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Jung, Hyang Jin. "Inter‐Asia, Intra‐Asia, and Asian Anthropologies." American Anthropologist 121, no. 2 (April 17, 2019): 506. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/aman.13253.
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Isaac, Allan Punzalan, Johan Mathew, Anjali Nerlekar, Paul Schalow, and Tamara Sears. "Further thoughts on Asian Studies “inside-out”." International Journal of Asian Studies 18, no. 2 (June 10, 2021): 217–24. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1479591421000152.
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AbstractIn response to Sato and Sonoda's “Asian Studies ‘inside out’: research agenda for the development of Global Asian Studies,” members of the Global Asias Collaborative at Rutgers University – comprised of a diverse group of scholars of Asia and the Asian diaspora located in history, literature, art history, geography, among other disciplines – offer responses to this generative prompt to remap the place and field of “Asia” in its heterogeneous and interwoven temporalities and topologies.
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Chang, Hsiao-Hung, and Carlos Rojas. "Asia as Counter-method." Prism 16, no. 2 (October 1, 2019): 456–71. http://dx.doi.org/10.1215/25783491-7978563.
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Abstract By taking the recent legalization of same-sex marriage in Taiwan as a point of departure, this paper attempts to differentiate a “bloc asia” as a virtual aggregate from an “Area Asia” as a concrete geo-historical region in order to theorize the possibility of taking Taiwan or Asia as a counter-method. The paper starts with an examination of Takeuchi Yoshimi's 1960 “Asia as Method” in light of the two possible Asias—Asia as entity and Asia as method—suggested in Koyasu Nobukuni's poststructuralist reinterpretation. It then moves on to the two possible methods as disclosed in Kuan-Hsing Chen's Asia as Method—one adopts an “Asian studies in Asia” approach with an inter-referencing system; the other foregrounds a dynamic process of turning and hybridizing that occurs between Western colonial powers and local structures—to warp up the similar differentiation of Area Asia and bloc asia, as well as that of Asia as entity and Asia as method. The second part of the paper focuses on Taiwan's recent “Pikaochiu” incident, which uncannily conflates questions of same-sex marriage rights and ancestral tablet terminology. Instead of regarding it as merely an Internet kuso, the paper takes it to demonstrate how out of the old clan patriarchy in East Asia there may emerge new “homophobic” forms that rely not on a proscription of specific sex practices but rather on defending the integrity of the family surname and patrilineage. Yet its potentiality as a rollback against a Euro-American model of marriage, kinship, and family, and simultaneously a reversal against East Asian Confucian values, makes it a bizarre yet challenging case to explicate how Asia could function as a counter-method, a virtual “not yet.”
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Hashimoto, Nobuo. "Asia and Asian Neurosurgery." World Neurosurgery 75, no. 3-4 (March 2011): 350–51. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.wneu.2010.06.022.
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Hira, Swati, and Anita Bai. "Estimating the difference of agriculture productivity in ASIAN regions." International Journal of Engineering & Technology 7, no. 2.4 (March 10, 2018): 140. http://dx.doi.org/10.14419/ijet.v7i2.4.13025.
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Agriculture is the major sector in the economy of Asia. The aim of this paper is to identify the importance of agriculture in Asia continent. In this paper, we evaluate differences between and within regions of Asia (Eastern-Asia, South-Central Asia, South-East Asia, and Western Asia and Middle Asia) and their countries. We used five agriculture parameters (Agriculture Land, Cereal production, Machinery, Tractors, Cereal yield, Land under cereal production) which widely represent agriculture productivity of Asia. The means of all Asian regions and its countries are identically similar is considered as a hypothesis for agriculture parameters. We use One-way ANOVA (analysis of variance) technique for analysis. Further, Asian regions and countries are estimated to test the differences of the means between and within regions and countries of each Asian region. The results show that each Asian region and their countries are having different agriculture productivity for agriculture parameters.
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Khanna, Parag. "Learning Asia the Asian Way." Asia Policy 9, no. 1 (2010): 40–43. http://dx.doi.org/10.1353/asp.2010.0011.
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Umbas, Rainy. "Asia-3 Developing multinational urological courses throughout Asia(Future of Urology in Asia)." Japanese Journal of Urology 102, no. 2 (2011): 106. http://dx.doi.org/10.5980/jpnjurol.102.106_1.
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Miller, Paul W. "The Earnings of Asian Male Immigrants in the Canadian Labor Market." International Migration Review 26, no. 4 (December 1992): 1222–47. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/019791839202600407.
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The earnings of Asian-born immigrants in the Canadian labor market declined relative to the earnings of native-born workers between 1981 and 1986. Analysis of the labor market performance of immigrants from four regions of Asia—Southern Asia, South East Asia, Eastern Asia and Western Asia—shows that Asian immigrants are a heterogeneous group. However, changes in the birthplace composition of Asian immigrants cannot explain the fall in the relative earnings of the Asian aggregate. Attention is drawn to the switch in the distribution of immigrants across the admission classes as a possible explanation of this phenomenon.
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Hui, Victoria Tin-bor. "‘Getting Asia right’: de-essentializing China's hegemony in historical Asia." International Theory 15, no. 3 (November 2023): 480–98. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1752971923000143.
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AbstractInternational Relations (IR) scholars have taken China's presumed hegemony in pre-modern East Asia as an ideal case to ‘undermine’ the field's Eurocentrism. If Eurocentric IR is guilty of ‘getting Asia wrong’, do students of historical Asia ‘get Asia right’? Analysts should avoid exotifying differences between the West and the East and ‘exchanging Eurocentrism for Sinocentrism’. This article tries to ‘get Asia [more] right’ by ‘disaggregating’ and then ‘reassembling’ taken-for-granted concepts by time, space, and relationality. When ‘Confucianism’ is understood to justify both war and peace in competition with other thoughts, it does not dictate peace among East Asian states or conflicts across the Confucian–nomadic divide. When ‘China’ is unpacked, it does not sit on top of an Asian hierarchy. When Korea's, Vietnam's, and Japan's views of their relations with China are examined rather than presumed, cultural legitimacy is thinned out. When ‘Asia’ is broadened to cover webs of relations beyond East Asia to Central Asia, Confucianism recedes in centrality and pan-Asian phenomena including Buddhism and the steppe tradition come to the fore. The article concludes that a better challenge to Eurocentrism is not to search for cultural differences but to locate Eurasian similarities that erase European superiority.
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Hidayat, Adrian. "Integrasi Ekonomi Asia: Solusi Asia Menghadapi Krisis Global 2008." Winners 9, no. 2 (September 30, 2008): 180. http://dx.doi.org/10.21512/tw.v9i2.725.
