A new issue of the PRC History Review Book Review Series. Yanshuo Zhang reviews Janet Y. Chen, "The Sounds of Mandarin: Learning to Speak a National Language in China and Taiwan, 1913–1960" (Columbia University Press, 2023). networks.h-net.org/number-88-oc...

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I somehow managed to map out 513 Shinto shrines in Taiwan. The vast majority have long-vanished but a surprising number remain in some form or another, typically altered or left in ruins, some with only faint traces left behind. spectralcodex.com/themes/taiwa...

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When #nytimes comes to town and its sample size is some retirees and one college student 🫠🫠🫠 #maine

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Fieldwork in #Tibet is all but closed to outsiders. @robbiebarnett.bsky.social's The Quiet State asks what research looks like now: open-source reading of the state's own paperwork, & a frank account of what that method can't show. Just published, #OpenAccess: doi.org/10.1007/978-...

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Excited to be part of this panel at the #AAS2027. I will be chairing. Pat Giersch is discussant. Tsering Llamo, Konchok Gelek, Alice Millington, and Drolma Gadou are presenting their exciting and insightful research.

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