This week on Sinica, Kaiser Kuo and David Moser are delighted to host Mark O'Neill, author of the The Chinese Labour Corps, for a discussion of the Chinese contribution to World War One. As a comprehensive look into China's role in The Great War, Mark's book concerns the history of the roughly 135,000 workers from Shandong who worked on the battlefields of Europe where they handled everything from digging trenches to building munitions even under the threat of regular bombing.

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March 30, 2014
Mentions

1. The Chinese Labour Corps (eBook) by Mark O’Niell

http://www.penguin.com.au/products/9780143800323/chinese-labour-corps-epub

2. Frederick: The Life of My Missionary Grandfather in Manchuria (page at Goodreads)

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17908369-frederick-the-life-of-my-missionary-grandfather-in-manchuria

3. With the Chinks by Daryl Klein

http://www.amazon.com/With-Chinks-Lt-Daryl-Klein/dp/1847349366/ref=sr_1_2

4. VOA story mentioning Shandong University's Zhang Yan

http://www.voanews.com/content/chinas-world-war-one-effort-draws-new-attention-103623809/126459.html

5. In Flanders Field Museum

http://www.inflandersfields.be/

6. Qingming Festival (page at Wikipedia)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qingming_Festival

7. Li Yuying 李煜瀛 (aka Li Shizeng 李石曾) (brief page at Wikipedia)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Li_Yu_Ying

8. Li Yutang 李玉堂 (extremely brief page at Wikipedia)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Li_Yutang

9. Y.C. James Yen 晏阳初 (page at Wikipedia)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y._C._James_Yen

10. Fairytale, project by Ai Weiwei (page at Artbook)

http://www.artbook.com/blog-ai-weiwei-in-the-media.html

11. Faku County 法库县 (page at Wikipedia)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faku_County

12. Fourteen Points (page at Wikipedia)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fourteen_Points

13. Treaty of Versailles (page at Wikipedia)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Versailles

14. Kang Youwei 康有為 (page at Wikipedia)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kang_Youwei

Recommendations

Mark:

15. An Irishman in China: Robert Hart, Inspector General of the Chinese Imperial Maritime Customs by Zhao Changtian, translated by Yang Shuhui and Yang Yunqin

http://www.amazon.com/An-Irishman-China-Inspector-Imperial/dp/1602202389/ref=sr_1_11

David:

16. Will China Dominate the 21st Century by Jonathan Fenby

http://www.amazon.com/Will-China-Dominate-21st-Century-ebook/dp/B00HWVNH64/ref=sr_1_1

17. Tiger Head, Snake Tails: China Today, How It Got There, and Where It Is Heading by Jonathan Fenby

http://www.amazon.com/Tiger-Head-Snake-Tails-Heading/dp/1468305050

Kaiser:

18. OpenSpritz speed reading app

https://gun.io/blog/openspritz-a-free-speed-reading-bookmarklet/

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