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No economies throughout the region managed to escape from the "global economic crisis in 2008" that was initiated in the United States. This is a logical consequence of the global economy that has been rolling along. The world economy is increasingly becoming more integrated and interdependent with one another. Exposure stems from the economic crisis in the prolonged United States subprime mortgage financial crisis, and eventually dragged the European economy, and also Asia. The Asian region was only affected, but even if only the impact of course, was enough to overwhelm the Asian region since the crisis has a major impact on a country's foreign exchange reserves. Therefore, after the G-20 summit held in Washington on November 15, 2008, the three major Asian countries, namely China, Japan and South Korea held a summit in Fukuoka Japanese initiative, which was attended by the three heads of government. This summit was to bring fresh air for the Asian region, because in addition to having a positive impact on Asian stocks, it also provides a new self confidence that Asia has formed an alliance that would at least fortify themselves (region) with the resulting stimulus policy. This initiative to find a solution is eventually expanded, and was welcomed by ASEAN countries, known as ASEAN Plus Three. Since in Asia there is already the East Asia Summit (East Asia Summit), the negotiations and the name of the group changed into the 6 partner countries of ASEAN. These six countries are Japan, China, South Korea, Australia, New Zealand, and India.
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Malysheva, D. "South Asia in Foreign Policy Priorities of Central Asia and Russia." Russia and New States of Eurasia, no. 2 (2022): 80–92. http://dx.doi.org/10.20542/2073-4786-2022-2-80-92.
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The South Asian direction of the foreign policy of the Central Asian republics and Russia serves the purpose of diversifying their international contacts under severe conditions of the transition to a polycentric world order. Along with energy and transport projects, the sphere of security and international relations remains a priority in the triangle of Central Asia (CA)–South Asia (SA)–Russian Federation (RF). The foreign policy vectors are largely determined by such major regional states as India, Pakistan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan. These states are developing a strategic partnership and economic cooperation with Russia, China, other South Asian and Central Asian countries within the framework of regional (The Shanghai Cooperation Organization, BRICS, RIC) structures, as well as some informal strategic forums (Central Asia – Russia dialogue, etc.).
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Bista, Krishna. "The Influence of Country of Origin and Academic Level on Asian Students’ Gains of Learning." Journal of International Students 5, no. 3 (December 15, 2018): 300–305. http://dx.doi.org/10.32674/jis.v5i3.598.
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The author examines whether gains of learning of Asian students are the same or different if they are from (a) East Asia, (b) South and Central Asia, or (c) Southeast Asia at undergraduate and graduate levels. Results indicated that East Asian students’ gains of learning in personal development, science and development, general education, vocational preparation, and intellectual skills were statistically different from other students from South and Central Asia and Southeast Asia. Graduate Asian students’ gains of learning in all domains were found higher than undergraduate Asian students’ gains of learning. Based on these findings, the author offers implications and recommendations for educators and practitioners to improve international students’ support and their college learning experiences.
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Fozdar, Farida. "Asian invisibility/Asian threat: Australians talking about Asia." Journal of Sociology 52, no. 4 (July 10, 2016): 789–805. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1440783315593182.
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Members of a marginal Australian political party recently sparked controversy by claiming China wants to ‘take over’ Australia. While apparently the opinion of a minority fringe, little is known about how Australians actually feel about Asia. This article explores the ways in which Asia is constructed in the Australian imagination, arguing it is both ‘invisible’, yet also a source of deep anxiety. Data from 26 focus groups conducted across Australia offer evidence of this invisibility, with Australians preferring to discuss domestic issues over international ones. But Asia is simultaneously a source of anxiety, in that when Australians do talk about Asia, it is in relation to a perceived threat from Asia’s economic power, its large population, its polluting practices, its military might, and its pursuit of mineral and agricultural resources. Such concerns mask fears of a cultural threat. Discursive analysis reveals how the threat from Asia is articulated, and implications for national and post-national identities.
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Park, Jong H. "The East Asian Model of Economic Development and Developing Countries." Journal of Developing Societies 18, no. 4 (December 2002): 330–53. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0169796x0201800403.
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This paper examines the debate on the East Asian model of economic development in light of the different approaches undertaken by different groups of countries (economies) in Northeast Asia and Southeast Asia. The common strengths and weaknesses shared by the East Asian countries (economies) have helped to reinforce the misconception that there is a single East Asian model of economic development. There are, however, significant differences in economic structures as well as development experiences among the East Asian economies, especially between the economic development paradigms of Southeast Asia and Northeast Asia. Nonetheless, one single common thread underlies the differences in development strategies and experiences among the East Asian economies—the role of the government. The governments of East Asia have recognized the limitations of markets (or market failures) in the allocation of scarce resources in the economy, and have used government interventions to promote economic development. The recent Asian crisis hardly signifies the end of the so-called East Asian model of economic development.
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Khandekar, Gauri. "The Changing Landscape of EU-Asia Relations." Jindal Journal of International Affairs 2, no. 1 (October 1, 2012): 72–89. http://dx.doi.org/10.54945/jjia.v2i1.31.
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European Union-Asia relations have been progressively developing over the years. The European Union (EU) today is the leading trade partner of many Asian nations and the spectrum of issues falling under the EU’s bilateral relations with countries in Asia spans far and wide. The EU has been a development partner in Asia for decades and is one of Asia’s largest sources of foreign direct investment (FDI), aid and humanitarian assistance. The EU and Asia interact closely on regional and multilateral issues and within multilateral forums. The EU has even constructed developed deeper relationships with some key Asian countries through strategic partnerships: with China, India, Japan, South Korea and Russia. But potential of overall EU-Asia relations remains far from optimum. The EU has been rather late in recognising the rise of Asia and in gearing itself towards this important development. It has ambitions to play a greater political role in complement to its status as a global trading giant, but efforts fall short. In particular, the EU lacks visibility in Asia commensurate to its actual weight. The ongoing financial and economic crisis has further weakened the EU as an actor in Asia. The changing landscape of EU-Asia relations now depends on two important considerations – a dynamically ascendant and economically integrated Asia, and the US’ renewed focus to Asia. This paper examines the EU’s relations with Asia focussing on the Asian partners of the Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM).
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Majumder, Shapan Chandra, Mohammad Razaul Karim, and Md Mamun Miah. "Success story of controlling COVID-19 in East Asia: lessons for South Asia." Independent Journal of Management & Production 12, no. 8 (December 1, 2021): 2316–42. http://dx.doi.org/10.14807/ijmp.v12i8.1464.
