James Carter
@jayjamescarter
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Historian of Modern China. Latest book CHAMPIONS DAY: The End of Old Shanghai (@WWNorton). #PIP fellow @NCUSCR. This Week in China's History @thechinaproj
Between Philly and NYC
Joined May 2011
What can one day tell us about China's 20th-century fate? Pleased to share the official trailer for CHAMPIONS DAY! https://t.co/JeR8THvl6P On sale from @wwnorton June 16, 2020 https://t.co/wl5xeju5VV
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Champions Day is a kaleidoscopic portrait of city poised for revolution. Champions Day is the work of a seasoned China specialist in top form, delivering engrossing stories, engaging arguments, and...
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I enjoyed talking with @tangdidi about the historical ironies involved in Trump and Putin calling each other 'paper tigers,' one of Mao Zedong's favorite phrases. All this as Xi watches from the sidelines. Great idea for piece, kudos to Didi @AP
https://t.co/fQzJRvrqI7
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Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin have been trading barbs using the term "paper tiger," a phrase popularized by the Chinese communist leader Mao Zedong.
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The latest This Week in China's History column by @jayjamescarter just dropped! This week: the controversial usurper/reformer Wang Mang, who was dismembered rather horribly on Ocotober 6, 23 CE — 2002 years ago this week. Link below!
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To celebrate the October 1 National Day holiday here in China, where I’ll be until October 2, I’m offering 101 half-off on annual subscriptions — $44 per year, and not the usual $88 for the @SinicaPodcast newsletter. Get yours now!
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I met Jerry as a young foreign correspondent in China. In any field there are those who gate keep, and those who do the opposite. Jerry treated what I said seriously in a way that made me feel he considered me an equal. That is so rare. In other words — he had deep kindness, and
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An expert on China—and a sometime critic—Cohen defended companies and dissidents.
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Definitely read the latest Chartbook by @adam_tooze on the Chinese solar boom — especially about its impact in the Global South. An excellent piece that people need to take seriously. Link in replies.
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#JFSALON #RSVP #PekingExpress The Peking Express: The Bandits Who Stole a Train, Stunned the West, and Broke the Republic of China Speaker: James Zimmerman & Phelim Kine @jmzbeijing @PhelimKine 9/25 Thursday, 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm, English RSVP: https://t.co/Toi9uywqRK The Peking
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Full house last night for our Penn Project event on New Perspectives on U.S.–China Policy. 🎉 Great energy, sharp insights, and an engaged audience—thank you all for coming and making it such a success!
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This and death of woman wang were the ones that led me toward a career as a china historian. Such good works.
1587 is absolutely one of the great books on Chinese history. It is a series of vignettes, each a chapter centered on the life of a single notable individual in a single year during the Ming dynasty’s decline. Actually kind of gives ATLA's "Tales of Ba Sing Se" vibe
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1587 is absolutely one of the great books on Chinese history. It is a series of vignettes, each a chapter centered on the life of a single notable individual in a single year during the Ming dynasty’s decline. Actually kind of gives ATLA's "Tales of Ba Sing Se" vibe
I am launching a blog on Chinese political economy. It's my contribution to the conversation on China. "An ancient civilization starting anew, China remains poorly understood by the world. Superficial resemblance to the Soviet Union masks its complex history, distinctive
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Excited to welcome @TrentonECHL next season. Hockey is back #rememberthetitans !
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I don’t think people in the US understand the level of impact this raid/set of arrests is having in South Korea:
1/ S. Korea's entire media establishment across political spectrum has united in unprecedented editorial consensus expressing profound betrayal, outrage, national humiliation, and fundamental breach of US-ROK alliance re: mass arrest of Korean workers at Hyundai's Georgia plant.
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This Week in China's History: The Death of Mao Zedong -- @jayjamescarter @SinicaPodcast
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September 9, 1976
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Mao Zedong died just after midnight on September 9, 1976. Read @jayjamescarter's "This Week in China's History" column about the decision and surreal, macabre effort to preserve his body on the @SinicaPodcast page — or listen to my audio narration of his piece. Link in replies.
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Profound political transitions and darkly comic body horror, this week in This Week , in @SinicaPodcast
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September 9, 1976
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Don't miss this week's "This Week in China's History." 80 years ago, Japan began evacuating Unit 731, site of one of history's most horrific war crimes. Think Joseph Mengele on steroids. @jayjamescarter delivers another powerful column. Link below.
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My book on Tanxu was a real stretch for me. I didn’t realize it at the time, but it taught me a lot about how to do history. At the time I felt like I knew what I was doing! It deserved to be written by later me….
The latest "This Week in China's History" column just dropped. Read historian @jayjamescarter's reflections on how historians deal with supernatural claims. Link in the replies below — read it or listen to my narration.
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The latest "This Week in China's History" column just dropped. Read historian @jayjamescarter's reflections on how historians deal with supernatural claims. Link in the replies below — read it or listen to my narration.
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@jayjamescarter Read Jay's column on the @SinicaPodcast site. While you're at it, sign up! You can also listen to my audio narration of the column.
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Late Summer, 1892
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#ThisWeekChinaHistory Jan 6, 1950: The UK became the first Western nation to recognize the People's Republic of China as the de jure government of China, setting a diplomatic precedent amidst Cold War tensions. Read more from historian @jayjamescarter through link in comment
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“There is little reason to think that either China—and especially the Chinese people—or the West benefited from the decades when much of the international community pretended that the People’s Republic simply did not exist.” @jayjamescarter
https://t.co/5gpdJUr9X4
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January 6, 1950
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