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Korean history doesn’t fly on Chinese TV screens

SARFT puts the kibbosh on Korean historical dramas.

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Memories vs. historical fact: Guo Wei on Dong Cunrui

Guo Wei (郭维) says that the legend of Dong Cunrui (董存瑞) was just conjecture. Dong’s family sues for libel, and Dong’s former army buddy Zhi Shunyi (郅顺义) sues for slander.

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Controversy over Chinese textbook revisions

Translation of a forum rant against a new Chinese history textbook. some responses to that rant, and a Phoenix Weekly article on China’s new historicism in the form of a new Shanghai history textbook.

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A positive look at the Nationalist Party

A book applauds KMT contributions to the anti-Japanese war effort.

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A Joint Approach to History

The joint Korean-Japanese-Chinese history textbook, 东亚三国的近现代史, published by Social Sciences Academic Press, is reviewed by Danwei.

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Japanese history textbooks raise anger in Asia

Japan’s official adoption of a new edition of history textbooks Tuesday has raised anger in Korea and China.

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