Review – Shanghai Gone: Domicide and Defiance in a Chinese Megacity
Shao’s remarkable work offers a rich interpretive approach to China’s complex urban landscape that will interest both China-watchers and urban scholars.
Review – Afrasia: A Tale of Two Continents
Adem and Mazrui offer an enlivening and unconventional collection, critically invocating the need for a discourse about discourse on Africa’s relations with Asian powers.
Review – China Airborne: The Test of China’s Future
Fallows’ insightful analysis examines not only the Chinese aviation industry, but Chinese politics at large and the inherent limitations to its development model.
China & the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples: The Tibetan Case
Until China acknowledges its international obligations and stops using sovereignty as a shield, the deplorable human rights situation in Tibet seems destined to continue.
Tibetan Self-Determination: A Stark Choice for an Abandoned People
Tibetans have been abandoned to their fate. Neither the USA nor Russia wish to set the agenda and engage directly with China over self-rule for the indigenous Tibetans.
Examining the UN World Intellectual Property Organization
Drawing significance from the World Intellectual Property Organization data is affected by how one thinks about their own future in the global economy.
Review – The Formation of the Chinese Communist Party
Ishikawa’s deep archival research casts doubt on the official history of the formation of the Chinese Communist Party, but is often overwhelmingly dense.
Review – Now I Know Who My Comrades Are
Parker’s analysis of internet censorship subversion in Russia, Cuba and China shows the myriad challenges faced by bloggers, but is not rigorous enough for an academic text.
South Korea’s Foreign Policy in 2013: Building Trust in East Asia
“Trust” has been the buzzword for President Park Geun-hye, and 2013 saw ‘trustpolitik’ in action in South Korea’s relationships with North Korea, China and Japan.
China’s “Near Seas” Threat – Less than Meets the Eye?
There’s no denying that China has made some important progress in building its military capabilities. But it may be premature to consider it a rival to the US at the moment.
