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- Publisher
- Brill
- Copyright
- © 1998 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
- ISSN
- 1058-3947
- eISSN
- 1876-5610
- DOI
- 10.1163/187656198X00081
- Publisher site
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Abstract
A r e T h e r e O t h e r W a y s to T h i n k a b o u t t h e " G r e a t I n t e r r e g n u m " ? Gordon H. Chang Stanford University Sometime in the late 1950s while in p r i m a r y school in California, I participated in a m o d e l United Nations for students. Among the top- ics of o u r discussion w a s the admission of "Red China." If I recall correctly, I w a s assigned, despite m y objection, to argue against its admission. Even at that early age and from a mildly anti-Communist family, I t h o u g h t it obvious that a country w i t h "500 million people" s h o u l d be s e a t e d in a n o r g a n i z a t i o n that claimed to represent the w o r l d ' s family of nations. My teacher, w a
Journal
Journal of American-East Asian Relations – Brill
Published: Jan 1, 1998