[KS] Korean Borders

[sumnom at u.washington.edu]

If you haven't already, you might want to look at Chapter 6 of Andre Schmid's book Korea Between Empires. There you will find an interesting discussion of Sino-Korean border issues as well as useful references. Mary Wirght's 1958 article in the Journal of Asian Studies (17: 363-381) also has some material on border issues between the Qing, Russia, and Korea in the mid- to late-19th century.  

Joshua Van Lieu


On Fri, 23 Jan 2004, Emanuel Yi Pastreich wrote:

> Dear Associates,
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> I would like to take on this issue of the Chinese-Korean border seriously.
> What I would like first of all is a historical record of all changes and
> modifications in the borders between China, Manchuria (Manchuguo), Korea
> (North and South) and Russia. Between the 15th century and the present. The
> question is, 1) what are the concrete examples of changes in the borders
> between the Ming dynasty and the present and what was the
> historical/political context for each. 2) What possible claims could be made
> based upon the various changes by China or Korea respectively. 3) How does
> Manchuria as an separate, or pseudo-separate, political entity complicate
> the issue of borders. 4) Where exactly are the borders of Kokugyo.
> 
> It would be great to find an article or two dealing specificially with this
> issue, and actual maps that I can show people to illustrate each change,
> whether related to Ming and Manchu policies, the Qing dynasty, Republican
> and Japanese interactions, Russian, PRC and North Korean agreements.
> 
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> 
> Emanuel
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