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DESCRIPTION:Mountains occupy a distinctive geopolitical duality\, existing 
 as both natural borders and conceptually borderless topographies. Modern m
 ountaineering\, therefore\, has served as an essential field of internatio
 nal encounter\, where scientific ambition\, national prestige\, and diplom
 atic interests converge. While China shares the Himalayan frontier and pos
 sesses world-class climbing terrain\, the nation’s extensive internation
 al mountaineering exchanges during the 1980s remain largely unexplored in 
 the global mountaineering historiography and the history of international 
 cooperation. To address this gap\, this study examines how mountaineering 
 was strategically mobilized as a field of transnational collaboration betw
 een Chinese and foreign actors during the "Reform and Opening-up" era. Thi
 s study uses previously underexplored archives\, including Chinese Mountai
 neering Association publications\, regional Chinese gazetteers\, internal 
 reports of joint expeditions\, and international climbing journals. By tra
 cing legislative transformations\, organizational processes\, and the exte
 nded networks of joint expeditions\, this study argues that joint mountain
 eering functioned as a political mechanism of international engagement dur
 ing China’s transition toward global integration. Central to this narrat
 ive is the Sino-Japanese partnership\, which facilitated a multi-layered e
 xchange encompassing formal state-sponsored training\, joint summits\, and
  burgeoning civil-society interactions. By situating these collaborations 
 within a global historical framework\, this study explores whether the "al
 pine internationalism" of the 1980s offers a viable historical model for t
 ransborder dialogue in today’s increasingly fragmented geopolitical land
 scape.
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LOCATION:Room 201 (Seats 42)
SUMMARY:Alpine Internationalism: Sino-Foreign Mountaineering Collaborations
  in the Era of Globalization\, 1979-1991 - Yaqi Wang
URL:https://pretalx.com/wha-annual-meeting-korea-2026/talk/ATG9UL/
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