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DESCRIPTION:Lei Duan\,Graduate Student with the History Department and Syra
 cuse&amp\;#160\;UniversityArming the Chinese: Foreign Gun Ownership in Mod
 ern ChinaPersonal\nweapon\nownership was surprisingly common in 19th and e
 arly 20th century China when\nmany civilians became owners of foreign-made
  guns. Ownership of these weapons\nnot only contributed to persistent soci
 al unrest\, but also helped subvert\ncentral and local government authorit
 y in many regions. This\ntalk will examine how high\nrates of private gun 
 ownership affected Chinese society\, culture\, and politics\nfrom 1860 to 
 1949. Lei Duan is\na\nfourth-year Ph.D. candidate in the History Departmen
 t at the Maxwell\nSchool.&nbsp\; He received support from the\nEast Asia P
 rogram for research in China this summer.&nbsp\; He holds a master’s degre
 e from University of\nMassachusetts\, Amherst and his undergraduate degree
  from Nankai\nUniversity.&nbsp\; Open to the public.Sponsored by the East 
 Asia Program at the Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs
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SUMMARY:EA presents: Lei Duan
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p></p><p><b>Lei Duan</b>\,<i>Graduate Student
  with the History Department and Syracuse&amp\;#160\;</i><span><i>Universi
 ty</i></span></p><p><b>Arming the Chinese: Foreign Gun Ownership in Modern
  China</b></p>Personal\nweapon\nownership was surprisingly common in 19th 
 and early 20th century China when\nmany civilians became owners of foreign
 -made guns. Ownership of these weapons\nnot only contributed to persistent
  social unrest\, but also helped subvert\ncentral and local government aut
 hority in many regions. This\ntalk will examine how high\nrates of private
  gun ownership affected Chinese society\, culture\, and politics\nfrom 186
 0 to 1949.<p> </p>Lei Duan is\na\nfourth-year Ph.D. candidate in the Histo
 ry Department at the Maxwell\nSchool.&nbsp\; He received support from the\
 nEast Asia Program for research in China this summer.&nbsp\; He holds a ma
 ster’s degree from University of\nMassachusetts\, Amherst and his undergra
 duate degree from Nankai\nUniversity.&nbsp\;<p> </p><p>Open to the public.
 </p><p><b><i>Sponsored by the East Asia Program at the Moynihan Institute 
 of Global Affairs</i></b></p><p></p>
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