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Cartoon produced as state propaganda in China during the 1950s

Out of the ashes of Empire

12 Feb 2013

The new identities and ideologies that emerged in East Asia after the fall of Japan’s Empire have rarely been studied. Now, as the region again...

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General Chen Yi of China accepts the surrender of Andō Rikichi, the Japanese Governor-General of Taiwan. The collapse of Japanese Imperial rule in the area marked the beginning of a new era for both countries.

Identity, trial and retribution: East Asia after World War II

05 Nov 2012

A five-year research project will examine East Asia’s emergence and struggle for self-definition after the fall of the Japanese Empire.

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