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Why did the USA normalize relations with the PRC? How was it expected to affect its relationship with the RoC and the balances of power in the region and supranational institutions? Was it part of a long term geopolitical strategy?	1
Request for (English) sources: Nakajima Chikuhei, an important IJN officer, industrialist, and politician.	1
Did Singapore's detention without trial statutes have any safeguards against abuse of power? Are there any clear cases of them being abused to neutralize direct electoral threats, in addition to more general threats of communist activity?	1
How and when did cars and motorcycles develop unwritten standards for control layouts?	1
Why was the Sultan of Brunei given honorary commissions in the UK Royal Air Force and Royal Navy?	1
To those whose subjects postdate modern journalism, but also have superior primary sources, how reliable was contemporaneous news reporting (especially US broadcast news) of your subject?	1
So long as we're allowing example-based questions, are there any examples of a community transitioning directly from a resource extraction or low-skill factory work based economy to a service economy, without social upheaval?	1
How do historians compare "industrial capacities" of past societies and what were the "industrial capacities" of the leading participants in WWII? Any English translations of period Japanese assessments?	1
How were other academic fields affected by the large and sudden influx of aeronautical engineers, in Occupied Japan? How far did the ban on aeronautics extend into supporting fields, like fluid dynamics, monocoque structures, and high power engines?	1
How did industrialists and politicians like Nakajima Chikuhei lobby against war with the USA? (Both what were their methods and what data did they present?)	1

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