Beyond Huaxia: A College History of China and Japan

A college history of China and Japan—minus debt, dorms, and diplomas. Hosted by Justin Jacobs, professor of history at American University.

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Episodes

Episode 61: Legacies of the Japanese Empire

Mar 18, 2020•59 min•Ep. 61

Episode 60: Sending the Japanese "Home"

Mar 17, 2020•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 60

Episode 59: Japanese Film and the End of Empire

Mar 16, 2020•1 hr 12 min•Ep. 59

Episode 58: The American Occupation of Japan

Mar 14, 2020•59 min•Ep. 58

Episode 57: August 6, 1945

Mar 13, 2020•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 57

Episode 56: The Nanjing Massacre and Unit 731

Mar 12, 2020•1 hr 24 min•Ep. 56

Episode 55: The Comfort Women

Mar 11, 2020•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 55

Episode 54: Baseball in the Japanese Empire

Mar 10, 2020•1 hr 19 min•Ep. 54

Episode 53: Japanese Rule in Southeast Asia

Mar 09, 2020•55 min•Ep. 53

Episode 52: The Kominka Movement in Taiwan and Korea

Mar 06, 2020•56 min•Ep. 52

Episode 51: The Japanese Invasion of Asia

Mar 03, 2020•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 51

Episode 50: Technology and Film in the Japanese Empire

Feb 26, 2020•1 hr 16 min•Ep. 50

Episode 49: The Invention of Manchukuo

Feb 21, 2020•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 49

Episode 48: Japan in Micronesia

Feb 20, 2020•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 48

Episode 47: Japan's Orient—The Rising Sun in China

Feb 19, 2020•1 hr 15 min•Ep. 47

Episode 46: Early Japanese Rule in Taiwan and Korea

Feb 14, 2020•1 hr 13 min•Ep. 46

Episode 45: The Birth of the Japanese Empire

Feb 11, 2020•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 45

Episode 44: The Yamato Race—Purebred or Mongrel?

Feb 07, 2020•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 44

Episode 43: Japan, Hokkaido, and Okinawa

Feb 05, 2020•1 hr 16 min•Ep. 43

Episode 42: How Japan Overtook China

Feb 04, 2020•1 hr 20 min•Ep. 42

Episode 41: China Since Mao

Nov 23, 2019•1 hr 15 min•Ep. 41

Episode 40: The Cultural Revolution

Aug 16, 2019•1 hr 35 min•Ep. 40

Episode 39: Ethnicity, Tibet, and Xinjiang in the PRC

Aug 14, 2019•1 hr 54 min•Ep. 39

Episode 38: Education and Script Reform under Mao

Aug 12, 2019•1 hr 14 min•Ep. 38

Episode 37: The Great Leap Forward

Jul 26, 2019•1 hr 29 min•Ep. 37

Episode 36: The History of Taiwan

Jul 19, 2019•1 hr 36 min•Ep. 36

Episode 35: Mongolia, Tibet, and Xinjiang, 1900-1949

Jul 17, 2019•1 hr 27 min•Ep. 35

Episode 34: The Nanjing Decade

Jul 01, 2019•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 34

Episode 33: Nationalists vs. Communists

Jun 26, 2019•1 hr 14 min•Ep. 33

Episode 32: The Lost Treasures of China

Jun 17, 2019•1 hr 16 min•Ep. 32

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