History : Far East

Introduction. Chapter One: The Pearl River and the Barren Island: The Story of Hong Kong. Chapter Two: Centers of Power and Imagination: Central and Admiralty. Chapter Three: "Suzie's World": from Wan Chai to Happy Valley. Chapter Four: "The Great Learning": Pokfulam, Hong Kong University and Western District. Chapter Five: A Floating World: the Peak, Aberdeen, Stanley and Repulse Bay. Chapter Six: Across the Fragrant Harbour: the Nine Dragons. Chapter Seven: "Somewhere Between Heaven and Earth": From the New Territories to the Outlying Islands. Further Reading. Index more...

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The "one China" policy officially supported by the People's Republic of China, the United States, and other countries asserts that there is only one China and Taiwan is a part of it. The debate over whether the people of Taiwan are Chinese or independently Taiwanese is, Melissa J. more...

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Based on personal interviews with the principal policy-makers of the 1970s, this book examines how the president sought to develop South Korea into an independent, autonomous sovereign state both economically and militarily. more...

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A challenging and provocative book that contests the liberal assumption that the rule of law will go hand in hand with a transition to market-based economies and even democracy in East Asia. more...

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Extremely low inflation rates have moved to the forefront of monetary policy discussions. In Asia, a number of countries—most prominently Japan, but also Taiwan and China—have actually experienced deflation over the last fifteen years. Monetary Policy with Very Low Inflation in the Pacific Rim explores the factors that have contributed to these circumstances and forecasts some of the potential challenges faced by these nations, as well as some potential solutions. The editors of this volume attribute low inflation and deflation in the region to a number of recent phenomena. Some of these episodes, they argue, may be linked to rapid growth on the supply side of economies. Here, inadequate demand policy can produce what is referred to as a "liquidity trap" in which the expectation of falling prices encourages agents to defer costly purchases, thereby discouraging growth. Low inflation rates can also be traced to the presence of a "zero-lower bound" on interest rates, as well as the inflation-targeting phenomenon. Targets have been set so low, the editors argue, that in some cases a few bad shocks lead to deflation. more...

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