John Walsh
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I am a lecturer in business with a wide range of interests. These include anything relating to East and Southeast Asia, especially history and social and economic development. I live in Bangkok and have travelled widely in East Asia and published in a variety of fields.
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Drinking in the Tang Dynasty
How, when and why did people drink during the Tang Dynasty?
May 14, 2008
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The Sex Life of Chairman Mao
Chairman Mao Zedong had a long and varied sex life, both with his several wives and the many young girls procured for his longevity.
May 14, 2008
- John Walsh
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Aristocracy in the Tang Dynasty
What was the role of the aristocracy in the Tang dynasty? How did they live?
Apr 23, 2008
- John Walsh
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Ancient Shinto Shrines
What were the shrines that the Japanese people erected to support their animist Shinto beliefs in the ancient past?
Apr 10, 2008
- John Walsh
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Ang Yi
Chinese secret societies have a long history of resisting injustice and oppression. They followed the same pattern in Siam before being ruthlessly suppressed.
Apr 3, 2008
- John Walsh
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The Chinese in Southeast Asia
An introduction to the many hundreds of thousands of brave Chinese who travelled overseas in search of a better life.
Mar 30, 2008
- John Walsh
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Megasthenes
Contact between the Greek Selucid world and the INdian Mauryan one was deepened by the man who wrote the Indica.
Mar 20, 2008
- John Walsh
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The Jurchen
The Jurchen (or Jin) were a powerful steppe people who know are little known. Who were they?
Mar 12, 2008
- John Walsh
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The Impact of the Steppe Peoples
From the Cimmerians to the Manchus, the nomadic horse riders from the Asian Steppes have swooped down on the sedentary peoples of Europe and China. What impacts from this
Mar 6, 2008
- John Walsh
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Tibet at the Start of the C20th
Continuing the series on Tibetan history with an article on the early twentieth century.
Feb 21, 2008
- John Walsh
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