Recently the territorial dispute over the Diao Yu Islands (or Diao Yu Tai in Chinese and Senkaku Islands in Japanese) have made front page news in newspapers. This dispute dates back to many years, and almost exactly 40 years ago this dispute led to a very widespread global Chinese student movement, known as the Diao […]
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Diao Yu Tai Student Movement: Recollection 40 Years Later
October 2010
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International Education Conference: History of Atrocities in the Asia-Pacific War: 1931-1945
August 2010
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An excellent international education conference will be held in Mays Landing, NJ on October 8-10, 2010 on the “History of Atrocities in the Asia-Pacific War: 1931-1945.” Unlike Germany that has admitted to committing the Holocaust and has apologized and compensated the victims (or their heirs), Japan up to today still has not acknowledged the existence […]
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Multiple Solutions: Implications for Social and Political Analysis
June 2010
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From our high school and college education in math and physics, as well as in other science courses, we know that for many problems, there could be multiple solutions, and often one solution is not necessarily better than the other solutions. This article discusses the implications for social and political analysis when we take into […]
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A Most Unique Diplomat: Anson Burlingame
Those of us who are familiar with the San Francisco Bay Area have all heard of and drove by the city of Burlingame just a few miles south of the San Francisco International Airport. However, most of us do not know that more than 100 years ago the city was named after a most unique […]