八十四年的笔记(41)
Cold War Island (1)
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Introduction: ordinary life in an extraordinary place. P9.
The Italian political philosopher, Giorgio Agamben, points out that national emergency, for which his translators use the term "state of exception," is commonly misunderstood as a de facto response...
Chinese Leadership & Power in Colonial Singapore (1)
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Chapter 5. Emergence of Chinese Community Leaders in Singapore, 1890-1941 p115.
The Chinese community leaders acknowledged the constraints and limitation imposed on them; they had little choice but to work within the colonial framework.
毁灭的种子 (1)
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第五章 國民黨的政治內幕：革新運動 pp100-102.
到1946年3月，革新運動已經發展成為一個有組織的政治力量，並且由於擁護者數量的增多而大大加強了它們的地位。當國民黨六屆二中全會於3月1日至17日在重慶召開時，革新集團居然叫會議陷入了混亂狀態。在會議上，他...
The Crown and the Capitalists (3)
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Chapter 5. The Cold War: the Return of Royalist Politics in the Postwar Territorial Nation. p153.
…the Chinese are willing to serve any master or be registered as subjects of any empire so long as their business enterprises benefit…Similarly, since the 19th century, Thai leaders have seemed w... -
Chapter 2. Publishing Nations: the Media and Elite Propaganda pp97-98.
Siam..., having the Chinese--in the guise of British and other colonial subjects--control most important commodities...was a key condition that allowed Siam...remain marginally independent... The S... -
Chapter 2. Publishing Nations: the Media and Elite Propaganda p56. （「蕭佛成是典型的雙面人」）
Aware of the king’s admiration for the British free press and of his aspiration to establish such an institution in Thai society, Xiao dared to engage in public debates with the monarch through ar...