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On the “Plateau Silk Road” Jointly Created by Ancient People of Various Ethnic Groups on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau 论青藏高原上各民族古代人共同开创的“高原丝绸之路

China and Asia Pub Date : 2023-08-01 DOI: 10.1163/2589465x-05010003

Huo Wei, Z. Qiang

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Chinese Asianism, 1894–1945, written by Craig A. Smith 《中国亚洲主义，1894-1945》，克雷格·a·史密斯著

China and Asia Pub Date : 2023-08-01 DOI: 10.1163/2589465x-05010009

M. Matten

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Rupture, Evolution, and Continuity: The Shandong Peninsula in East Asian Maritime History During the Yuan-Ming Transition, written by Ma Guang 断裂、演变与延续:元明时期东亚海洋史中的山东半岛，马光著

China and Asia Pub Date : 2023-08-01 DOI: 10.1163/2589465x-05010008

D. Knorr

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India, Burma, and the Politics of Recognizing the New China 印度、缅甸与承认新中国的政治

China and Asia Pub Date : 2023-08-01 DOI: 10.1163/2589465x-05010005

Yina Cao

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Introduction to the Second Special Collection on the Nehru Papers 第二部《尼赫鲁文集》导言

China and Asia Pub Date : 2023-08-01 DOI: 10.1163/2589465x-05010004

Krista Van Fleit

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Up to 1949: India’s Parting from Nationalist China 到1949年:印度与国民党中国的分离

China and Asia Pub Date : 2023-08-01 DOI: 10.1163/2589465x-05010006

Yu-Ting Lee

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Front matter 前页

China and Asia Pub Date : 2023-08-01 DOI: 10.1163/2589465x-05010000

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Editor’s Note Editor’s音符

China and Asia Pub Date : 2023-08-01 DOI: 10.1163/2589465x-05010001

Liam C. Kelley

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The Chinese “Discovery” of the Americas, Zheng He’s Voyages to the Indian Ocean, and Early Globalization 中国“发现”美洲、郑和下西洋与早期全球化

China and Asia Pub Date : 2023-08-01 DOI: 10.1163/2589465x-05010002

Wu Yan, Zhongping Chen, S. Church

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Hindi-Chini Bhai Behen: Gender and Diplomacy in the Nehru Papers Archive 《中印兄弟拜拜:尼赫鲁文件档案中的性别与外交》

China and Asia Pub Date : 2023-08-01 DOI: 10.1163/2589465x-05010007

Krista Van Fleit

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