China and East Asia

September 2008
Books Review: The Making of Modern East Asia
by William Anthony Hay
Books on China and East Asia

September 2008
Month In Review
by Editors
Month in review April-July 2008

September 2008
Map Of Asia
by Editors
Map of Asia

May 2008
America's Place in the Asian Century
by Kishore Mahbubani
"The moment has come for fresh US policy on East Asia. This should be priority number one or the next president.

November 2007
China Needs Help with Climate Change
by Kelly Sims Gallagher
"As a developing country, China still lacks many of the institutions, policies, and enforcement mechanisms that are needed to foster technology transfer and environmental protection."

October 2007
Russia and China: The Ambivalent Embrace
by Andrew Kuchins
"Despite deep-seated wariness toward China on the part of the Russian leadership and people, ties with Beijing have significantly advanced under the leadership of both Yeltsin and Putin."

September 2007
The Future of China’s Party-State
by Bruce J. Dickson, Bruce Gilley, Merle Goldman and Dali L. Yang
Does the Chinese Communist Party derive enough legitimacy from economic growth? Can a party-state survive by co-opting some potential challengers while repressing others? So far, the CCP has answered these questions in the affirmative. Yet the debate goes on. This year, as the party's Seventeenth Congress prepares to unveil a new Politburo (same as the old Politburo?), we asked four scholars to offer their latest thinking on the subject.

September 2007
China’s Conflicted Olympic Moment
by Allen Carlson
"Beijing has worked meticulously to foster the image of China as a responsible power. . . . At the same time, opposition to us hegemony is one of the pillars of Chinese nationalism."

September 2007
Why Memory Lingers in East Asia
by Bruce Cumings
"There has been no closure to either the Korean-Japanese or the Korean war from the North Korean standpoint; neither has come to an appropriate resolution."

September 2007
North Korea Takes on the World
by Charles K. Armstrong
"The road ahead for Korean denuclearization and the normalization of us-North Korean relations promises to be bumpy and unpredictable."

September 2007
Japan’s Slow-Motion Transition
by Arthur Alexander
"As the Japanese manage economic adjustment at their preferred pace, they may be left even further behind than when they started, despite real progress over the past decade."

September 2007
Taiwanese Politics Gets Interesting Again
by Michael Fahey
"Chen, never having won a sweeping popular mandate, and understanding after the 2004 legislative election that he would face a hostile legislature for the rest of his time in office, has largely devoted himself to reshaping Taiwan's view of itself."

September 2007
America’s Asia-Pacific Strategy
by William T. Tow
"If Washington is effective in linking its Asia-Pacific and global security postures, it can maintain its status as a preeminent power in the region. If it fails, it may find itself involved in a dangerous and unstable multipolar rivalry. . . ."

September 2007
China’s Confounding Religious Revival
by Richard Madsen
"The government wants to control religion and harness its philanthropic energies to create social stability—until such time as religion can be completely strangled."

May 2007
China in Africa: A Mixed Blessing?
by Alex Vines
"The challenge is to find openings to engage China, to ensure that past mistakes of postcolonial development and investment in Africa are not repeated. . . ."

April 2007
Malaysia at 50: Midlife Crisis Ahead?
by Bridget Welsh
"It remains to be seen whether Malaysia will continue on its historic path of avoiding ethnic conflict, promoting economic growth, and allowing political choice, albeit limited choice."

April 2007
Thailand’s Elusive Equilibrium
by Catharin Dalpino
"The challenges facing the interim administration create a difficult environment in which to undertake constitutional reform. . . ."

November 2006
The Lessons of North Korea’s Test
by LEON V. SIGAL
"Countries that seek nuclear weapons are insecure. Trying to isolate or coerce them can easily backfire."

November 2006
What If a Nuclear-Armed State Collapses?
by MICHAEL O'HANLON
"The nuclear danger posed by the potential for state failure in a North Korea or a Pakistan is one of the most menacing facing the international environment."

September 2006
US-China Economic Relations: The Next Stage
by JOHN FRISBIE and MICHAEL OVERMYER
To advance and maintain a mutually advantageous economic relationship, China and the United States should elevate economic engagement to a more comprehensive level.