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Establishing Bilateral Trade Agreement Without Mutual Diplomatic Relations: The Case Of The Republic Of China On Taiwan, Yao-Yuan Yeh, Fang-Yu Chen

Maryland Series in Contemporary Asian Studies

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Singapore: A Story Unfolding, Thomas J. Bellows

Maryland Series in Contemporary Asian Studies

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Combating Asian Corruption: Enhancing The Effectiveness Of Anti-Corruption Agencies, Jon S.T. Quah

Maryland Series in Contemporary Asian Studies

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Evolutions In Copyright And Licensing Models: Snapshots From The U.S. And Mandarin Music Markets, Chien-Chih Lu

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Taiwan And Southeast Asia: Opportunities And Constraints Of Continued Engagement, Bo-Jiun Jing

Maryland Series in Contemporary Asian Studies

Over the past three decades, Taiwan has seen continued and expanded engagement with Southeast Asia. In the late 1980s and the early 1990s, under LEE Teng-hui’s presidency, the Republic of China (hereafter, R.O.C. or Taiwan) started to pursue a set of “Go South” policy initiatives to deepen its ties with the member countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), aimed at securing the island’s political and economic interests in the region.

This monograph attempts to analyze Taiwan-ASEAN relations from a variety of perspectives: political development, economic cooperation, and cultural engagement, as well as the related dynamics with mainland …

China's Epochal Case: A Tale Of Two Ships, James A.R. Nafziger

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Cyber Wrongs In Greater China, Greg Tzu Jan Yang

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Localists And “Locusts” In Hong Kong: Creating A Yellow-Red Peril Discourse, Barry Sautman, Hairong Yan

Maryland Series in Contemporary Asian Studies

Hong Kong’s “localists” depict mainlanders as locusts ruining the territory and bringing an end to a vaunted way of life.

In this article, we first discuss anti-mainlander prejudice in Hong Kong and its resemblance to earlier biases by Shanghai people against Chinese from neighboring provinces. We then empirically test claims localists make about the mainlander presence in Hong Kong and show that mainland visitors and migrants are not working the harms attributed to them. There follows a review of “insect language” as integral to racial vilification in several settings, with Hong Kong’s anti-locust movement a recent example. We go on …

Hunting The Corrupt “Tigers” And “Flies” In China: An Evaluation Of Xi Jinping’S Anti-Corruption Campaign (November 2012 To March 2015), Jon S.T. Quah

Maryland Series in Contemporary Asian Studies

After becoming the General Secretary of the CCP and Chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC) at the 18th Party Congress in November 2012, Xi launched an anti-corruption campaign to eliminate the “tigers and flies” who had become rich through bribery and patronage.

According to Transparency International’s Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) of 2012, China was ranked 80th among 176 countries with a score of 39/100. China’s performance did not improve significantly in 2013 and dropped significantly from 80th to 100th position in 2014 with a decrease in its score from 40 to 36.

Is China’s significant decline in its CPI …

Peaceful Settlement Of Disputes In The South China Sea Through Fisheries Resources Cooperation And Management, Kuan-Hsiung Wang

Maryland Series in Contemporary Asian Studies

The South China Sea dispute is complicated in terms of its nature, the sovereignty issues of the islands, delimitation issues, resources utilization as well as other matters concerning security (both traditional and non-traditional). In order to solve the dispute, cooperation is one of the main considerations. However, the practice has not been realized.

