Pacific Affairs:
An International Review of Asia and the Pacific

 

Winter 1999-2000 (Vol. 72 No. 4)

 

Articles

• Introduction, by Nina Halpern And Samuel P. S. Ho

• Military Coercion And Peaceful Offence: Beijing's Strategy Of National Reunification With Taiwan (Abstract) , by Suisheng Zhao

• Assessing The Risks Of Conflict In The Prc-Roc Enduring Rivalry (Abstract) , by Brian Job, André Laliberté And Michael Wallace

• Social Science And National Identity: A Critique (Abstract) , by Shelley Rigger

• The Challenge Of The 1997 Hong Kong Handover For Taiwan (Abstract) , by Yun-Han Chu

 

Books Reviewed In This Issue

Asia General

• POWER COMPETITION IN EAST ASIA: From The Old Chinese World Order To Post-Cold War Regional Multipolarity.
  By Suisheng Zhao.
  Reviewed by Jing-dong Yuan

• ASIA-PACIFIC CROSSROADS: Regime Creation And The Future Of APEC.
  Edited By Vinod K. Aggarwal And Charles E. Morrison.
  Reviewed by H. Edward English

• DEMOCRACY IN EAST ASIA.
  Edited By Larry Diamond And Marc F. Plattner.
  Reviewed by Edward Friedman

• TIGERS: Leaders Of The New Asia-Pacic.
  By Greg Sheridan.
  Reviewed by Robert E. Bedeski

China and Inner Asia

• MEDIA, MARKET AND DEMOCRACY IN CHINA: Between The Party Line And The Bottom Line.
  By Yuezhi Zhao.
  Reviewed by Gerald B. Sperling

• ENERGIZING CHINA: Reconciling Environmental Protection And Economic Growth.
  Edited By Michael B. McElroy, Chris P. Nielsen And Peter Lydon.
  Reviewed by Robert Triendl

• GUANGDONG: Survey Of A Province Undergoing Rapid Change (Second Edition).
  Edited By Y. M. Yeung And David K. Y. Chu.
  Reviewed by Yuen-fong Woon

• ZOUPING IN TRANSITION: The Process Of Reform In Rural North China.
  Edited By Andrew G. Walder.
  Reviewed by David Zweig

• THE FIRST CHINESE DEMOCRACY: Political Life In The Republic Of China On Taiwan.
  By Linda Chao And Ramon H. Myers.
  Reviewed by André Laliberté

• THE POLITICS OF DEMOCRATIZATION IN HONG KONG.
  By Lo Shiu-hing.
  Reviewed by Joseph Y. S. Cheng

Northeast Asia

• AN OCEAN APART: Explaining Three Decades Of U.S.?Japanese Trade Frictions.
  By Stephen D. Cohen.
  Reviewed by Laura Miller

• JAPAN AND THE WEST: The Perception Gap.
  Edited By Keizo Nagatani And David W. Edgington.
  Reviewed by Kaori H. Okano

• THE IWAKURA MISSION IN AMERICA AND EUROPE: A New Assessment.
  Edited By Ian Nish.
  Reviewed by Gregory Polakoff

• "THREE-STAGE" APPROACH TO KOREAN UNIFICATION: Focusing On The South-North Confederal Stage.
  By Dae-jung Kim And Translated By T. C. Rhee.
  Reviewed by Victor D. Cha

• MY LOVE, MY COUNTRY.
  By Hee-Ho Lee And Translated By T. C. Rhee.
  Reviewed by Victor D. Cha

• HISTORY, COGNITION AND PEACE IN EAST ASIA.
  Edited By Dalchoong Kim And Chung-in Moon.
  Reviewed by John Kie-chiang Oh

South Asia

• REGIONAL ECONOMIC TRENDS AND SOUTH ASIAN SECURITY: Regional Centre For Strategic Studies.
  Edited By Iftekharuzzaman.
  Reviewed by David Carment

• KASHMIR DISPUTE: An International Law Perspective.
  By Ijaz Hussain.
  Reviewed by Robert G. Wirsing

• FREEDOM, TRAUMA, CONTINUITIES: Northern India And Independence.
  Edited By D. A. Low And Howard Brasted.
  Reviewed by Rajwant Mangat

• CRITICAL TIMES: Memoirs Of A South Asian Diplomat.
  By Fakhruddin Ahmed.
  Reviewed by Craig Baxter

