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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Anthony Faiola’s thorough January 22 report in the Washington Post ("Kicking Up the Dust of History") suggested one possible reason for </SPAN><?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:country-region><st1:place><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">China</SPAN></st1:place></st1:country-region><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">’s Koguryo claims which seems very far from “silly.”<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Faiola wrote:<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>“...</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">More is at stake than bragging rights to the extraordinary bronze and clay Buddhas and frescoed murals of a long-dead civilization. <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Koguryo encompassed a vast area from central </SPAN><st1:place><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Manchuria</SPAN></st1:place><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"> to south of </SPAN><st1:City><st1:place><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Seoul</SPAN></st1:place></st1:City><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">. <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Korean academics and politicians accuse </SPAN><st1:country-region><st1:place><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">China</SPAN></st1:place>
</st1:country-region><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"> of attempting to lay claim to the kingdom out of fear that its 870-mile-long border with </SPAN><st1:country-region><st1:place><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">North Korea</SPAN></st1:place></st1:country-region><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"> will rupture with a flood of refugees if the government in </SPAN><st1:City><st1:place><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Pyongyang</SPAN></st1:place></st1:City><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"> collapses.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>“The Chinese may be laying the groundwork to dispute the current border with </SPAN><st1:country-region><st1:place><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">North Korea</SPAN></st1:place></st1:country-region><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"> and, if they find it to be in their interest, claim more territory, scholars say. <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>They also argue that </SPAN><st1:country-region><st1:place><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">China</SPAN></st1:place></st1:country-region><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"> is trying to head off any attempt by pockets of Korean speakers on the Chinese side of the border from eventually becoming part of a unified </SPAN><st1:country-region><st1:place>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"></SPAN></P><FONT size=2>Ken Kaliher<BR>Seoul</FONT><BR><BR>- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - <BR>Address: PSC 303, Box 40, APO AP 96204-0040 <BR>- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - <BR>Phone: -82-11-9652-3192 (011- in Korea) <BR>Back-up E-mail (NO attachments): kenkaliher@hotmail.com <BR>- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - <BR>If Martha Stewart had just lied about weapons of mass destruction, she’d be a free woman today. <BR>-- Jay Leno<BR><BR>
<P></P><B>----- Original Message -----</B>
<P></P><B>From</B>: Jim Palais <palais@u.washington.edu>
<P></P><B>Date</B>: Wednesday, March 31, 2004 6:29 pm
<P></P><B>Subject</B>: Re: [KS] northeast asia project
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<P></P>> Peter Lee: <BR>> It seems like the Chinese government is being overly <BR>> nationalistic. I <BR>> can't think of any other reason for making a silly claim for Chinese <BR>> jurisdiction of Koguryo. <BR>> Jim Palais <BR>> ----- Original Message ----- <BR>> From: "Sangkee Peter Lee" <sangkee@uclink.berkeley.edu> <BR>> To: <Koreanstudies@koreaweb.ws> <BR>> Sent: Monday, March 29, 2004 3:43 PM <BR>> Subject: [KS] northeast asia project <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> > To whom it may concern: <BR>> > <BR>> > My name is Peter Lee and I'm a 2nd year political science <BR>> student at UC <BR>> Berkeley. I'm part of a <BR>> > student organization called Committee for Korea Studies. 5-6 <BR>> students have <BR>> been meeting about <BR>> > everyday for 2 weeks to learn more about the Northeast Asia <BR>> Project- the <BR>> history of goguryo and <BR>
> > the reason why Chinese govt is pursuing this. We decided the <BR>> best way to <BR>> > inform the students here at Berkeley is to hold a forum where 3-4 <BR>> professors or experts can <BR>> > lecture and answer questions. Do you have any recommendations? Those <BR>> living in the US will be most <BR>> > ideal, but if they live in Korea it will be okay also. Thank <BR>> you. I'll <BR>> look forward to hearing <BR>> > from <BR>> > you soon. <BR>> > <BR>> > Peter <BR>> > <BR>> > <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> </BODY>