# Rana Mitter
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Rana Shantashil Rajyeswar Mitter (born 11 August 1969) is a British historian and political scientist who specialises in the history of the People's Republic of China. He is ST Lee Chair in US-Asia Relations at the Harvard Kennedy School.
== Early life and education ==
Mitter, of Indian Bengali heritage, was born in Cambridge and grew up on the south coast of England, near Brighton.
236. China and World War II (Part 2)
Tom and Dominic welcome back special guest Rana Mitter to discuss China's position during World War Two. This episode covers the Rape of Nanjing by Japanese forces, the military tactic of flooding the Yellow River, the deal between Chinese Nationalist Wang Jin Wei and Japan, and the unlikely pairi…
235. China and World War II (Part 1)
Friend of the show Rana Mitter joins Tom and Dominic this week to discuss the role of China in the Second World War. In the first of two episodes, Rana, Tom and Dominic cover the fall of the last Emperor and the establishment of a Chinese Republic in 1912, the Opium Wars, warlords, and the Kuomint…
173. Chairman Mao & the Cultural Revolution
China's Cultural Revolution under Chairman Mao was one of the most staggeringly brutal events in recent human history. Tom and Dominic are joined by historian Rana Mitter, who specialises in the history of Republican China. *The Rest Is History Live Tour 2023*: Tom and Dominic are back on tour th…
A Sense of Purpose? 2021 Annual Reischauer Lecture with Rana Mitter, Part 3
Some states have always maintained a sense that they have a mission in the world well beyond the maintenance of domestic order, the United States, France and Britain among them. Japan, China and the Koreas also inherited a strong sense of purpose in the modern era, from Meiji modernization to Mao’s…
An Era of Emotion? 2021 Annual Reischauer Lecture with Rana Mitter, Part 2
Speaker: Rana Mitter, Professor of the History and Politics of Modern China, St. Cross College, University of Oxford
Discussant: Jie Li, John L. Loeb Associate Professor of the Humanities, Harvard University
LECTURE 2 OF 3: AN ERA OF EMOTION?
One factor that defines Chinese engagement with the wo…
How New is the New Era? 2021 Annual Reischauer Lecture with Rana Mitter, Part 1
Speaker: Rana Mitter, Professor of the History and Politics of Modern China, St. Cross College, University of Oxford
Discussant: Odd Arne Westad, Elihu Professor of History and Global Affairs, Yale University
LECTURE 1 OF 3: HOW NEW IS THE NEW ERA?
China’s leaders speak today of a “new era” – bu…
Mr Xi goes to Washington — Stability amid tension?
Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit to Washington this month comes amidst continuing tensions over Beijing’s strategic ambitions, US arms sales to Taiwan, and restrictions on US chip exports to China. Congress has just passed a bill pledging sanctions against countries which, like China, import Ru…
How Trump and Xi could decide the future of AI
The US president will greet his Chinese counterpart at the start of a state visit later today. The two leaders will hold talks in Washington, DC tomorrow during which artificial intelligence is expected to be high on the agenda. Despite weeks of warnings about the devastation AI could cause to huma…
What do US-Asia summits reveal about American imperialism?
US President Donald Trump has hosted Chinese leader Xi Jinping for a summit in Washington this week, with topics including AI and international trade up for discussion. But how have such meetings reflected the way in which the United States has thought about Asia? And in what ways do imperial ambit…
What happens when students go on strike?
Students have been protesting throughout France in recent weeks, with hundreds of thousands of people taking to the streets in cities including Paris and Marseille. It’s far from the first time that students have been involved in such mass demonstrations, and in this episode regular panellists Hann…
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