Inconvenient History, why Ishihara and Nagoya should visit Harbin March 1st 2012 A common denominator of Japan and China is leadership that denies shameful moments in history.
Japanese leaders Ishihara and Nagoya remind me of two museums I visited on my trip to Harbin in 2009. The Germ Warfare Museum and the Harbin Jewish Museum offer two separate accoun ... read more
Asia » China » Heilongjiang » Harbin » My house For centuries China stood as a leading civilization, outpacing the rest of the world in the arts and sciences, but in the 19th and early 20th centuries, the country was beset by civil unrest, major famines, military defeats, and foreign occupation. A... ... read more
I teach History at South China Normal University, and serve as Director of Research at The Guangdong Folk Arts Museum. This blog is where I post a lot of travel writing, both where I live and abroad.... full info