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The novel coronavirus is an issue of life and death. The main purpose of the study is to know the East Asian success story of controlling Covid-19 and identify which strategies could be a lesson for South Asia and to examine the influence of good governance on controlling COVID-19. Total daily cases of COVID-19 are collected from March 10 to June 15 for East Asian and March 4 to June 15 for South Asian countries. ARIMA forecasting, ADF test, stability test, and diagnostic tests are applied. The minimum value of AIC and BIC shows the appropriate model is ARIMA (0, 1, 1) for both regions. In the East and South Asian model, the coefficients of the constant term are -0.759451 and 198.0155, and coefficients of MA (1) are -0.715686 and -0.339701 respectively for both regions. It's significant at a 1% significance level and support our hypotheses that the total daily cases of COVID-19 decreasing into East Asia but increasing into South Asia and prove that the South Asia region has faced a lot of difficulties to tackle COVID-19 as most of the countries have not enough government capacity, weak institutions, limited resources, narrow government reaches to the vulnerable people and corruption compare to East Asian region and no actual strategies are yet noticeable from the governments of South Asia as a result transmission increases day by day. That is why; we think that South Asian countries could take lessons from East Asian countries as these countries are more successful to control COVID-19.
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Nanji, Azim. "Asian IslamIslam in Asia, Vol. 1: South Asia. Yohanan FriedmannIslam in Asia, Vol. 2: Southeast and East Asia. Raphael Israeli , Anthony H. Johns." History of Religions 28, no. 2 (November 1988): 171–73. http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/463148.
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Scott-Maxwell, Aline. "K-pop flows and Indonesian student pop scenes: situating live Asian pop music in an ‘Asian’ Australia." Media International Australia 175, no. 1 (February 29, 2020): 20–35. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1329878x20906550.
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Transnational responses to globalisation in the Asia-Pacific region have included the flow of Asian pop genres throughout Asia and beyond, which pose a modest challenge to the normative dominance of Anglophone pop globally. Over the last decade, Australia has entered this flow and become part of the market for Asian pop. Iwabuchi argues that ‘burgeoning popular culture flows have given new substance to the ambiguous imaginary space of “Asia”’. Recent growth in the Australian consumption and production of Asian popular music and media coupled with rapidly expanding, diverse and fluid Asian-Australian diaspora populations and communities of transient migrants from Asia, specifically international students, who together form Asian pop’s primary consumers in Australia, highlight the ambiguity of both ‘the imaginary space of “Asia”’ and the imaginary space of ‘Australia’. The article considers Australian engagement with Asian pop from two perspectives: K-pop dominated media production and commercial scale concerts of East Asian pop and the social and experiential dimension of how international students engage with live Asian pop. Ethnographic case studies of two Asian pop events draw attention to the self-contained, socially and culturally demarcated communities of international students in Australia. They illustrate how such concert events express shared identities; a collective sense of community, belonging and agency; and, further, a connectedness to ‘Asia’ and a disconnectedness to the Australian societies that enable their communities and pop music activities.
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Reznikova, O. "Central Asia and Asian-Pacific Region." World Economy and International Relations, no. 4 (1999): 100–108. http://dx.doi.org/10.20542/0131-2227-1999-4-100-108.
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Song, Guoyou. "China’s economic strategy in Asia." Asian Education and Development Studies 8, no. 1 (January 7, 2019): 2–13. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/aeds-08-2017-0083.
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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to study key economic strategies in Asia laid out by the Chinese Government since Xi Jinping became the General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China. Design/methodology/approach The paper is composed of six parts. The first part analyzes China’s Asian trade strategy with a focus on the free-trade agreement. The second part elaborates the Asian finance and currency strategy with the core being the regionalization of RMB. The third part introduces China’s newly proposed Belt and Road Initiative (B&R). The fourth part deals with the China–USA economic relationship with a view to China’s economic strategy in Asia. The fifth part explains China’s domestic economic policy which forms the basis of the Asian Economic Strategy. Findings A marked change has taken place in China’s economic strategy in Asia, namely, giving more consideration to how to offer more public goods to the region. This is natural as China’s economic power is developed to a certain level and it is highly related to China’s attempt to growing its economic influence in this region. China believes that the B&R Initiative and Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank are both public goods China has provided to Asia. China’s economic strategy in Asia demonstrates that China, as a rising power, though faced with domination of established power and the original regional economic rule system, still promotes the cooperation, integration, participation and development of this region. In general, China’s economic strategy in Asia offers an alternative for countries in this region so that Asian countries can better safeguard their rights amid China–America competition, and a new Asian economic order can be better built. Originality/value The paper contributes to the researched area of China’s economic strategy in Asia by comprehensively elaborating its trade, money, B&R Initiative and so on. This paper also shows the major challenges of China’s economic strategy in Asia and therefore is helpful to fully understand China’s economic statecraft.
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Akbar, Nabeila, and Haseeb Qasim Khan. "Pakistan and Central Asian Relations in the Context of Global Politics." Journal of South Asian Studies 10, no. 3 (December 29, 2022): 355–67. http://dx.doi.org/10.33687/jsas.010.03.4380.
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Central Asia and South-West Asia have become more important in world politics in recent years, especially when the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan and after it left at the start of the US-Afghan war. In other words, the closing of the twentieth century and the beginning of the twenty-first century have developed multifaceted political environments in the region, which have involved Pakistan as well. Central Asia is the second largest energy reservoir of oil, gas, and hydrocarbons after the Persian Gulf and is the core region of the Asian continent, whereas Pakistan is located at the convergence of South Asia, Central Asia, and West Asia and provides the shortest access to warm water seas for all landlocked Central Asian states. Pakistan also acts as a junction of multiple corridors of economic cooperation between these three regions in the fields of energy, trade, transportation, and tourism. Pakistan will become an economic centre and spur interregional economic activity as a result of the communication and commercial links that connect South Asia, Central Asia, and West Asia. Most of the research available on Central Asia and Pakistan is focused either on the Great Game and internal instability of Central Asian states or on the historical linkage and cultural association of Pakistan with Central Asia, with a superficial discussion on regional trade between them. No research has been done on the geopolitical and economic position of Pakistan in Central Asia, and the instability in Afghanistan is also affecting the associations between Pakistan and Central Asian States. In this research paper, the emphasis has been laid on why geostrategic and economic relations between Pakistan and Central Asian states are significant. Certain other questions have also been answered, like: what is the geopolitical significance of Pakistan and the CARs in world politics? What are the divergent interests of local and international powers in Central Asia? And how has the conflict of interests among these actors hampered the economic development of Pakistan and the CARs? Descriptive and analytical research methodologies are used to probe into the phenomenon of global politics.
