In Van Lieu’s article, “The Politics of Condolence,” he quotes the following passage from an English language text likely produced at the request of the Qing government: All the officials and attendants on serving the Commissioners leaped with joy and gladness while the people and the merchant class followed their avocations as usual-in quiet and peace. They congratulated each other in the market places, declaring that the advent of the Commissioners to Corea brought blessings to the land, for which they felt joyously thankful. This sentiment prevailed all over the country. How accurately does this passage describe the actual event in question, and what are the reasons for any inaccuracies? During this era, when the power of the Qing empire had started to decline with the painful defeat of the Sino-Japanese war, the Qing had concerns about their dependent states/nation leaving their authority. As Choson was the closest (possible)pathway to the Japanese frontier, Qing had to look over Choson’s royalty. Additionally, before the defeat of the war, Qing was seen as a great empire in the east to the This could be seen as a sort of advocacy of the Qing towards the ‘Eight-Nation-Alliance’ powered by imperialism, where their power is still in good shape. As all the other propaganda is, a certain amount of fake information is contained, where Qing officials had greeted Choson in a friendly atmosphere., as seen in the passage “Corea brought blessing to the land,” for which they felt joyously thankful”(the meeting on the market place also built up the friendly atmosphere). Instead, Qing showed an authoritative motion toward Choson. The passages were written in the English language(at the request of the Qing) for Western power to access them easily. Not only to show their power to the Western world, but Qing’s idea here is also to show the bond between Choson and Qing. This was the time were American diplomats had made an effort to contact Korea. Qing would have wanted to firmly show Choson is a substate of Qing, checking on Western power entering Choson. Explore the Tertitskys’ article, “The Personnel File of Kim Ilsung.” What is valuable about this document? How and why does this file serve to contradict both right-wing anti-communist views of Kim Ilsung, and favourable “pro-North Korean” views as well? The North Korean Communist regime underwent and presently undergoing large-scale censoring of records/documentation that would damage their authority. This includes forms of their political leaders. Academically, this is disturbing since it is nearly impossible to get trusted primary sources. This also applied to Tetitsky, who firmly stated that very minimal sources were used for the research since most aren't available in the present day. Tertitsky's analytic article on Kim Il-sung is academically valuable since the study of Kim Il-sung's early years is rarely discussed and studied in Western academics. Additionally, Tertitsky states that the primary source, which contains information on the early years of Kim Il-sung, is rare. The seeds he found were usually in the form of encyclopedias, the majority of them being soviet's (with the collapse of the Soviet Union, massive amounts of resources had been impoverished). Academically, by analyzing limited primary resources, it has been a valuable resource on Ironically, his articles could be seen as pro-North Korean. This is because all the primary sources used were touched and edited by the communist government(including North Korea and the Chinese and Soviet governments). This is a popular method of propaganda in communist countries. Analyzing disrupted articles, which had been edited to eliminate any faulty records of their leader, cannot be seen as accurate, but instead, pro-North Korean characteristics of the article. Explore the picture of the Korean dancer Ch’oe Sŭnghŭi below from Park Sang-mi’s article, discussing the cultural politics of both the Japanese and Korean people who presented this image, and the audience members who observed. Choe Sunghui was a Korean dancer who performed during the Japanese colonization period. She served not only in Japanese colonized states but also in the Western world, such as Europe and the U.S. Whether intentionally or not, she contributed to the Japanese-American relationship through cultural exchange. The picture of the Choe Seung Hui show was taken during the performance in the Western world(America). Here, we cannot see any 'Korean related' characteristics in her outfits, where it's more closely related to Indo-china or southeast Asian clothing. That aside, we could also observe considerable exposure to her costume, where most of her legs are showing. Despite the fact that it's not traditional clothing in the early Choson to present-day Korea, their main idea of Confucianism, so the clothes Choe Sunghui is wearing is not tolerant to Koreans in the first place. What would be the reason for her outfit if it does not relate to her Korean identity? As mentioned above, she was not performing her talent as a Korean but as a Japanese delegation in America. Promoting her identity or Korean culture was not a priority for the Japanese. Still, the Western world's attention to Asia was the priority(it would be advantageous to the colonization of Asia). Her exotic dress with the highly exposed dress gave an 'Asian Fantasy' (it did not matter that Choe Sung hui was Korean, as long as her being Asian could be used for implementing Asian fantasy to Western).