, diplomatic, propaganda, and intelligence networks. Unfortunately, I began my research after the Foreign Ministry Archive restricted access to its holdings.
Congratulations to Sigrid Schmalzer, whose book Red Revolution, Green Revolution: Scientific Farming in Socialist China won the 2018 Joseph Levenson Post-1900 prize at the Association for Asian Studies. Here is the announcement.
WAGIC https://www.wagic.org/ is a new (well, not so new - the first issue came out last September) blog and discussion forum on Women and Gender in China. Its authors describe WAGIC as
Teach your kids about PRC History!
Hi,
The first I could find for infrared light bulbs was the 上海灯泡厂 (now 上海亚明灯泡厂有限公司) in 1952. Not sure about production capacity and imports. My guess would be that production capacity was diffused to places which built up light bulb factories in the 1950s (Beijing, Wuhan, Guangzhou, and Tianjin) and even more in the late 60s- early 70s with the Third Front.
Best,
Covell
Colleagues!
Does one of you happen know when, give or take a year, the PRC first managed to manufacture infrared and/or ultraviolet lights (lightbulbs) domestically? If you do know, do you also happen to know which factory made such lights? And from which country, prior to developing its own production capacity, would the PRC have imported infrared/ultraviolet lights? East Germany?
Best,
Michael
The identity of the person you are looking for, Zachary, is likely to be Robert Friend, a/k/a 罗伯特•弗兰德!
Merry Christmas,
Michael
