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Chinese Overseas Ports in Southeast and South Asia
This book examines PRC “involved” seaports overseas, where involvement can take the form of PRC foreign direct investment (FDI), contracting, and/or terminal operations, in …
Japanese Dependence on World Economy
In order to affirm its status as an "advanced industrial nation," Japan has formally adopted a sweeping program of liberalization in its own trade and payments. In practice, …
War on Drugs in Tanzania
In 2017, late Tanzanian president John Magufuli publicly declared a war on drug users in Tanzania, an unprecedented change in policy in a country leading harm reduction initiatives …
Battles on the Tigris
In 1914 the British expedition to Mesopotamia set out with the modest ambition of protecting the oil concession in Southern Persia but, after numerous misfortunes, ended up …
The Nature of Japanese Governance and Seikai-Tensin in Postwar Japan
What shapes characteristics and types of state governance in a specific country? How do they change over time? More importantly, what will they look like in the near and far …
On Java Road
A veteran British journalist living in Hong Kong investigates the disappearance of a student protestor amidst the pro-democracy demonstrations in this unsettling new novel from the …
On Edward Said
Edward Said (1935-2003) was a towering figure in post-colonial studies and the struggle for justice in his native Palestine, best known for his critique of orientalism in western …
Theory and Practice of Zen Buddhism
This book brings together an impressive group of scholars to critically engage with a wide-ranging and broad perspective on the historical and contemporary phenomenon of Zen. The …
On the Margins of Realism
Realism has been endowed with a certain orthodox status as the aesthetic counterpart of China’s modernization, and studies of Chinese film history have largely accepted a master …
Masterpieces on Japan by Foreign Authors
This open access book includes forty-one chapters about foreign observers' discourses on Japan. These include a wide range of perspectives from the travelogues of curious visitors …
Handbook on Transport and Urban Transformation in China
Since 1978, when China embarked on a new period of economic reforms and introduced open door policies, it has experienced a great urban transformation. The role of transport has …
Town and Country on the Middle Danube, 1526-1690
The present volume deals with the period of Ottoman rule in the land between the rivers Sava, Drava and Danube. In the first part, factors of stability and change in the structures …