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  • White Elephant

    Being sincere and diligent students of the ROK educational system, my parents thoroughly indoctrinated my sister and me with "grave concern" about the Regime Up North. We were to disagree with their political and econom…

  • Books and their Bags

    Today I acquired two volumes of published archival documents (scanned originals *with* translations) which is ordinarily more than enough to make any historian happy for days on end. Indeed, I am very happy, but I have …

  • Border Identities

    After a few days back at home in Beijing and some deep meditation on my research, thanks to an enthusiastic and supportive dissertation group, I am coming to terms with my experiences in Harbin. I have to remind myself …

  • Heroic Art

    A refreshing change from socialist realism -- these photos are from the dreamy world ofethnic minority art in China, depicting the good old days of warfare and other venuesfor rampant displays of purposeful violence. Ha…

  • A Breath of Fresh Air (04/14/06)

    An unanticipated change of plans. Instead of going from Hailar (Inner Mongolia) to Qiqihar and then to Harbin (Heilongjiang), my traveling companion and I decided to split our trip into two parts. We spent 3 days in Ha…

  • Many have asked me "Exactly what do the people you study look like?" I'm always tempted to put up a stereotypical photograph of Martians but that would not be kind or fair to the living descendants of my "subject groups…

  • The Myth of Arrested Development

    In two days, I will be going up to what is still known as the most dangerous part of China. Some people may think, "Oh, Xinjiang -- perhaps a part bordering Central Asia," but from what I have heard, Xinjiang is truly …

  • This segment of the research trip has been much more exhausting (but now the toilet is fixed and with luck, our gas meter will stop acting up) but rewarding in various ways. The first is that I have more opportunities t…

  • Royalty in your backyard

    Today I conducted my first interview in China with the generous help of my supervisor here in Beijing. We went to visit an elderly (94 years and counting) doctor of the Dagur ethnic minority who also happens to be the l…

  • Sour Milk and Running Water

    Our household has shrunk by one since W.H. left this afternoon and his absence has indeed left the proverbial hole in our hearts, as well as making our roomy apartment seem quite bare. However I am also glad that W.H. r…

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