Tag: Manchuria
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Secret Story of Cross-Border Smuggling
Introduction by Joseph Seeley, University of Virginia. Published on Dec 18, 2020. Smuggling had long thrived along the fluid Sino-Korean border spaces of the Yalu and Tumen Rivers, but a number a factors caused it to explode—both in terms of sheer numbers and pop cultural impact—during the early 1930s. Rural impoverishment in Depression-era northern Korea… Read more
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Fulfilling the Targets
Introduction by Christopher Craig, Tohoku University. Published on Dec 18, 2020. One of the most prominent and emblematic initiatives pursued domestically in support of the Japanese imperial project was the creation and implementation of Manchurian Branch Village Emigration Plans (Manshū bunson imin keikaku). Formulated initially on a voluntary basis by local leaders in a handful of… Read more