In the Wake of Political Intervention： British Hong Kong and the Lingnan Macroregion

This article attempts a preliminary exploration of the intraregional cohesion and division between British Hong Kong and the Lingnan macroregion. A deliberately overlooked locale in Skinner＇s macroregional model, Hong Kong developed from a periphery zone on the far eastern outskirt of Lingnan in its precolonial days to a thriving metropolis at the end of British rule. The transformation of British Hong Kong attests to the economic fundamentals of intraregional cohesion. More significantly it highlights the decisive power of political intervention, underestimated in Skinner＇s approach, which brought enduring changes to the shape as well as the internal and external relations of the macroregion.     

Frontier Stories： Periphery as Center in Qing History

Since at least the 1960s, the importance of the tremendous territorial expansion under Qing role to the modem history of China has been generally acknowledged. Indeed, one can say that the frontier story is one of the things that makes the Qing ＂Qing.＂ However, only in the last twenty years has the study of what is now termed the ＂borderlands＂ come into its own as a sub-field. This essay begins by describing some key concepts and terms in the study of the Qing frontier, including the Manchu wordjecen. It then raises the problem of narrative fiameworks, asking how we might best contextualize the growth of the empire, before going on to explore the implications of the discursive shift represented by the ＂New Qing History＂ and the extensive research on Qing borderlands associated therewith. A poem by the Mongol poet Na-xun Lan-bao provides the focus for a concluding discussion of a distinctive Qing frontier sensibility.     

考古学研究玉器起源的一部力作——评《玉器起源探索——兴隆洼文化玉器研究及图录》

The book Research on the Origin of Jades:A Study and Album of XinglongwaCulture Jades jointly compiled and published by the Institute of Archaeology,CASS,and the Center forChinese Archaeology and Art,the Chinese University of Hong Kong,describes all the jades round 8000BP unearthed from the Xinglongwa site and expounds comprehensively the results of their studies.Itmakes a multi-angle discussion on related problems,such as the origin and diffusion,the use and usingmanner and the making technology of jad...     

An Encounter between the Qing Dynasty and Khoqand in 1759-1760： Central Asia in the Mid-Eighteenth Century

This paper examines negotiations involving the exchange of envoys between the Qing dynasty and Khoqand in 1759-60. The Qing made contact with Khoqand in order to bring rapid stabilization to the newly acquired western territories. Khoqand, on the other hand, established a relationship with the Qing in order to expand their authority over the Kirghiz, and to advance toward Bukhara. Irdana tried to take advantage of Qing authority for the purpose of expanding his territories, but at the same time, he appealed to the other Central Asian Muslims to engage with him in a ＂holy war＂ against the Qing. It is true that each power in Central Asia shared a sense of crisis in reaction to the Qing＇s sudden expansion to the west. However, we also need to examine the competition for hegemony among the powers under the pretext of opposition to the Qing＇s advance.     

New Books

正Study on Tibetan Local Chronicles in the Period of the Qing Dynasty Zhao Xinyu,the author of this five-chapter book,was previously the president of the Southwest University for Nationalities.From a chorographical and philological perspective,readers are offered an overall and systematic study on the dates and sources derived from wellknown Tibetan local chronicles from the Qing Dynasty as well as the relationship among those     

China Tibetan Culture Forum in Kathmandu

The Forum was held on December 19-20,2007 in Kathmandu, the capital of Nepal, and a Photo Show of Picturesque Tibet opened at the same time. A group of Tibetologists from China and the Tribune University of Nepal jointly held a discussion meeting. The two sides believe that such event can promote friendship and mutual understanding between the people of China and Nepal.It also offers a rare opportunity for Nepalese people ofvarious circles to know more about the socio-economic progress and development in the past decades, and provides a wide range of information regarding the protection and development of brilliant and colourful traditional Tibetan culture.     

Ellis Gene Smith and His Tibetan Buddhist Resource Center

Ellis Gene Smith was born in Ogden in the American state of Utah on August 10th 1936 to a Mormon family. He graduated from Adelphi College, Hobart College, and the University of Utah. In 1959, he obtained a BA on Regional Research in Asia from the University of Washington in Seattle. From 1960 to 1964, he studied for his Masters Degree in the Mongolian and Tibetan languages at the same university. During that period, he also took up a position as a teaching assistant. In 1964,     

清末手札八则初探

There are eight pieces of letters preserved by YuHang Museum wtilten by several hlgh-status officials of the ]ale Qing Dynasty to Yan Zheng Ji and his son, which touch upon domestic and natiortal affairs. Details of the battles with Taiping Army are virtually recorded, which reflects the truth how the government put down people's revolution at the end of the Qing D.vrtasty, In addition to the historic value, the letters are also of great value, on the art of the Chinese handwriting,     

湖北襄阳岗心与八亩坡墓地发掘简报

Three ancient graveyards at Gangxin, Bamupo and Paomagang graveyard in Xiangyang city were excavated from May to July in 2000. The excavation was done to cooperate with the construction of Xiang-Jing Highway. Fifteen tombs dated from Song to Ming and Qing Dynasty were unearthed, including small-scale brick-chambered tombs with earth pits, pit tombs and relocated tombs. Asmall quantity of burial objects such as copper cash, copper and jade hairpins are unearthed too. These tombs bear some unique features in forms and burial customs. The excavation will be helpful to the research on historical archaeology of Hubei province.