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Mostly Asian History

Peter Huston

Asian, Chinese, and Chinese-American history and culture, mostly, Issues in pseudohistory or false claims about historical events. Since January 2025, I have been writing about American politics and current events as well. I couldn't help myself.

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politics -- the Blue Tsunami and God Bless the USA when it gets its act together!!

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Oh my! Amazing election week. And, fortunately, so far, it looks like what I had predicated, wide-spread political problems, has not happened. It’s nice to be wrong sometimes and I hope things continue this way. Two days SO FAR...

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Dim Mak and the Death of Bruce Lee

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Over the next couple months, my goals are to create a better organized column that regularly features free content, Mostly on Asian History, that people will appreciate and share, as well as paid content that readers will consi...

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Politics -- Where will we be next week? Thoughts on the mid-term U.S. election

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“Mostly Asian History” is a column where I focus on Asian history, mostly, but in these unusual times, I frequently offer my thoughts on politics, usually United States politics. And, as this is the week of a very unusual elect...

7 days ago

What I learned last Friday - Special Report on the New York Conference on Asian Studies, 2026.

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Welcome back to my column, Mostly Asian History, where each Sunday at 5pm EST, I do my best to release a column related to Chinese, Chinese-American, or Asian history, mostly, as well as related subjects. Although it was someth...

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