This talk discusses research that leveraged Singapore's unique demographic composition to measure the extent to which individuals' ethnicity, national identity, and class influence their altruism towards outgroup members.
Drawing on English and Chinese-language sources from all areas of China where US forces deployed during the 1940s, Fredman shows how each side brought to the alliance expectations that the other side was simply unable to meet, resulting in a tormented relationship across all levels of Sino-American engagement.
The surrendering of the concession in Wuhan marked a key shift in Britain's power in China, and also an important symbolic defeat for the British Empire in Asia. This talk takes us into the streets of Wuhan, examining the various communities whose politics and personalities clashed in 1927.
