Asia in the New Millennium

Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Series Editor: Shiping Hua, University of LouisvilleSeries Editor: Shiping Hua, University of Louisville

Asia in the New Millennium is a series of books offering new interpretations of an important geopolitical region. The series examines the challenges and opportunities of Asia from the perspectives of politics, economics, and cultural-historical traditions, highlighting the impact of Asian developments on the world. Of particular interest are books on the history and prospect of the democratization process in Asia.Asia in the New Millennium is a series of books offering new interpretations of an important geopolitical region. The series examines the challenges and opportunities of Asia from the perspectives of politics, economics, and cultural-historical traditions, highlighting the impact of Asian developments on the world. Of particular interest are books on the history and prospect of the democratization process in Asia.

Strengthening South Korea–Japan Relations Cover

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Hardback Paperback

Pages: 234

ISBN: 9780813199214

Pub Date: 20 Mar 2024

Imprint: University Press of Kentucky

Series: Asia in the New Millennium

Illustrations: 16 figures, 26 tables

Pages: 234

ISBN: 9780813199221

Pub Date: 20 Mar 2024

Imprint: University Press of Kentucky

Series: Asia in the New Millennium

Illustrations: 16 figures, 26 tables

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At the conclusion of WWII, no part of the world experienced a more dramatic transformation than East Asia. The region's political stability throughout the postwar period prompted exponential economic growth that ultimately established South Korea, Japan, and China as East Asia's most important powers. While many citizens of these nations now live in a time of unprecedented prosperity, the arrangement that supported this region's transformation is fragile.

The Soldier Image and State-Building in Modern China, 1924-1945 Cover

Format: Hardback

Pages: 258

ISBN: 9780813176741

Pub Date: 15 Feb 2019

Imprint: University Press of Kentucky

Series: Asia in the New Millennium

Illustrations: 12 b&w photos, 3 maps

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Based on groundbreaking research, this book is the first of its kind to provide a close examination in English of the extensive imagery of the soldier figure in the war culture of early twentieth-century China. This study moves away from the traditional military history perspectives and focuses on the neglected cultural aspect of the intersection of war and society in China during a crucial period that led to the eventual victory of the Chinese Communist Party over the Nationalist Party. Integrating history, literature, and arts, this appealing narrative reveals multiple meanings of the soldier figure created by different political, social, and cultural forces in modern China.

Format: Hardback

Pages: 286

ISBN: 9780813173931

Pub Date: 15 Nov 2017

Imprint: University Press of Kentucky

Series: Asia in the New Millennium

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Today 700 million Chinese citizens -- more than fifty-four percent of the population -- live in cities. The mass migration of rural populations to urban centers increased rapidly following economic reforms of the 1990s, and serious problems such as overcrowding, lack of health services, and substandard housing have arisen in these areas since. China's urban citizens have taken to the courts for redress and fought battles over failed urban renewal projects, denial of civil rights, corruption, and abuse of power.

Format: Hardback

Pages: 496

ISBN: 9780813167305

Pub Date: 27 Sep 2016

Imprint: University Press of Kentucky

Series: Asia in the New Millennium

Illustrations: 61 b&w photos, 77 maps, 12 figures, 34 tables

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On March 11, 2011, an underwater earthquake off the Pacific coast of Tohoku, Japan, triggered one of the most devastating tsunamis of a generation. The aftermath was overwhelming: communities were reduced to rubble, thousands of people were missing or dead, and relief organizations struggled to reach affected areas to provide aid for survivors and victims of radiation from compromised nuclear reactors.In Japan after 3/11, editors Pradyumna P.

Format: Hardback

Pages: 464

ISBN: 9780813167466

Pub Date: 22 Jul 2016

Imprint: University Press of Kentucky

Series: Asia in the New Millennium

Illustrations: 16 b&w photos, 4 maps, 5 figures, 5 tables

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With nearly twenty-five million citizens, a secretive totalitarian dictatorship, and active nuclear and ballistic missile weapons programs, North Korea presents some of the world's most difficult foreign policy challenges. For decades, the United States and its partners have employed multiple strategies in an effort to prevent Pyongyang from acquiring weapons of mass destruction. Washington has moved from the Agreed Framework under President Bill Clinton to George W.

China's Encounter with Global Hollywood Cover

Format: Hardback

Pages: 240

ISBN: 9780813167060

Pub Date: 13 May 2016

Imprint: University Press of Kentucky

Series: Asia in the New Millennium

Illustrations: 3 figures, 6 tables

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In recent years, the film industry in the People's Republic of China has found itself among the top three most prolific in the world. When the Chinese government introduced a new revenue-sharing system in 1994, the nation's total movie output skyrocketed with gross box-office receipts totaling billions of yuan. This newfound success, however, has been built on an alternately competitive and collaborative relationship between the ascendant global power of China and the popular culture juggernaut of America.

Format: Hardback

Pages: 650

ISBN: 9780813165400

Pub Date: 28 Jul 2015

Imprint: University Press of Kentucky

Series: Asia in the New Millennium

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Chinese leaders have long been fascinated by the United States, but have often chosen to demonize America for perceived cultural and military imperialism. Especially under Communist rule, Chinese leaders have crafted and re-crafted portrayals of the United States according to the needs of their own agenda and the regime's self-image -- often seeing America as an antagonist and foil, but sometimes playing it up as a model.In China Looks at the West, Christopher A.

