East Asia: An International Quarterly articles from September 1999

East Asia: An International Quarterly archives from September 1999

FOR JAPAN'S SURVIVAL: A RECONSIDERATION OF THE MYTH OF SHIGA SHIGETAKA (1863-1927) AS A CONSERVATIVE INTELLECTUAL.
September 22, 1999... The late 1880s saw "an upsurge in ideological activity" in Japan(1) Widespread media coverage of the unequal treaties had contributed to a sense of national humiliation and increased public awareness of Japan's situation. The treaties which...

SOCIAL CHANGE, POLITICAL ELECTIONS, AND THE MIDDLE CLASS IN KOREA.
September 22, 1999... The primary purpose of this study is to analyze the political orientations of the Korean middle classes as they were manifested in their voting behavior in the general and presidential elections. In addition, the present study examines the...

RURAL INDUSTRIALIZATION IN CHINA: FROM BACKYARD FURNACES TO TOWNSHIP AND VILLAGE ENTERPRISES.
September 22, 1999... Li tu bu li xiang jin chang bu jin cheng. (Leave the land but not the village; enter the factory but not the city.) --A popular Chinese saying about rural industrialization in the 1980s Since the introduction of economic reforms in the...

JAPAN-ASIA ECONOMIC RELATIONS: TRADE, INVESTMENT, AND THE ECONOMIC CRISIS.
September 22, 1999... From a devastating military defeat in World War II, Japan has been able to recover and grow at a rapid pace, achieving the fastest-growing economy in the immediate post-war period. Japan has become the leading industrial nation of Asia and the...