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KONDRATEV, Vladimir. "Asia as a New Center of Economic Power." Perspectives and prospects. E-journal, no. 1 (21) (2020): 113–32. http://dx.doi.org/10.32726/2411-3417-2020-1-113-132.
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The rise of Asia has been continuing for several decades, at a faster pace than expected. Asia, despite the vast diversity of its constituent countries, can be called the world's largest "regional economy". Asian consumer markets show not just impressive growth, but also profound changes in structure. The power of Asia will grow, as Asian economies integrate with one another in innovation, trade, capital and knowledge flows, confirming a new trend in globalization – regionalization. Asia is expected to shape global market trends and become the engine for the next phase of globalization, which could be rightly called the Asian Century.
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Kimura, Yuri, Isaac Casanovas-Vilar, Olivier Maridet, Daniela C. Kalthoff, Thomas Mörs, and Yukimitsu Tomida. "The Eomyidae in Asia: Biogeography, diversity and dispersals." Fossil Imprint 76, no. 1 (2020): 181–200. http://dx.doi.org/10.37520/fi.2020.012.
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In Asia, the first find of an eomyid rodent was reported almost one century after the first studies of the family Eomyidae in North America and Europe. Since then, eomyid rodents have been increasingly found in Asia particularly over the past two decades. Here, we review the Asian record of this family at the genus level. Currently, 22 species within 14 genera were reported from Asia, including seven endemic genera and rare materials of apeomyine eomyids. Eomyids emphasize the palaeogeographic importance of Asia in considering intercontinental dispersal events of small mammals. With newly compiled data for Asian eomyids, we also compare genus-level diversity trends through time among North America, Europe, and Asia. Despite data standardizations limited with respect to potential biases in the fossil record, we found that the Asian eomyid diversity closely follows ecological shifts induced by climate changes. In general, Asian eomyid genera disappeared earlier than their European counterparts. We suggest that this pattern is not dictated by differences in the quality of the fossil record and is related to the expansion of drier habitats over large areas of Asia.
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Kishimoto, Mitsumasa, Keisuke Ono, Sho Fukui, Satoshi Kawaai, Gautam A. Deshpande, Kazuki Yoshida, Naomi Ichikawa, et al. "Clinical characteristics of non-radiographic versus radiographic axial spondyloarthritis in Asia and non-radiographic axial spondyloarthritis in other regions: results of the cross-sectional ASAS-COMOSPA study." RMD Open 7, no. 3 (September 2021): e001752. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/rmdopen-2021-001752.
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ObjectivesTo delineate characteristics of non-radiographic axial spondyloarthritis (nr-axSpA) in Asia versus non-Asian regions, and compare radiographic axSpA (r-axSpA) with nr-axSpA within Asia.MethodsData were collected from the Assessment of SpondyloArthritis international Society-COMOrbidities in SPondyloArthritis database. Categorising patients by region, we compared clinical characteristics between nr-axSpA from Asia vs elsewhere (Europe, the Americas and Africa). Within Asians, we additionally compared patient characteristics of those with nr-axSpA versus r-axSpA.ResultsAmong 3984 SpA cases, 1094 were from Asian countries. Of 780 axSpA patients in Asia, 112 (14.4%) had nr-axSpA, less than in non-Asian countries (486/1997, 24.3%). Nr-axSpA patients in Asia were predominantly male (75.9% vs 47.1%), younger at onset (22.8 vs 27.8 years) and diagnosis (27.2 vs 34.5 years), and experienced less diagnostic delay (1.9 vs 2.9 years) compared with nr-axSpA in non-Asian countries. Nr-axSpA in Asia exhibited higher human leucocyte antigens-B27 prevalence (90.6% vs 61.9%), fewer peripheral SpA features (53.6% vs 66.3%) and similar extra-articular and comorbid disease rates compared with those with nr-axSpA in non-Asian countries. Disease activity, functional impairment and MRI sacroiliitis were less in nr-axSpA in Asia, with higher rates of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug response and less methotrexate and biological disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs use. Within Asia, r-axSpA showed higher disease activity and structural damage compared with nr-axSpA, with no differences in other features.ConclusionAmong axSpA, lower frequency of nr-axSpA was observed in Asia. Our results offer an opportunity to better understand clinical characteristics and optimise diagnostic strategies, such as ensuring access and availability of MRI resources for accurate diagnosis of nr-axSpA in Asia.
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Chung, Moon-Kee. "Asia-2 Asia, to be an opinion leader in global village(Future of Urology in Asia)." Japanese Journal of Urology 102, no. 2 (2011): 105. http://dx.doi.org/10.5980/jpnjurol.102.105_2.
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Liwe, Amelia Joan. "Makna Strategis Kajian Wilayah Asia Tenggara dari Sudut Pandang Hubungan International [The Significance of Southeast Asian Regional Studies in International Relations]." Verity: Jurnal Ilmiah Hubungan Internasional (International Relations Journal) 10, no. 20 (March 11, 2019): 87. http://dx.doi.org/10.19166/verity.v10i20.1460.
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<p>Walaupun pengembangan Kajian Wilayah Asia Tenggara menjadi salah satu tujuan didirikannya ASEAN pada tahun 1967, kebanyakan karya utama original yang mendefinisikan dan menjelaskan kawasan Asia Tenggara justru dihasilkan dari luar kawasan ini. Dari sudut pandang hubungan internasional, khususnya konstruktivisme, identitas dan pembentukan pengetahuan mengenai identitas tersebut memiliki makna strategis. Dengan menggunakan metode studi pustaka dan analisis wacana, makalah ini akan (i) menjelaskan apa sebenarnya kajian Asia Tenggara tersebut dengan menggunakan beberapa contoh karya yang terkait isu maritim Asia Tenggara, (ii) membahas kendala pengembangan Kajian Wilayah Asia Tenggara di kawasan ini, (iii) menganalisis arti strategis pengembangan Kajian Wilayah Asia Tenggara dari sudut pandang Hubungan Internasional, dan (iv) menyarankan beberapa langkah praktis pengembangan ilmu ini untuk Indonesia.</p><p> </p><p>Although the promotion of Southeast Asian Studies is one of the main objectives in the establishment of ASEAN, most major works of Southeast Asian Studies that define this region emerge outside of Southeast Asia. From an international relations perspective, particularly constructivism, identity and knowledge construction have strategic meaning. By reviewing the literature, this paper will (i) explain what Southeast Asian Studies is as an academic field, and (ii) analyze the strategic meaning of Southeast Asian Studies from an International Relations perspective.</p>
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Van Kley, Edwin J. "Asian Religions in Seventeenth-century Dutch Literature." Itinerario 25, no. 3-4 (November 2001): 54–68. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0165115300014984.