Format: Paperback

Pages: 394

ISBN: 9780813165431

Pub Date: 28 Jul 2015

Imprint: University Press of Kentucky

Series: Asia in the New Millennium

Illustrations: None

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With an economy and population that dwarf most industrialized nations, China is emerging as a twenty-first-century global superpower. Even though China is an international leader in modern business and technology, its ancient history exerts a powerful force on its foreign policy. In The Mind of Empire: China's History and Modern Foreign Relations, Christopher A.

The Price of China's Economic Development Cover

Format: Hardback

Pages: 308

ISBN: 9780813161150

Pub Date: 21 Jul 2015

Imprint: University Press of Kentucky

Series: Asia in the New Millennium

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The People's Republic of China has experienced significant transformations since Deng Xiaoping instituted economic reforms in 1978. Subsequent leaders continued and often broadened Deng's policies, shifting the nation from agrarianism to industrialism, from isolation to internationalism, and from centralized planning to market-based economics. As the world strives to understand the nation's rapid development, few observers have comprehensively examined the social and cultural price of the economic boom for the majority of the Chinese people.

Format: Hardback

Pages: 232

ISBN: 9780813160689

Pub Date: 21 Jul 2015

Imprint: University Press of Kentucky

Series: Asia in the New Millennium

Illustrations: 16 tables

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Promoting democracy has long been a priority of Western foreign policy. In practice, however, international attempts to expand representative forms of government have been inconsistent and are often perceived in the West to have been failures. The states of Central Asia, in particular, seem to be "democracy resistant," and their governments have continued to support various forms of authoritarianism in the decades following the Soviet Union's collapse.

Civil Society and Politics in Central Asia Cover

Format: Hardback

Pages: 366

ISBN: 9780813150772

Pub Date: 27 Feb 2015

Imprint: University Press of Kentucky

Series: Asia in the New Millennium

Illustrations: 2 figures, 9 tables

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The five Central Asian states of Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Turkmenistan constitute an area of increasing importance in global politics. The region currently serves as the main route for transporting American and NATO supplies and personnel into Afghanistan. Its Turkic Muslim peoples share ethnic and religious roots with China's Uighurs in neighboring Xinjiang, where some Uighurs have connections to the Taliban in Afghanistan and Pakistan, fueling Beijing's already acute fears of terrorism and separatism.

Format: Hardback

Pages: 300

ISBN: 9780813145013

Pub Date: 17 Jun 2014

Imprint: University Press of Kentucky

Series: Asia in the New Millennium

Illustrations: 5 figures, 12 tables

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The world's third largest economy and a stable democracy, Japan remains a significant world power; but its economy has become stagnant, and its responses to the earthquake and tsunami of March 11, 2011 and the nuclear crisis that followed have raised international concerns. Despite being constitutionally modeled on Great Britain's "Westminster"-style parliamentary democracy, Japan has failed to fully institute a cabinet-style government, and its executive branch is not empowered to successfully respond to the myriad challenges confronted by an advanced postindustrial society.In Growing Democracy in Japan, Brian Woodall compares the Japanese cabinet system to its counterparts in other capitalist parliamentary democracies, particularly in Great Britain.

Format: Hardback

Pages: 308

ISBN: 9780813136790

Pub Date: 22 Feb 2013

Imprint: University Press of Kentucky

Series: Asia in the New Millennium

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The world was watching when footage of the "tank man" -- the lone Chinese citizen blocking the passage of a column of tanks during the brutal 1989 crackdown on protesters in Beijing's Tiananmen Square -- first appeared in the media. The furtive video is now regarded as an iconic depiction of a government's violence against its own people.Throughout the twentieth century, states across East Asia committed many relatively undocumented atrocities, with victims numbering in the millions.

Format: Hardback

Pages: 316

ISBN: 9780813141206

Pub Date: 15 Feb 2013

Imprint: University Press of Kentucky

Series: Asia in the New Millennium

Illustrations: 3 b&w photos, 3 maps, 5 tables

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China's rapid socioeconomic transformation of the past twenty years has led to dramatic changes in its judicial system and legal practices. As China becomes more powerful on the world stage, the global community has dedicated more resources and attention to understanding the country's evolving democratization, and policymakers have identified the development of civil liberties and long-term legal reforms as crucial for the nation's acceptance as a global partner.Modern Chinese Legal Reform is designed as a legal and political research tool to help English-speaking scholars interpret the many recent changes to China's legal system.

Contemporary Chinese Political Thought Cover

Format: Hardback

Pages: 306

ISBN: 9780813136424

Pub Date: 27 Jul 2012

Imprint: University Press of Kentucky

Series: Asia in the New Millennium

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Westerners seem united in the belief that China has emerged as a major economic power and that this success will most likely continue indefinitely. But they are less certain about the future of China's political system. China's steps toward free market capitalism have led many outsiders to expect increased democratization and a more Western political system.

Format: Hardback

Pages: 146

ISBN: 9780813129945

Pub Date: 29 Jul 2011

Imprint: University Press of Kentucky

Series: Asia in the New Millennium

Illustrations: 9 figures (charts)

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As Asian countries emerge as global economic powers, many undergo fundamental political transformations. In Korean Democracy in Transition: A Rational Blueprint for Developing Societies, HeeMin Kim evaluates the past thirty years of political change in South Korea, including the decision of the authoritarian government to open up the political process in 1987 and the presidential impeachment of 2004.Kim uses rational choice theory -- which holds that individuals choose to act in ways that they think will give them the most benefit for the least cost -- to explain events central to South Korea's democratization process.