Ethnicizing the Children of Past Conquerors: Historical narratives of Mongols and Manchus in 20th-century China From Conquerors to the Colonized: Manchus Pasts in the Present SHAO Dan East Asian Languages and Civilizations University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign WUN video seminar 4 December 2006 Chronology 1635 Hong Taiji named all the Jurchens from various tribes Manchu Manchus Eight Banner forces occupied Beijing First Sino-Japanese War 1912 Abdication of the last emperor, Pu Yi; the first year of the Republic of China 1928 Unification of the Northeast of China with the Republic of China 1931 Mukden Incident 1932 Announcement of the independence of Manchoukuo 1937 Outbreak of the full-scale Sino-Japanese war 1945 Japan surrendered; Manchoukuo ended 1949 The Peoples Republic of China established 1952 Manchus were officially recognized as an ethnic group by the Chinese Communist Central government 1985 Establishment of the first Manchu Autonomous County, Xinbin The Qing Empire Source: Ebrey 1996 The Heavens Pond (Tianchi) in Manchuria (Northeast China) Source:http://www.xaoyo.com/Article/df/ htm Shanhai Pass Manchoukuo in East Asia Source: Toyo (Yanai Wataru, 1943) Henry Puyi (Time, March 4, 1934)Film poster (amazon.com) Investigation Reports from the 1950s Notes on an interview with a Manchu in 1958 (Manzu shehui lishi diaocha ziliao) Memoirs from the 1960s-1980s Pu Jies Memoir, Wenshi ziliao jixuan, no.1, (Wenshi ziliao chubanshe): 185 Aisin Gioro Puyi (in 1910s and 1960s) Source: Longren Manchu National Heroes in the 1990s A list of national heroes A Manchu House at Sanjiazi Village, Qiqihar, Heilongjiang Province (Shao, 2000) Manchu History and Tourism An entrance to the Xingjing Hotel, Xinbin Manchu Autonomous County, Liaoning Province (Shao, July 2005) Street Scene at Xinbin Manchu Autonomous County (Shao, September 2006) Hetuala City, Xinbin Manchu Autonomous County (Shao, July 2005)