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What had begun as a respectable stream of information about Asia during the sixteenth century became a virtual flood during the seventeenth. Literally hundreds of books about Asia and its various parts were published during that century, authored by missionaries, merchants, mariners, physicians, soldiers, and independent travellers. At least twenty-five major descriptions of South Asia, appeared during the century; another fifteen on mainland Southeast Asia, about twenty devoted to the Southeast Asian archipelagoes, and sixty or more to East Asia. Alongside these major independent contributions stood scores of Jesuit letterbooks, derivative accounts, travel accounts with brief descriptions of many Asian places, pamphlets, newssheets, and the like. Many of these were collected into the several large multivolume compilations of travel literature published during the period. In addition, several important scholarly studies pertaining to Asia were published during the seventeenth century - studies of Asian medicine, botany, religion, and history- as well as translations of important Chinese and Sanskrit literature.
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Sartaj, Uzma Siraj, and Uroosa Ishfaq. "THE GROWING STRATEGIC IMBALANCE BETWEEN CHINA AND RUSSIA IN CENTRAL ASIA: CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES." Global Political Review 3, no. 1 (June 30, 2018): 33–43. http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gpr.2018(iii-i).04.
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Central Asias China growing interdependence and fading role of Russia has provoked contentious debates about the growing strategic imbalance in the region. The empirical data in this research paper demonstrates that the domestic, geostrategic and economic interests motivate the nature of China Central Asia and Russia Central Asia relationship. Chinas pragmatic approach for establishing a comprehensive regional policy based on multilateral as well as bilateral relationships in all spheres has given considerable leverage to China and an alternative to Russia which has not been able to evolve a comprehensive policy for the region despite its longstanding political, ethnic, cultural, economic and security relationship with Central Asia. Both powers have similar objectives but different approaches with quite a distinguishable outcome. This study is an effort to analyze the implications of growing interdependence between Chinese and Central Asian states for Russia in the absence of a coherent and comprehensive policy for the region.
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Trirahayuni, Trirahayuni, Khairil Anwar, Cut Putri Mellita Sari, and Umaruddin Usman. "FAKTOR-FAKTOR YANG MEMPENGARUHI EKSPOR KOPI ARABIKA KE ASIA." Jurnal Ekonomi Pertanian Unimal 6, no. 1 (May 31, 2023): 48. http://dx.doi.org/10.29103/jepu.v6i1.12298.
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This study analyzed the factors influencing Arabica coffee exports to Asia. This study used secondary data in the form of panel data analysis, which was a combination of time series and cross-section, the time series data used were 2005-2020 and the cross-section data used were five Arabica coffee export destinations to Asia. The panel data analysis method was used to analyze the price of Arabica coffee in Asian countries and the per capita income of Asian countries. The results indicated that the factors that significantly influenced the export of Arabica coffee to Asia included income per capita in Asian countries, but only the price of Arabica coffee in Asian countries had a positive and insignificant effect on Arabica coffee exports to Asia.
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Akaha, Tsuneo. "Northeast Asian regionalism: Lessons from Europe, North America, Asia‐pacific, and Southeast Asia." Global Economic Review 28, no. 2 (January 1999): 28–49. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/12265089908449758.
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Dutta, Mohan Jyoti. "What Is Alternative Modernity? Decolonizing Culture as Hybridity in the Asian Turn." Asia Pacific Media Educator 29, no. 2 (December 2019): 178–94. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1326365x19881256.
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I am sitting here at what is a 2-day workshop on the ‘Asian turn’ in the Enchanted City.1 The conversations, one after another, turn to Asia, the Asia that is the source of revival. The celebratory rhetoric of the workshop makes visible the carnivalesque spirit around the ‘return’ of Asia. Here, to turn is to ‘re-turn’. What imaginaries of Asia are we returning to is a question that I am left wondering, uncomfortable with the wave of de-westernization that seems all too oblivious to the vast underbelly of the globalization politics within Asia that is dialectically intertwined with the story of the Asian re-turn. The stories of revivalism, Silk Roads and Asian maritime flows are euphemistically placed alongside the contemporary story of capital, seeing in these maps of the past the possibilities for the future. (Enchanted City, field notes from the ‘Asian turn’ panel and dates removed to protect confidentiality)
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Zhou, Houyun, Jianxin Zhao, Pingzhong Zhang, Chuan-Chou Shen, Baoquan Chi, Yuexing Feng, Yin Lin, Huazheng Guan, and Chen-Feng You. "Decoupling of stalagmite-derived Asian summer monsoon records from North Atlantic temperature change during marine oxygen isotope stage 5d." Quaternary Research 70, no. 2 (September 2008): 315–21. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.yqres.2008.04.007.
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AbstractThe Asian monsoon is an important component of the global climate system. Seasonal variations in wind, rainfall, and temperature associated with the Asian monsoon systems affect a vast expanse of tropical and subtropical Asia. Speleothem-derived summer monsoon variation in East Asia was previously found to be closely associated with millennial-scale change in temperature in the North Atlantic region between 75 and 10 ka. New evidence recovered from East Asia, however, suggests that the teleconnection between summer monsoon in East Asia and temperature change in the North Atlantic region may have significantly reduced during 120 to ~ 110 ka, a period directly after the full last interglaciation and corresponding roughly to marine oxygen isotope stage 5d. This reduction may be due to the low ice volume in the North Hemisphere at that time, which makes the millennial-scale change in temperature in the North Atlantic region less effective in influencing the Asian summer monsoon. This is important for investigating the mechanisms controlling the Asian summer monsoon and the paleoclimatic teleconnection between East Asia and the North Atlantic region, and for predicting monsoon-associated precipitation in East Asia under a global-warming trend.
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INOGUCHI, TAKASHI. "Japanese Ideas of Asian Regionalism." Japanese Journal of Political Science 12, no. 2 (June 24, 2011): 233–49. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1468109911000053.
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AbstractJapan is geographically located on the fringe of Asia. Japan's location is often divided between those arguing that Japan is inside Asia and those arguing it is outside Asia. Japanese ideas of Asian regionalism are thus immensely varied. This article details a number of Japanese ideas on Asian regionalism with author/agency, scope and method specified. Special mention is made of weak integration of government agencies, thus causing proliferation of many Japanese ideas within Asia. With the increasing self-assertiveness of China, the apparent peaking out of American hegemony, and the steady rise of non-Chinese Asians, Japan tries to maintain enduring alliance with the United States, to invigorate interdependence with China, and to reinvent new relationships with the countries of the East Asian Summit. Japanese ideas of Asian regionalism take those templates as guidelines to develop new ideas of Asian regionalism.
