East Asia: An International Quarterly articles from June 1999

East Asia: An International Quarterly archives from June 1999

THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF ECONOMIC REGIONALISM IN NORTHEAST ASIA: A UNIQUE AND DYNAMIC PATTERN.(Statistical Data Included)
June 22, 1999... Introduction In the existing literature, economic regionalism is generally seen as the development of trade blocs or preferential arrangements in economic affairs among a group of countries located in the same geographic area. The European...

THE SUPPORT OF HONG KONG CHINESE FOR DEMOCRATIC REFORM.(Statistical Data Included)
June 22, 1999... The much publicized reversion of Hong Kong's sovereignty to China, while being hailed as a success by many, has happened alongside with the reversal of its democratic institutions. After the hand-over of Hong Kong, the electoral system has been...

NEGOTIATING WITH BEIJING: WHAT SHOULD TAIPEI AND A THIRD PARTY KNOW?
June 22, 1999... Although the People's Republic of China (PRC) and the Republic of China (ROC) have been politically separated since 1949, this did not mean the end of negotiations and exchange of views between the two parties.1 Since July 1956, the journalist...

MARCH TOWARDS DEMOCRATIZATION: THE 1998 "THREE-IN-ONE ELECTION" IN TAIWAN.
June 22, 1999... Taiwan's style of democratization is characterized as "election-driven" in the sense that the elections have engendered impetus to widening political participation of the people and provided continuous incentive to building democratic...

Training the Body for China: Sports in the Moral Order of the People's Republic.(Review)
June 22, 1999... Brownell, Susan. Training the Body for China: Sports in the Moral Order of the People's Republic. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. 1995. ix, 393 pp., photographs, tables, notes, glossary, references, index. Training the Body for China...