In order to solve the dispute and promote cooperation in the South China Sea region, the author suggests that conserving and managing fishery resources could be established as a starting point. There are a great number of management means, institutions, and international instruments (such as conventions, treaties …

Seeking Common Ground While Keeping Differences: “Using The Case Of Cross-Strait Relations As A Case”, Charles Chong-Han Wu

Maryland Series in Contemporary Asian Studies

For the past decade, the “joint democracy produces peace” theory has received substantial attention. Evidence has confirmed that democracies rarely, if ever, engage in large-scale conflicts with each other. However, there is a lack of specific information regarding the mixed dyads (democracies and non-democracies), especially when we attempt to study their peace scenarios. Hence, some other international relations scholars proclaim that even though the political structures may be different between democracies and non-democracies, sharing similar interests provide certain strong incentives for states to behave peacefully. Regime types may be influential, but under the mixed dyads scenario, states’ vital interests have …

Indonesia Beyond Reformasi: Necessity And The “De-Centering” Of Democracy, Leonard C. Sebastian, Jonathan Chen, Adhi Priamarizki

Maryland Series in Contemporary Asian Studies

We argue that Indonesia’s path to democracy was borne out of necessity brought about by a state of extreme precariousness and then molded by its lack thereof. Its lack thereof precisely reflected the internal power struggle and elite competition between remnant groups of the New Order vying under a different set of circumstances. Notwithstanding the given peculiarities of Indonesia’s transition, the current state of democracy in Indonesia is clearly one that is also shaped by the patrimonial character of the New Order. While imminent necessity acts as a temporary stop to ensure that these predatory tendencies of Indonesia’s political system …

Taiwan’S 2014 Nine-In-One Election: Gauging Politics, The Parties, And Future Leaders, John F. Copper

Maryland Series in Contemporary Asian Studies

On Saturday November 29, 2014 voters in Taiwan (officially known as the Republic of China) went to the polls to cast ballots for mayors and city council members of the metropolitan cities, mayors and councilors of the counties and provincial cities, town- ship chiefs and councilors, aboriginal district chiefs and councilors, and borough and village chiefs. Sometimes called Taiwan’s “midterms”, these combined elections are held at four-year intervals, scheduled in between its national presidential/vice presidential and legislative elections. The midterms are now considered nearly as important as the latter elections, one of the reasons being as of 2014 all local …

Mahathir's Successors: Sharpening Dilemmas In Malaysian Politics, William Case

Maryland Series in Contemporary Asian Studies

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The Political Economy Of South Korea: Economic Growth, Democratization, And Financial Crisis, Uk Heo, Houngcheul Jeon, Hayam Kim, Okjin Kim

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Evolving On-Line Empowerment: The Manchu Identity Revival Since The 1980s, Lian Bai

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Taiwan's 2008 Presidential And Vice Presidential Election: Maturing Democracy, John F. Copper

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Korean Dispute Over The Northern Limit Line: Security, Economics, Or International Law?, Terence Roehrig

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National Identity, Ethnic Identity, And Party Identity In Taiwan, Chang-Yen Tsai

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Rape Myths In American And Chinese Laws And Legal Systems: Do Tradition And Culture Make The Difference?, Marietta Sze-Chie Fa

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Combating Corruption Singapore-Style: Lessons For Other Asian Countries, Jon S.T. Quah

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Japan's Changing Security Policy: An Overall View, Sharif Shuja

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East Mountain Tiger, West Mountain Tiger: China, The West, And "Colonialism" In Africa, Barry Sautman, Hairong Yan

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Taiwan's 2006 Metropolitan Mayoral And City Council Elections And The Politics Of Corruption, John F. Copper

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China In Asean-Led Multilateral Forums, Serene Hung

Maryland Series in Contemporary Asian Studies

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Retracing The Triangle: China's Strategic Perceptions Of Japan In The Post-Cold War Era, Danielle F.S. Cohen

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Taiwan And The Soviet Bloc, 1949-1991, Czeslaw Tubilewicz

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Taiwan's 2004 Presidential And Vice Presidential Election: Democracy's Consolidation Or Devolution?, John F. Copper

Maryland Series in Contemporary Asian Studies

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Peace, Reunification, Democracy And Cross-Strait Relations, Zhaohui Hong, Yi Sun

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Taiwan's 2004 Legislative Election: Putting It In Perspective, John F. Copper

Maryland Series in Contemporary Asian Studies

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