A focus on what I call the liquid geography of the Yalu border shows how the transnational flow of people, goods, and the river itself exposed the limits of the colonial state even while providing the material underpinnings for further imperial expansion.Second, in analyzing the river as an ...
Ice-fish, a thin, translucent fish native to freshwater environments throughout East and Southeast Asia, were considered a particularly notable “specialty product” of the river. Yalu icefish were valued for their size, which was larger than in many other parts of Northeast Asia. They were ...