Mark Gabrielson
Graduate Student, Harvard University
Mark J. Gabrielson was educated at Princeton and is now a graduate student at the Harvard University Extension School in History. He also serves as a research intern at the Naval War College in the Department of Maritime History and the Department of National Security Affairs.
Jun 23, 2013
The Chinese term shashoujian, “assassin’s mace”, has become increasingly common in the context of US-Sino policy over the past two decades. An idiom commonly used in China, often with little or no military connection, the term has been over-interpreted by US officials as a profound insight into Chinese military strategy. This has come despite efforts from scholars who understand and publish on its actual context.