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Murodjon, Berdimuradov. "THE ROLE OF AGRICULTURAL ECONOMY IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF CENTRAL ASIAN COUNTRIES IN THE 21ST CENTURY." European International Journal of Multidisciplinary Research and Management Studies 02, no. 10 (October 1, 2022): 185–88. http://dx.doi.org/10.55640/eijmrms-02-10-35.
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With the collapse of the Soviet Union in the 1991s Central Asian nations and Japan established diplomatic relations and partnerships began to increase steadily as manifested by the level of official contacts. In 1997 the “Silk Road” Diplomacy concept was formulated for Japan’s policy toward Central Asia. At the beginning of the 21st century, we see the activation of new actors including India, Korea, and Japan in Central Asia, which were mainly welcomed in the region. Tokyo recognized the growing strategic importance of Central Asia in the context of international security and sought to play a more active role as an Asian nation in Eurasia. During two decades Central Asian nations and Japan began to increase steadily. Japan is one of the largest assistants to Central Asia in structural reforms and Japanese investments in the different aspects of the region's economy and transport communication add up to several billion. There are several areas of special interest to Japan in its relations with Central Asia, including cooperation in education, economic development of the region, political reforms, as well as energy resources. Japan’s effort in creating the “Central Asia plus Japan” dialog is part of its multilateral diplomacy. At the same time, there are some challenges and problems in Central Asia–Japan relations. However, there are potentialities for future bilateral and multilateral relations. Japan like Korea, India, and other countries has a strong positive image in Central Asia, which could be regarded as an additional factor for fostering partnerships between Central and East Asia as well as interregional relations with the vast Asian continent and beyond. This article explores the interests of the Central Asian states as members of the SCO, and their compatibility with the SCO goals. This study shows that the SCO is compatible with the Central Asian states' security and economic interests, regional cooperation, and the need for balanced relations with the great powers— China, Russia, and the United States.
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Reid, Anthony. "Studying “Asia” in Asia." Asian Studies Review 23, no. 2 (June 1999): 141–51. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10357829908713227.
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Reid, Anthony. "Studying “Asia” in Asia." Asian Studies Review 23, no. 2 (June 1999): 141–51. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1467-8403.00039.
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Vuong, Nguyen Hung, and Pham Lan Anh. "China’s Geoeconomic Strategy for Southeast Asia under the Leadership of Xi Jingping." Asian Research Journal of Arts & Social Sciences 21, no. 2 (September 26, 2023): 42–47. http://dx.doi.org/10.9734/arjass/2023/v21i2465.
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Southeast Asia is becoming increasingly important in China’s global strategies. Under Xi Jinping, China has intensified the implementation of its foreign policy called, “The Good Neighbor Policy,” with countries in the Southeast Asian region to protect its “core interests” and build a belt of peace and stability beneficial for China's development. This article analyzes China’s economic geoeconomic shift towards Southeast Asia with the following content: (i) China's geoeconomic strategic perspective on Southeast Asia; (ii) The objectives of implementing China’s geoeconomic strategy in Southeast Asia; (iii) The methods used to implement China’s geoeconomic strategy in Southeast Asia; and (iv) The reactions of countries in the Southeast Asian region to China’s geoeconomic strategy under the leadership of Xi Jinping.
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Tuychiyeva, Rano Almamatovna. "LATE XX CEN TE XX CENTURY – EARL Y – EARLY XXI CEN Y XXI CENTURY GEOPOLI Y GEOPOLITICAL VIEW TICAL VIEW OF THE ASIAN REGION." Scientific Reports of Bukhara State University 5, no. 2 (May 24, 2021): 228–37. http://dx.doi.org/10.52297/2181-1466/2021/5/2/21.
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Introduction. Describe the geopolitical structure of the Asian region - to cover political, economic, social, cultural and ethnic issues in East Asia, Southeast Asia (the main part of the Asia-Pacific region), South Asia, the Indian Ocean region, Central Asia and the Middle East. The number of dedicated scientific publications is significantly exceeding the number and volume of similar texts being written about other regions of the world. A review of Asian security shows that security concerns have spread throughout Asia. At the same time, such problems also have a significant negative impact on mutual economic, trade and investment relations. Research methods. In writing this article, historical, the methods of comparative analysis, theoretical, general logic and forecasting of political science were used. In particular, the formation and development of the political system of different societies in Asia during this period was covered by historical and chronological approaches, while the development of individuals, social groups, nations and peoples, peoples and states was analyzed using the method of comparative analysis.
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Ko, Jeongyun. "Asian Americans’ Encounters with Coeval Asia - Patterns and Potential Changes in Asian American Literary Representation of Asia -." Journal of East-West Comparative Literature 47 (March 31, 2019): 45–69. http://dx.doi.org/10.29324/jewcl.2019.3.47.45.
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Mitani, Hiroshi. "The Concept of Asia: From Geography to Ideology." New Perspectives on Turkey 35 (2006): 21–35. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0896634600004465.
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In the contemporary world the word “Asia” invokes a sense of regional integration or solidarity among Asian peoples. This sense of the word is rather recent and can only be traced back to the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. In that period, Japan called on Asian people to unify against the Western threat under its leadership. But until the late nineteenth century, “Asia” was a purely geographical term; merely the name of one of the five continents-a concept that had been modeled by early modern Europeans.In this essay I will discuss how and why the political usage of the word “Asia,” stressing Asian solidarity, was invented by the Japanese around the 1880s. I also investigate the ways in which this sense of the word spread to the rest of the geographical region of Asia. In order to understand the unfolding of this historical process, we should first examine the traditional concepts of world geography in Japan and how the European concept of Asia was introduced into East Asia.
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BALDWIN, RICHARD E. "MANAGING THE NOODLE BOWL: THE FRAGILITY OF EAST ASIAN REGIONALISM." Singapore Economic Review 53, no. 03 (December 2008): 449–78. http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/s0217590808003063.
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The paper argues that East Asian regionalism is fragile, since (i) each nation's industrial competitiveness depends on the smooth functioning of "Factory Asia" — in particular, on intra-regional trade; (ii) the unilateral tariff-cutting that created "Factory Asia" is not subject to WTO discipline (bindings); (iii) there is no "top-level management" to substitute for WTO discipline, i.e., to ensure that bilateral trade tensions — tensions that are inevitable in East Asia — do not spillover into region-wide problems due to lack of cooperation and communication. This paper argues that the window of opportunity for East Asian "vision" was missed; what East Asia needs now is "management", not vision. East Asia should launch a "New East Asian Regional Management Effort", with a reinforced ASEAN + 3 being the most likely candidate for the job. The first priority should be to bind the region's unilateral tariff cuts in the WTO.
