This was fascinating. Thank you for translating and writing the great intro.
Also had no idea about this: “One notable Soviet sinologist is the current Kazakh president Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, who served in the Soviet diplomatic mission to Beijing in the 1980’s and is a fluent Chinese speaker.”
This reminded me of how Xi spent time in Iowa as a young man!
This was fascinating. Thank you for translating and writing the great intro.
Also had no idea about this: “One notable Soviet sinologist is the current Kazakh president Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, who served in the Soviet diplomatic mission to Beijing in the 1980’s and is a fluent Chinese speaker.”
This reminded me of how Xi spent time in Iowa as a young man!
interesting to discover the world with your help. Thx, Paul
One of my fav substacks out there. Great post as always.