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‘To Adopt the Principles of Freedom’: Christianity, Women’s Education, and Progress in U.S. Press Coverage of the Iwakura Mission 采纳自由原则"：基督教、妇女教育和美国媒体对岩仓传教团的报道中的进步

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Journal of American-East Asian Relations Pub Date : 2024-09-03 DOI: 10.1163/18765610-31030003

Joseph M. Henning, Leo Makalsky

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Mori Arinori: Japan’s Diplomat in Washington, D.C. 森有纪：日本驻华盛顿外交官

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Journal of American-East Asian Relations Pub Date : 2024-09-03 DOI: 10.1163/18765610-31030004

John E. Van Sant

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Iwakura Mission and the Network of Japanese Students in the United States 岩仓传道会和在美日本学生网络

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Journal of American-East Asian Relations Pub Date : 2024-09-03 DOI: 10.1163/18765610-31030005

Haruko Wakabayashi

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Cooperation and Struggle Between Vietnam and the United States: Impediments to Improved U.S.-Vietnam Relations 越南与美国之间的合作与斗争：改善美越关系的障碍

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Journal of American-East Asian Relations Pub Date : 2024-04-06 DOI: 10.1163/18765610-31010004

Nguyễn Anh Cường

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Keeping the Cold War Cold: Korea, 1966–1976 让冷战保持冷酷：朝鲜，1966-1976 年

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Journal of American-East Asian Relations Pub Date : 2024-04-06 DOI: 10.1163/18765610-31010003

Nicholas Evan Sarantakes

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Missionaries and Nisei as “Informants” in U.S. Preparation for the Military Occupation of Japan 传教士和作为 "线人 "的日裔美国人为军事占领日本做准备

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Journal of American-East Asian Relations Pub Date : 2023-12-26 DOI: 10.1163/18765610-30040003

Kayoko Takeda

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China and the United States: Business, Technology, and Networks, 1914–1941 中国和美国:商业、技术和网络，1914-1941

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Journal of American-East Asian Relations Pub Date : 2020-07-15 DOI: 10.1163/18765610-02702002

Lin-chun Wu

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Editorial 编辑

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Journal of American-East Asian Relations Pub Date : 2020-07-15 DOI: 10.1163/18765610-02702001

J. Matray

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The Hijacked War: The Story of Chinese pows in the Korean War, written by David Cheng Chang 《被劫持的战争：朝鲜战争中中国战俘的故事》，张大卫著

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Journal of American-East Asian Relations Pub Date : 2020-07-15 DOI: 10.1163/18765610-02702005

Liu Zhaokun

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China at War: Triumph and Tragedy in the Emergence of the New China, written by Hans van de Ven 《战争中的中国：新中国崛起中的胜利与悲剧》，范

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Journal of American-East Asian Relations Pub Date : 2020-03-19 DOI: 10.1163/18765610-02701005

Pete Millwood

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