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Fichter, James R. "British Infrastructure and French Empire: Anglo-French Steam Interdependency in Asian Waters, c.1852–1870." Britain and the World 5, no. 2 (September 2012): 183–203. http://dx.doi.org/10.3366/brw.2012.0053.
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This article considers the Anglo-French imperial relationship in the Asian littoral 1852–1870, revealing the ways in which Britain afforded France the use of key elements of maritime steam infrastructure in Asia, including coal supplies, coal storage depots, and ship repair yards. This facilitated the projection of French naval and military force to Asia. It also facilitated French colonization of Southeast Asia. This also left France dependent upon Britain for important parts of its maritime infrastructure in Asia. This article explores the dynamic of competitive-collaboration between the two powers, arguing that both deepened their interdependence in Asian maritime infrastructure for wholly self-interested reasons (Britain forestalled the development of independent, coal-based French power in Asia and France used British port facilities to support the development of French colonial power in Asia). In this collaborative relationship, Britain remained the senior partner.
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Pfaff-Czarnecka, Joanna. "Shaping Asia Through Student Mobilities." American Behavioral Scientist 64, no. 10 (August 9, 2020): 1400–1414. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0002764220947753.
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While most Asian students still opt for Western universities when envisioning international destinations, growing numbers turn to Asian countries and their universities. This new development has received increasing attention among practitioners and policy makers, while social science research only recently turned to Asia-to-Asia students’ international flows. This contribution offers, first, a literature review, reflecting on trends and the magnitude of inter-Asian students’ movements. These movements are seen as multiple and complex mobilities, not only in spatial but also in the social and ideational sense. Student strategies in making choices while moving to foreign Asian universities as well as their pathways within the social spaces of universities—paying attention to the multiscalar dimensions of movements and the assemblages they recreate—constitute the second part of the article. The third and main part discusses what we learn about the changing shape of Asia while following students’ pathways and aspirations. These movements shape Asia’s academic space that is embedded in the shifting dimensions of Asian economies, polities, social negotiations, cultures, and values.
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Nugroho-Heins, Indro, Clara Brakel-Papenhuyzen, László Sluimers, Shigeru Sato, Karel Steenbrink, P. N. Holtrop, Jaap Timmer, et al. "Book Reviews." Bijdragen tot de taal-, land- en volkenkunde / Journal of the Humanities and Social Sciences of Southeast Asia 153, no. 3 (1997): 439–69. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/22134379-90003933.
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- Peter Boomgaard, Christine Dobbin, Asian entrepreneurial minorities; Conjoint communities in the making of the world economy, 1570-1940. Richmond: Curzon Press, 1996, xiii + 246 pp. [Nordic Institute of Asian Studies Monograph Series 71.] - Ian Brown, Fukuda Shozo, With sweat and abacus; Economic roles of Southeast Asian Chinese on the eve of World War II, edited by George Hicks. Singapore: Select Books, 1995, xii + 246 pp. - Ian Brown, George Hicks, Chinese organisations in Southeast Asia in the 1930s. Singapore: Select Books, 1996, xv + 168 pp. - Matthew I. Cohen, Laurie J. Sears, Shadows of empire; Colonial discourse and Javanese tales. Durham/London: Duke University Press, 1996, xxi + 349 pp. - J. van Goor, Anthony Reid, Southeast Asia in the age of commerce 1450-1680. Vol. II: Expansion and crisis. New Haven/London: Yale University Press, 1993, xv + 390 pp. - J. van Goor, Anthony Reid, Southeast Asia in the age of commerce 1450-1680. Vol. I: The lands below the winds. New Haven/London: Yale University Press, 1988, xvi + 275 pp. - David Henley, Saya S. Shiraishi, Young heroes; The Indnesian family in politics. Ithaca/New York: Southeast Asia Program, Cornell University, Southeast Asia Program Publications, 1997, 183 pp. [Studies on Southeast Asia 22.] - Gerrit Knaap, P. Jobse, Bronnen betreffende de Midden-Molukken 1900-1942. Den Haag: Instituut voor Nederlandse Geschiedenis, 1997. 4 volumes. Rijks Geschiedkundige Publicatiën, Kleine Serie, 81, 82, 83, 84. Volume 1 bewerkt door P. Jobse, 2 en 3 door Ch.F. van Fraassen, 4 door Ch.F van Fraassen en P. Jobse. xii + 578, xii + 578, xii + 711, x + 655, xi + 261 pp., Ch. F. van Fraassen (eds.) - Indro Nugroho-Heins, Clara Brakel-Papenhuyzen, Classical Javanese dance; The Surakarta tradition and its terminology. Leiden: KITLV Press, 1995, xi + 252 pp. [Verhandelingen 155.] - László Sluimers, Shigeru Sato, War, nationalism and peasants; Java under the Japanese occupation, 1942-1945. Armonk, New York: Sharpe, St. Leonards: Allen and Unwin, 1994. xx + 280 pp. [ASAA Southeast Asia Publication Series.] - Karel Steenbrink, P.N. Holtrop, Een bundel opstellen over de Zending van de Gereformeerde Kerken in Nederland ter gelegenheid van de honderdjarige hedenking van de Synode van Middelburg 1896. Kampen: Werkgroep voor de Geschiedenis van de Nederlandse Zending en Overzeese Kerken, 1996, 199 pp. - Jaap Timmer, Aletta Biersack, Papuan borderlands; Huli, Duna, and Ipili perspectives on the Papua New Guinea Highlands. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1995, xii + 440 pp., bibliography, index.
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Galimov, Rustam. "THE PAKISTAN FACTOR IN SOUTH ASIA AND CENTRAL ASIA RELATIONS." American Journal of Political Science Law and Criminology 6, no. 2 (February 1, 2024): 20–24. http://dx.doi.org/10.37547/tajpslc/volume06issue02-05.
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This article discusses the multilateral relations between Pakistan and Central Asia. Pakistan's experience of unstable development is the result of our over-reliance on foreign aid and exogenous factors. To ensure a stable and sustainable trajectory of high growth, we focus on endogenous factors of growth such as domestic resource mobilisation, tax reforms, science, technology and innovation, stimulating export growth and we attract foreign direct investment. Remittances have provided significant support for our financial needs, but their true potential has not been realized. We will introduce reforms to increase remittances by offering incentives. Nevertheless, in order to achieve this long-term goal, we need to build a solid and self-sustaining platform using external funding sources in the medium term.
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Koo, Min Gyo, and Vinod Aggarwal. "The Evolution of APEC and ASEM: Implications of the New East Asian Bilateralism." European Journal of East Asian Studies 4, no. 2 (2005): 233–62. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/157006105774711413.