• THE CARETAKERS: A First Hand Account Of The Interim Government Of Bangladesh (1990-91).
  By Fakhruddin Ahmed.
  Reviewed by Craig Baxter

• A QUIET VIOLENCE: View From A Bangladesh Village.
  By Betsy Hartmann And James K. Boyce.
  Reviewed by Sylvia Hale

• BUDDHIST FUNDAMENTALISM AND MINORITY IDENTITIES IN SRI LANKA.
  Edited By Tessa J. Bartholomeuz And Chandra R. De Silva.
  Reviewed by Bruce Matthews

• LE PITRIKALPA DU HARIVAMSHA [ON TITLE PAGE: Le Pitrkalpa Du Harivaamsa]: Traduction, Analyse, Interpretation.
  By Marcelle Saindon.
  Reviewed by Edwin Gerow

• THE SEVENTH DOOR AND OTHER STORIES.
  By Intizar Husain, Edited With An Introduction By Muhammad Umar Memon.
  Reviewed by Tirthankar Bose

Southeast Asia

• SOUTHEAST ASIAN IDENTITIES: Culture And The Politics Of Representation In Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, And Thailand.
  Edited By Joel S. Kahn.
  Reviewed by Craig A. Lockard

• THE ECONOMIES OF SOUTHEAST ASIA: The Growth And Development Of ASEAN Economies.
  By Jose L. Tongzon.
  Reviewed by Ahmad D. Habir

• THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF SOUTH-EAST ASIA: An Introduction.
  Edited By Gary Rodan, Kevin Hewison And Richard Robison.
  Reviewed by Geoffrey B. Hainsworth

• THE POLITICS OF RITUAL AND REMEMBRANCE: Laos Since 1975.
  By Grant Evans.
  Reviewed by Martin Stuart-Fox

• AUTHORITY RELATIONS AND ECONOMIC DECISION- MAKING IN VIETNAM: An Historical Perspective.
  By Dang Phong And Melanie Beresford.
  Reviewed by Geoffrey B. Hainsworth

• DEVELOPMENT TRENDS IN VIETNAM'S NORTHERN MOUNTAIN REGION. VOLUME 1: An Overview And Analysis. (Book For Reference) Edited By Deanna Donovan, A. Terry Rambo, Jefferson Fox, Le Trong Cuc, And Tran Duc Vien.
  Reviewed by Geoffrey B. Hainsworth

• DEVELOPMENT TRENDS IN VIETNAM'S NORTHERN MOUNTAIN REGION. VOLUME 2: Case Studies And Lessons From Asia.
  Edited By Deanna Donovan, A. Terry Rambo, Jefferson Fox, Le Trong Cuc And Tran Duc Vien.
  Reviewed by Geoffrey B. Hainsworth

• ORGANIZING FOR DEMOCRACY: NGOs, Civil Society, And The Philippine State.
  Edited By G. Sidney Silliman And Lela Garner Noble.
  Reviewed by Ross Marlay

• INTERPRETING INDONESIAN POLITICS.
  By Leo Suryadinata.
  Reviewed by Robert A. Dayley

Australasia and the South Pacific

• DOCUMENTS ON AUSTRALIAN FOREIGN POLICY 1937?49: Indonesia 1949.
  Edited By David Lee.
  Reviewed by Dora Alves

• CAGING THE RAINBOW: Places, Politics And Aborigines In A North Australian Town.
  By Francesca Merlan.
  Reviewed by Eric Venbrux

• WHITE FLOUR, WHITE POWER: From Rations To Citizenship In Central Australia.
  By Tim Rowse.
  Reviewed by Laurent Dousset

• BARMAIDS: A History Of Women's Work In Pubs.
  By Diane Kirkby.
  Reviewed by Warwick Eather

• GOVERNANCE AND REFORM IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC.
  Edited By Peter Larmour.
  Reviewed by Marta Rohatynskyj

• LEADERSHIP IN THE PACIFIC ISLANDS: Tradition And The Future.
  Edited By Don Shuster, Peter Larmour And Karin Von Strokirch.
  Reviewed by Jean G. Zorn

• REPRESENTING THE SOUTH PACIFIC: Colonial Discourse From Cook To Gauguin.
  By Rod Emond.
  Reviewed by Karla Saari Kitalong

Pacific North America

• THE EXCLUDED WIFE.
  By Yuen-fong Woon.
  Reviewed by Elizabeth Lominska Johnson