June 2012
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Only Beautiful, Please
New Stanford book recounts UK ambassador's experiences in North Korea
Young orphan girl, Tanchon, April 2008. (John Everard)
Only Beautiful, Please, forthcoming in June from Shorenstein APARC, recounts former UK ambassador to North Korea John Everard's experiences during his stay in Pyongyang. Everard will discuss highlights from the book at two special upcoming engagements: New York City (June 19) and Washington, DC (June 25).
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Divided Memories
Textbooks offer differing accounts of wartime events
(Flickr / Alberto G.)
Japanese textbooks, long a subject of controversy, tend to actually present a dry, unpatriotic account of World War Two, says Daniel Sneider in a recent Nippon.com article. A comparative understanding of different textbook descriptions of the war, a focus of Shorenstein APARC's Divided Memories project, is one way to move toward lasting reconciliation in East Asia.
Read the English-language version.
Read the Japanese-language version.
Health Care for 1.3 Billion
China provides universal health insurance at a fraction of the cost
A disabled woman from Henan writes a poetic plea for money, Shanghai, August 2009. (Flickr / Santo Chino)
Chinese officials are developing a social security network to meet the challenges of a rapidly changing demographic landscape. Karen Eggleston discusses the success of China’s health care reforms and the long road ahead.
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Oksenberg Lecture
Stanford's Eikenberry discusses the future of China's national security strategy
China's national flag flies above Tiananmen Square, September 2006. (Flickr / Philip Jagenstedt)
On May 18, the Pentagon released its annual report about the People's Republic of China's recent military developments. During Stanford's annual Oksenberg lecture, Karl Eikenberry discussed China's military modernization and its overall national security strategy.
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Hype or Reality?
Stanford experts discuss Obama administration's Asia policy
Hillary Clinton departs a U.S. navy ship docked in Manila Bay, November 2011. (Flickr / U.S. Navy photo by Andrew Ryan Smith)
The South China Sea standoff between China and the Philippines calls into question the U.S. role and commitment in the Asia-Pacific region. Stanford experts Donald K. Emmerson and Thomas Fingar speak about the nuances of the Obama administration's Asia policy.
Donald K. Emmerson Q&A
Thomas Fingar Q&A
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Selected Events
How Censorship in China Allows Government Criticism but Silences Collective Expression
Gary King
June 6
Stanford University
Feast or Famine:
DPRK Agrarian Posters
from the Zellweger Collection
Katharina Zellweger
Gallery opening: June 7
Exhibition: June 7 -
August 24
Korea Society,
New York City
Only Beautiful, Please Book Events
John Everard
June 19
Korea Society,
New York City
June 25
Brookings Institution, Washington, DC
Selected Publications
Peacemaker:
Twenty Years
of Inter-Korean Relations
and the North Korean Nuclear Issue
(May 2012)
Lim Dong-won
History Textbooks
and the Wars in Asia:
Divided Memories
(2011)
Gi-Wook Shin
and Daniel C. Sneider, eds.
Islamism:
Contested Perspectives
on Political Islam
(2009)
Richard C. Martin
and Abbas Barzegar, eds.
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