In 'Drums of War, Drums of Development', Jim Glassman analyses the geopolitical economy of industrial development in East and Southeast Asia during the Vietnam War era, showing how it was shaped by the collaborative planning of US and Asian elites. ow.ly/kSPO30lFTXs

つばめno巣　2025 吉原重成 執筆記事「鐵道電化の必要な所以」 (1924年12月17・24日の官報掲載)

『国家の重要政策上より見たる鉄道電化』 戦前の電化計画。延長7千km案と9千km案から成り、電蒸比較のほか地方線区の電化による輸送改善への言及は嘱目に値する。 (七日會 吉原重成)

1/ Yan Xishan speech to the Shanxi Planning Committee, 12/1932 - "The Chinese are conservative, and oppose all changes no matter what. So what must be forcefully implemented must be forcefully implemented. If the people obstruct, charge them with the obstruction of public duty..

「中央計画素案」昭和18年、企画院による国土計画での大東亜共栄圏の皇国の首都候補地として、次の3箇所が挙げられた。岡山県邑久郡行幸村、福岡県八女郡福島町、朝鮮京畿道京城府 国立公文書館・アジア歴史資料センター　中央計画素案　第１部　基本方針／第１項．首都 jacar.archives.go.jp/das/image-j/C1…

昭和18年、東京市市長室による「皇都都市計画（案）」。既に市街化していた、現在の江東区や墨田区を飛行場と運動場、緑地にするという謎プラン。

Yan Xishan is my favorite of the Chinese warlords. He's like a Chinese Huey Long or Seretse Khama in that they were pragmatic progressives who pulled their provinces from poverty to prosperity.

youtu.be/i_jlGuC0OiI 50年前港股風高浪急，資金該何去何從？浪子回頭，又是否有岸？敬請追蹤港九藝團的動向！ 50 years ago the Hong Kong stock market went straight up and then fell off a cliff. Was turning back a real prospect? Stay tuned for more from the Kong-Kow Syndicate!

Neil we need the book-length version of this thread asap x.com/ernestleungmt/…

From 1979 to 1985, the Overseas Broadcasting Department of the Libyan Jamahiriya produced and distributed 15 funk and disco records to promote Colonel Gaddafi's theories worldwide. We're on a mission to locate, digitize, and make these records available to everyone. For free.

I am destined to be friends with this man, Dr. Ernest Ming-tak Leung 梁明德. After interacting for years on social media while never having met in person, I accidentally ran into him at Hong Kong University (HKU). He then showed me his city. Ernest is a PhD student in economics and history buff,

両前背広の記念撮影に付き合ってくれた友人達と様々な遊びをした。特に1枚目の戦前風集合写真が好き🫶 そして、この日初めて目にした加村氏(加村 週二 )仕立ての戦前背広が、そこかしこのディテールが完全に実物で感無量であった。日本の未来は明るい🔆

The sci-fi aspects of the first Five Year Plan are underrated - millions of peasants moved into factories and working with machines they don't understand and treating them like animals

A great thank you to everyone who helped me finish this long, at times torturous journey, not least the massive doses of confidence from my supervisor Jeremy Yellen and external examiner Adam Tooze!

An extraordinary reconstruction of the interlocking history of global “planism” in east Asia. A great achievement. Huge congratulations to Dr. Ernest Ming-tak Leung 梁明德 one of my favorite interlocutors from twitters golden age.

"Swahili ships were in Cambay, India and Malacca in the 16th century. Swahili city-states served as entrepôts for trade... this wealth was pumped into the arts, poetry, literature, fashion, luxury goods from China & India and the beautification of cities" lingoblog.dk/en/swahili-the…

Turkey is offering to fund the reconstruction of parts of the Hijaz Railway linking Syria to Jordan and from there further south towards Aqaba and the Gulf. Why? Because this would help Ankara bypass the Suez Canal and reach Gulf markets. This and more on the Hijaz Railway in our

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