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AbstractThe traditional institutional equilibrium in East Asia—the embrace of the WTO at the multilateral level and a focus on market-driven, informal integration at the sub-multilateral level—is under heavy strain. Increasingly, East Asian countries are pursuing greater institutionalisation at the sub-multilateral level, weaving a web of preferential arrangements in response to similar strategies pursued by the US and the EU. This article examines the likely path of trading arrangements in Northeast Asia, its implications for East Asia and the future of APEC and ASEM. We propose an institutional bargaining game approach, focusing on goods, countries' individual bargaining situations and the fit with existing arrangements, and allowing an exploration of the evolution of trading arrangements in East Asia. An East Asian trading bloc has both benign and pernicious elements, depending on the ideas and beliefs held by regional actors. The contribution of a prospective East Asian bloc to APEC and ASEM primarily depends on the balance of interests between the US and the EU concerning East Asia. In view of the tremendous political and economic uncertainty in the global economy, the path to freer trade in Northeast Asia, East Asia and the world system is likely to be a bumpy one.
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Thacker, Mara. "Beyond the Library of Congress: Collecting Practices of South Asia Area Specialist Librarians." Library Resources & Technical Services 59, no. 2 (May 11, 2015): 72. http://dx.doi.org/10.5860/lrts.59n2.72.
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South Asian Studies librarians have historically relied upon the Library of Congress’ (LC) South Asia Cooperative Acquisitions Program to build collections of materials from South Asia for their institutions. This study examines the extent to which South Asian Studies librarians continue to rely on the LC programs and examines the range of other acquisitions techniques used by South Asia specialists. It is possible to identify themes and larger trends and develop a set of best practices for collecting materials from overseas by comparing the methods used by South Asia specialists to those used by other specialist librarians.
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Lončar, Mirela. "The importance of the 'Asian values' concept for modern political systems of East and Southeast Asia." Megatrend revija 17, no. 2 (2020): 65–78. http://dx.doi.org/10.5937/megrev2002065l.
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This paper analyzes the significance of the concept of "Asian values" for modern political systems of East and Southeast Asia. Taking the theoretical basis of one of the creators of the concept of "Asian values" - Lee Kuan Yew, as a starting point, the author analyzes and explains in what way these values have influenced the contemporary political systems of East and Southeast Asia. Confucian values, which include discipline, education, respect for authority, respect for the family, and many others, have provided a strong foundation of a unique identity of the regions of East and Southeast Asia, which differ from the Western model, and which is embodied in the concept of "Asian values". The aim of this paper is to illustrate how the concept of "Asian values" has influenced the regions of East and Southeast Asia and their political systems.
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Xu, Hongna, Tao Wang, and Huijun Wang. "The Interdecadal Pacific Oscillation is responsible for the linkage of decadal changes in precipitation and moisture in arid central Asia and the humid Asian monsoon region during the last millennium." Climate of the Past 20, no. 1 (January 15, 2024): 107–19. http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/cp-20-107-2024.
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Abstract. Reconstruction and observational studies imply a potential linkage of moisture and precipitation change in arid central Asia and monsoonal East Asia, in which the evolution of moisture and precipitation in central Asia is out of phase with that in northern China but in phase with that in southern China. In order to ascertain whether there is a robust linkage between the changes in climate in Asian arid regions and monsoon regions and to elucidate the underlying dynamic mechanisms, we analyzed the Last Millennium Reanalysis dataset and outputs from the Community Earth System Model Last Millennium Ensemble (CESM-LME). The results indicate a significant decadal linkage between precipitation changes in central Asia's arid region and the Asian monsoon region during the last millennium, which is primarily driven by the Interdecadal Pacific Oscillation (IPO). In spring, the positive IPO could enhance westerlies over the Mediterranean Sea and to its east, which could transport more water vapor and cause increased precipitation over central Asia. In summer, the positive IPO is accompanied by a weakened Asian monsoon and southward Asian subtropical westerly jet, which can lead to increased (decreased) summer precipitation over southern China (over northern China and South Asia). The IPO plays a dominant role in connecting the decadal variations in precipitation between arid central Asia and monsoonal Asia by modulating the precipitation of their respective major rainy seasons. Model results suggest that this decadal linkage stems entirely from the internal variability present in the CESM-LME control and all single-forcing simulations. Changes in external forcing factors do not alter this inherent linkage caused by the IPO. Moreover, based on analyses of the aridity index and soil moisture content, this relationship of precipitation variation also causes a similar decadal linkage of moisture changes in central Asia and monsoonal Asia. The differences in the multi-centennial-scale moisture and precipitation variations in the Asian arid region and the monsoon region between the Medieval Climate Anomaly and Little Ice Age are also likely caused by IPO-like sea surface temperature anomalies.
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Pennycook, Alastair. "Multilithic English(es) and language ideologies." Language in Society 37, no. 3 (May 12, 2008): 435–44. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0047404508080573.
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Braj Kachru, Asian Englishes: Beyond the canon. Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press, 2005. Pp xxiv, 333. Pb. $27.95.>Yamuna Kachru & Cecil Nelson, World Englishes in Asian contexts. Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press, 2006. Pp. xxiv, 412. Pb. $32.50.Rana Rubdy & Mario Saraceni (eds.) English in the world: Global rules, global roles. London: Continuum, 2006. 218 pp. Pb. £30.00.With the growth of Asia's manufacturing and service industries, the prediction that China and India, respectively, will have the first and third largest global economies within 30 years, a population that comprises over 50% of the world's people, and massive English language programs throughout the region, it is no surprise that the role of English in Asia has become a major concern. At a recent (2006) Asia TEFL conference in Japan, the notions of Asian English(es), along with Asian methodologies and Asian knowledge, were topics of considerable discussion. The size and diversity of Asia, however, makes it a very difficult entity to define: The Asia TEFL conference included delegates from Israel and Iran, and two of the books under review here, Braj Kachru's Asian Englishes: Beyond the canon (AEBC) and Yamuna Kachru & Cecil Nelson's World Englishes in Asian contexts (WEAC), include (with identical maps) Australia and New Zealand. In some ways, the idea of Asia is defined by what it is not: Europe and North America. It is also not, of course, South America or Africa, though with WEAC containing a chapter on African Englishes (as well as African American Vernacular English, or AAVE), it seems as if they might be allowed in. It is clear nevertheless that various notions of Asia – as an economic zone, as a cultural entity, and as a user of a type or types of English – are widely used. We need to take the notion of Asia and Asian English(es) seriously, if only to try to understand what is meant by Braj Kachru's explanation that AEBC is “essentially about the Asianness in Asian Englishes and their gradual, yet marked, distinctiveness” (p. xv).