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【Exploring China Studies】A Conversation with Pete Millwood: Thinking about Taiwan's Democratization Process from a Global Perspective
Dr. Pete Millwood, who teaches East Asian history at the University of Melbourne, received wide acclaim for his 2022 book, Improbable Diplomats: How Ping-Pong Players, Musicians, and Scientists Remade US-China Relations. The book portrays the US–China rapprochement as a multifaceted process that extended beyond intergovernmental diplomacy to encompass cross-border exchanges among athletes, musicians, scientists, and others.
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【Reading China】Reading Japan–China Economic Relations through Bicycles with Tetsuya Komagata
About 85 percent of bicycles sold in Japan are assembled in China. This share has remained remarkably stable over time, regardless of whether the yen appreciates or depreciates. In this episode, we welcome Professor Tetsuya Komagata of the Faculty of Economics at Keio University to discuss his book, Japan–China Economic Relations through Bicycles: Beyond COVID-19 (Kazankai Academy Shinsho, 2021). From the overall industrial picture that becomes visible through a product with relatively few components, to the structural realities that have made Japan dependent on China, what does the familiar bicycle reveal about the Japan–China economy? We explore the question through concrete episodes.
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【Reading China】Reading Chiang Kai-shek and the New Life Movement and Chiang Kai-shek’s Wartime Diplomacy and Postwar Vision with Ruicong Duan
How should Chiang Kai-shek be described? A leader of resistance against Japan, an anti-communist leader, Japan’s “benefactor,” or Taiwan’s “authoritarian ruler”? Such labels have shifted markedly across time and place. In this episode, we welcome Professor Ruicong Duan of the Faculty of Business and Commerce at Keio University to discuss his books Chiang Kai-shek and the New Life Movement (Keio University Press, 2006) and Chiang Kai-shek’s Wartime Diplomacy and Postwar Vision, 1941–1971 (Keio University Press, 2021). We trace the origins of his research to a sense of déjà vu from his high-school years, consider the significance of the dates 1941 and 1971, revisit the question of continuity and rupture across 1949, and examine the unresolved issues of borders and territory. What can a renewed reading of Chiang Kai-shek contribute to our understanding of contemporary China? We explore these questions through concrete episodes.
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【Reading China】Reading The CCP and the Three Gorges Dam with Xiuguang Lin
Why did the plan for a single dam require a vote by the National People’s Congress (NPC), China’s highest organ of state power? In this episode, we welcome Professor Xiuguang Lin of the Faculty of Law at Keio University to discuss her book The CCP and the Three Gorges Dam: The Political Process behind a National Project (Keio University Press, 2025).
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【Reading China】Reading A Global History of Chinese Cuisine with Kazuhiro Iwama
Ramen and gyoza have become indispensable parts of the Japanese diet. Across Asia, meanwhile, Chinese dishes have been transformed into distinctive “national foods” in the societies that adopted them. In this episode, we welcome Professor Kazuhiro Iwama of the Faculty of Letters at Keio University to discuss his book A Global History of Chinese Cuisine: Beyond Culinary Nationalism (Keio University Press, 2021).
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