Santa Claus in the Philippines
“You better watch out / You better not cry / You better not pout / I’m telling you why / Santa Claus is coming. . . . . . to…
The Fall of Japan and the Rise of English in Southeast Asia
For better or for worse, English has become “the” global language. This is very much evident in Southeast Asia where English proficiency is being promoted as key to the integration…
Propaganda at the End of the First Indochina War
It’s well known that one of the ways that the US started to support South Vietnam in 1954 was through propaganda. Edward Lansdale is the person who is usually associated…
Crazy Capitalist Cold War Propaganda Art in Southeast Asia
Back in the late 1980s I was friends with a guy who was the manager of a failing rock band in the Soviet Union. The band he managed was not…
Letters from Hồ Chí Minh in the US National Archives
Looking around again in the US National Archives through the Online Public Access portal, I found this letter from Hồ Chí Minh. To quote the description on the web page,…
Maps of Vietnam that have Not been Digitized
I came across this nice map of Vietnam in 1890 that the Library of Congress (LOC) has digitized. This then made me think about all of the wonderful old Vietnamese…
The “Asiatic Country” of British North Borneo
A while ago I wrote about a letter I found that US consul in Sandakan, British North Borneo (BNB) Lester Maynard wrote to the Buick Motor Company in 1907 in…
Taiwan, Vietnam, Lim Giong and Life at the Edge of Empire
If you want to understand the past, you have to engage in comparative history. If you just study about one place, then you cannot possibly gain an accurate understanding of…
Malaya’s Multiethnic Military?
I came across these images today by using the Online Public Access page of the US National Archives. Apparently the US Information Agency created these posters in 1953. Written in…
Predicting Apathy in 1950 Indochina
In looking around in the Online Public Access page of the US National Archives, I came across a declassified CIA report from 1950 that was speculating about whether or not…
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