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He is a member of a number of academic organizations in China, such as
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The Years of Extermination: Nazi Germany and the Jews, 1939-1945
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from the article and its talk page, especially if potentially
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The Jews of Kaifeng, China: History, Culture, and Religion
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1192:Above the Drowning Sea Witnesses
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1002:"Jewish studies in China"
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