Clark taught in
Tokyo (1918–1920), then moved his base to Peking (
Beijing, 1920–1930). He owned and edited the English language newspaper The Peking Leader.[1] He also was a columnist for several American magazines and newspapers, such as the Christian Science Monitor. He moved to
New York where he became a prolific writer and speaker on Asian affairs, with a regular column in Current History. He was a lecturer at Columbia University, and after 1937 a professor of economics at the
University of Denver. He was a leader in the
China International Famine Relief Commission. His books emphasized that colonies almost never produced a profit, but were undertaken for prestige—for "a place in the sun."[2]
One legal magazine reported in 1937: "Professor Clark is widely recognized as one of the leading authorities on the
Far East. His knowledge of Far Eastern peoples and their problems is based on long personal contact....Professor Clark has been much in demand for lectures on Far Eastern affairs."[3]
"China in 1927" Chinese Social and Political Science Review, Vol. 12, Issue 1 (January 1928), pp. 136–196
Economic Rivalries in China (Yale University Press, for Carnegie Endowment, 1932).
"China's Economic Emergence." The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science 168.1 (1933): 84-94.
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"A Lull in China." Current History and Forum. Vol. 40. No. 6. 1934.
"American Interests and Policy in the Far East" International Conciliation, Vol. 16, pp. 43–57 (1934)
The Great Wall Crumbles (New York: The Macmillan Company. 1935. Pp. xvii, 406.)
online
The Balance Sheet of Imperialism: Facts and Figures on Colonies (Columbia University Press, for Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, New York, 1936).
online
A Place in the Sun (The Macmillan Company, New York, 1936)
"China, Japan and Ourselves in Perspective" Vital Speeches of the Day (Aug 15, 1937) Vol. 3 Issue 21, pp 669+.
Notes
^See "In the Orient View: A Survey of the Periodical Press of China and Japan." Pacific Affairs, vol. 1, no. 3, 1928, pp. 17–24.
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^David Shavit, The United States in Asia: a historical dictionary (Greenwood, 1990) pp 100–101.
^"Of Interest to the Bar" Dicta, Vol. 14, Issue 12 (October 1937), p. 310.
^"DR. GROVER CLARK, 46, FAR EASTERN EXPERT: Denver Educator Was Publisher in Peking for 12 Years" The New York Times 18 July 1938 p: 13.