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Yunxiang Gao

@yunxianggao

Prof. of transnational history; author of #AriseAfrica #RoarChina @UNC_press and #SportingGender @UBCPress; Writing biographies of actresses #SooYong #WangYung.

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That speech Michelle Obama just gave was one of the best of this entire cycle. She is unbelievable. Here’s how she brought it home.

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Dragon flags of Imperial Qing in Peking's street, 1917. An attempt to restore the Chinese monarchy by General Zhang Xun, reinstalled the last emperor Puyi to the throne. The restoration lasted just shy of two weeks, and was quickly reversed by Republican troops.

Dragon flags of Imperial Qing in Peking's street, 1917.
An attempt to restore the Chinese monarchy by General Zhang Xun, reinstalled the last emperor Puyi to the throne. The restoration lasted just shy of two weeks, and was quickly reversed by Republican troops.
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Christmas in China, 1923. Father Christmas arrives at the British Legation on a camel, Beijing. ©️The National Archives Image Library

Christmas in China, 1923.

Father Christmas arrives at the British Legation on a camel, Beijing.

©️The National Archives Image Library
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When I conducted archival research for my dissertation I consulted the unprocessed China Institute papers preserved at the Lehhman Library. Working closely with Dr. Wang Chengzhi, Dr. Gao Hong Deng and I spent weeks processing these rare materials. Now fully open to the public!

When I conducted archival research for my dissertation I consulted the unprocessed China Institute papers preserved at the Lehhman Library. Working closely with Dr. Wang Chengzhi, Dr. Gao Hong Deng and I spent weeks processing these rare materials. Now fully open to the public!
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Today February 15, in 1912, Sun Yat-sen, Provisional President of the ROC, and other members of the Government visited the mausoleum of Emperor Hongwu of the Ming Dynasty, Sun solemnly announced to the spirit of the founder of the Ming Dynasty that the Qing conquest of Ming

Today February 15, in 1912, Sun Yat-sen, Provisional President of the ROC, and other members of the Government visited the mausoleum of Emperor Hongwu of the Ming Dynasty, Sun  solemnly announced to the spirit of the founder of the Ming Dynasty that the Qing conquest of Ming
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Signing: "Banned: Finger-guessing games, Shouting Games, Music Playing, Dancing", 1982, a restaurant in the Summer Palace, Beijing, by Li Xiaobin. This is part of the result of China’s Campaign Against Spiritual Pollution, its advocates wanted to curb Western-inspired liberal

Signing: "Banned: Finger-guessing games, Shouting Games, Music Playing, Dancing", 1982, a restaurant in the Summer Palace, Beijing, by Li Xiaobin.
This is part of the result of China’s Campaign Against Spiritual Pollution, its advocates wanted to curb Western-inspired liberal
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Zhou Enlai, the first Premier of PRC, wearing a Japanese-style flight suit at Xi'an Airport between late 1936 and early 1937, then he was mediating the "Xi'an Incident." 西安事变as the head of the Chinese Communist Party delegation. The military uniforms from the Beiyang warlord

Zhou Enlai, the first Premier of PRC, wearing a Japanese-style flight suit at Xi'an Airport between late 1936 and early 1937, then he was mediating the "Xi'an Incident." 西安事变as the head of the Chinese Communist Party delegation.

The military uniforms from the Beiyang warlord
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Hu Die胡蝶, also known as Butterfly Wu, in Berlin, 1935. She was a popular Chinese actress from Shanghai during the 1920s and 1930s, and was voted China's first "Movie Queen" in 1933.

Hu Die胡蝶, also known as Butterfly Wu, in Berlin, 1935. 

She was a popular Chinese actress from Shanghai during the 1920s and 1930s, and was voted China's first "Movie Queen"  in 1933.
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The tale of Notre-Dame and a Chinese Man: On the wall of a small chapel of Notre-Dame, there is an oil portrait of a young Chinese man named Chen Changpin 陈昌品. Chen Changpin(1838-1861), or Paul Chen, was born into a poor non-Christian family in Guizhou, China. With the

The tale of Notre-Dame and a Chinese Man:

On the wall of a small chapel of  Notre-Dame, there is an oil portrait of a young Chinese man named Chen Changpin 陈昌品.

Chen Changpin(1838-1861), or Paul Chen, was born into a poor non-Christian family in Guizhou, China. 

With the