New blog post: In January 1919, Japan and America reach an agreement on Allied supervision of the Siberian and Chinese Eastern Railways. China fears the impact on its sovereignty and wonders why it has not been consulted beforehand. acrosstheamur.wordpress.com/2020/01/11/the… Exeter History Imperial & Global

New blog post: Britain and Russia warn of Bolshevik provocateurs targeting Xinjiang. Governor Yang is confident about border controls, but the real obstacle is finding the right revolutionary subject: Turkic Muslims or Han Chinese? acrosstheamur.wordpress.com/2020/01/25/bol… Exeter History Imperial & Global

New blog post: As the Powers assemble at the Paris Peace Conference, China's delegation requests a report on its war effort in Siberia. Most of its involvement is in the Ussuri region, with grand claims made on the Manchurian front. acrosstheamur.wordpress.com/2020/02/12/chi… Exeter History Imperial & Global

New blog post: In the early months of 1919 a partisan movement grows along the Amur River. Chinese officials blame White misrule and Japanese brutality, while bracing for a new wave of refugees and reprisals on the Chinese diaspora. acrosstheamur.wordpress.com/2020/02/22/par… Exeter History Imperial & Global

Footage of the Chinese warship, Hai Rong, which berthed in Vladivostok as part of the Siberian Intervention. Its captain Lin Jianzhang was a fellow Fujianese! youtu.be/76b9ol8_JjI

New blog post: By spring 1919, Chinese workers recruited in WWI have been stranded in Russia for almost two years. Thousands are in the Red Army. Beijing hopes they can return, but fears that they will spread Bolshevism in China. acrosstheamur.wordpress.com/2020/03/05/chi… Exeter History Imperial & Global

Unexpectedly topical scene in an unapologetically trashy film.

New blog post: As the Russian Civil War progresses and the Chinese diaspora's tribulations grow, Chinese officials begin computing the damages. These offer an insight into the community and China's approach to the indemnity issue. acrosstheamur.wordpress.com/2020/03/19/__t… Exeter History Imperial & Global

New blog post: The Allies have only just warned about Bolshevised Chinese workers when news comes of a Red meeting in Shanghai. Still, it's radical Chinese intellectuals and not Russian agitators that Beijing should worry about. acrosstheamur.wordpress.com/2020/03/27/a-r… Exeter History Imperial & Global

Privileged to have a piece featured on History on Chinese wartime workers who went from the Tsar's Arctic railway to the Slavo-British Legion. Thanks to @_hnnhlzbthprkr for the great opportunity! historyjournal.org.uk/2020/03/20/the… Exeter History Imperial & Global

Great piece by Iacopo Adda of GSI — UNIGE on the city of #Nerchinsk in Sino-Russian History and its present treatment of the crucial 1689 Treaty that was signed there. Thanks to Imperial & Global for running it! Exeter History #Russianhistory #Chinesehistory #twitterstorians

J'ai eu le plaisir de collaborer avec Imperial & Global et de publier cet article dans leur blog. Memory Erasure of Trans-Imperial History in the City of Nerchinsk – Imperial & Global Forum. #histoirerusse #extrêmeorientrusse GSI — UNIGE imperialglobalexeter.com/2020/03/30/mem…

That's Iacopo Adda from GSI — UNIGE writing, who just received an UNIGE-Exeter Seed Funding Grant, with Yuexin Rachel Lin. The project is delayed due to #COVID19, but science doesn't stop, though it may slow down. The blog: imperialglobalexeter.com/2020/03/30/mem… The project: exeter.unige-cofunds.ch/index.php/proj…

New blog post: In April 1919, Xinjiang governor Yang Zengxin reports that the Russian consul in Ili is recruiting refugee Uyghurs for the Whites. This raises questions about Russian diplomats as political agents in the Civil War. acrosstheamur.wordpress.com/2020/04/06/con… Imperial & Global Exeter History

New blog post: In spring 1919, the excesses of White warlords in Primor'e inspire popular unrest and a growing partisan movement. Thousands of miles away, Kolchak's regime and its illiberal politics are implicated in the disorder. acrosstheamur.wordpress.com/2020/04/25/pop… Exeter History Imperial & Global

One of the joys of working on the Sino-Russian frontier is encountering interestingly-garbled messages like "Urumtchi gospodiku didwba prochu rasrechenipa otprawit at puldchu wse imuchestws lichnee otrjadu dla prodachi ataman annen kof."

New blog post: In late-April 1919, on the cusp of the May 4th Movement, one of Beijing's top military organs recommends that China curb its support for the Whites and turn to Moscow - a radical departure from its pro-Allied policy. acrosstheamur.wordpress.com/2020/04/29/a-m… Imperial & Global Exeter History

It's been a while, but the article I co-authored with Iacopo Adda is finally out in Europe-Asia Studies. We explore how museums in Harbin and Heihe portray the history of the frontier between Russia and China. Includes the no-Russians-allowed Aihui Museum! tandfonline.com/eprint/A4NGIJ5…

Latest Europe-Asia Studies is OUT! Action-packed issue this month w 8 great new research articles—including #Eurasia-focused papers by @ArynovZhanibek & Iacopo Adda + Yuexin Rachel Lin —and our typically eclectic range of book reviews!

I'm so pleased that the article I co-authored with Iacopo Adda is now open access on Europe-Asia Studies thanks to the generous support of Université de Genève. We hope you enjoy our exploration of three Manchurian museums and their depictions of Sino-Russian history. tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…