East Asia: An International Quarterly articles from December 1999

East Asia: An International Quarterly archives from December 1999

THE COMING DECADE OF CHANGE ON THE KOREAN PENINSULA: IMPLICATIONS FOR NORTHEAST ASIA AND THE UNITED STATES.
December 22, 1999... Because of the tremendous problems facing the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), it is very likely the status quo on the peninsula will drastically change within the next decade. The shift away from the status quo will be towards one...

AN OBSESSED TASK: PROSPECTS, MODELS, AND IMPACT OF KOREAN REUNIFICATION.
December 22, 1999... North Korea's continuing dire food situation and increasing dependence for survival on the largesse of the international community raises ever-more-pressing questions about whether North Korea indeed can survive. The prospect of North Korea's...

THE CHINA MODEL OF KOREAN REUNIFICATION.
December 22, 1999... Reunification as Context Korea uniquely represents the last vestiges of World War II and the cold war that succeeded it. Its division reflects what had been the contending interests of the United States and the Soviet Union for over half a...

POLITICAL LIBERALIZATION IN THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA: ITS LINKAGE TO THE MAINLAND-TAIWAN REUNIFICATION.
December 22, 1999... Introduction Scholars studying the reunification of countries divided as a result of ideological differences may find the case of China interesting. The prevailing trend suggests that the side instituted with a democratic political system...

CHINA'S POLITICAL DISCOURSE TOWARDS THE 21ST CENTURY: VICTIMHOOD, IDENTITY, AND POLITICAL POWER(1).
December 22, 1999... Introduction This study explores the nature and role played by culture in the construction of China's evolving political discourse with specific reference to a discursive theme of "victimhood." The reason lying behind this investigation is...

THE LIVING SHIN TONGYOP (1930-1969).
December 22, 1999... Foreword The poet Shin Tongyop was born in 1930 in Puyo, Ch'ungch'ong-nam-do (South Ch'ungch'ong Province), Korea and died in Seoul in 1969, at the age of thirty-eight. His relatively short poetic career was productive but also marked with...