Fw: H-ASIA: "yellow hordes" --a query (response)

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From: "Frank Conlon" <conlon@U.WASHINGTON.EDU>
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Subject: H-ASIA: "yellow hordes" --a query (response)

> H-ASIA
> April 23, 2011
>
> Response to query re: "yellow hordes"
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> From: James Zimmerman <jhzkongo@yahoo.com>
>
> A comprehensive response Professor Boxer's query would no doubt be
> lengthy; but it should certainly include the famous picture of the
> "Yellow Peril" which was a great favorite of the German emperor,
> William II.
>
> It is often reproduced although I do not have a specific reference at
> hand.
>
> James H. Zimmerman, Jr.
> Country Specialist, China
> Amnesty International USA
> PO Box 126674
> San Diego CA 92112-6674
> Phone 619.358.5965 Skype jhzkongo1
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> Ed. note: The picture--sometimes said to be done by Kaiser Wilhelm II, or
> done on his commission features a gathering of figures representing
> European nations being warned by an angel who points to a golden Buddha-
> like figure in the distance. I found a reproduction at:
> http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.phrases.org.uk/images/yellow-peril.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/yellow-peril.html&h=213&w=313&sz=29&tbnid=dqVkf1YzwT2E1M:&tbnh=80&tbnw=117&prev=/search%3Fq%3D%2522yellow%2Bperil%2522%26tbm%3Disch%26tbo%3Du&zoom=1&q=%22yellow+peril%22&hl=en&usg=__17zc938rcecHvjl2O6-fTFN1jJ8=&sa=X&ei=UFCzTfW7D8HhiAKYh92vBg&ved=0CDIQ9QEwBA
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