Journal of East Asian Studies articles from January 2005

Journal of East Asian Studies archives from January 2005

What can Taiwan (and the United States) expect from Japan?
January 1, 2005... In the 1990s and into the new century, increased Japanese sympathy toward Taiwan and antipathy toward mainland China led to a series of moves to improve treatment of Taiwan, including enhanced transportation links, a higher level and frequency...

Dealing with a truculent ally: a comparative perspective on China's handling of North Korea.
January 1, 2005... Fearing war on the Korean peninsula as a result of the current nuclear crisis, China has attempted to restrain its risk-taking ally in North Korea and push it toward a negotiated solution. In the process, Beijing has reneged on security...

Bilateralism, multilateralism, or regionalism? Japan's trade forum choices.
January 1, 2005... The Japanese government today is actively and strategically choosing among various institutional thrums to deal with its trade partners, namely bilateral venues, multilateral settings, and even preferential regional arrangements. This ongoing...

Measuring and explaining party change in Taiwan: 1991-2004.
January 1, 2005... This article examines party platform change in a third wave democratic country, Taiwan, during its first fourteen years of full multiparty elections. A variety of datasets show that Taiwan's parties have moved from polarized positions toward a...

Hong Kong's post-1997 institutional crisis: problems of governance and institutional incompatibility.
January 1, 2005... The protest by over half a million people on July 1, 2003, unleashed the most serious crisis of governance in Hong Kong since its retrocession to China in 1997. Triggered by the government's attempt to legislate new national security...

Militant Islam in Southeast Asia: Crucible of Terror.(Book Review)
January 1, 2005... Militant Islam in Southeast Asia: Crucible of Terror. By Zachary Abuza. Boulder: Lynne Rienner, 2003. 281 pp. This carefully detailed presentation of research on radical Islam in Southeast Asia effectively documents the penetration of the...

Nuclear North Korea: a Debate on Engagement Strategies.(Book Review)
January 1, 2005... Nuclear North Korea: A Debate on Engagement Strategies. By Victor D. Cha and David C. Kang. New York: Columbia University Press, 2003. 265 pp. This work, structured in the form of a debate on the nature, intentions, and implications of...

Competitiveness, FDI, and Technological Activity in East Asia.(Book Review)
January 1, 2005... Competitiveness, FDI, and Technological Activity in East Asia. Edited by Sanjaya Lall and Shujiro Urata. Northampton, Mass.: Edward Elgar, 2003. 411 pp. In their opening statement in Chapter 1, Lall and Urata say that "East Asia is by...

The Power of Institutions: Political Architecture and Governance.(Book Review)
January 1, 2005... The Power of Institutions: Political Architecture and Governance. By Andrew MacIntyre. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2003. 189 pp. Andrew MacIntyre has produced a compelling narrative of economic crisis and institutional reform in...

Promises of Empowerment: Women in Asia and Latin America.(Book Review)
January 1, 2005... Promises of Empowerment: Women in Asia and Latin America. Edited by Peter H. Smith, Jennifer L. Troutner, and Christine Hunefeldt. Lanham, Md.: Rowman and Littlefield, 2004. xii + 292 pp. Comparisons between Asian countries, particularly...

Books received.
January 1, 2005... In addition to the titles reviewed in this issue, the books listed below were recently received by the editor and are available for review. General Barro, Robert J. 2003. Nothing Is Sacred: Economic Ideas for the New Millennium....