Pacific Affairs

Forthcoming Issue

March 2019

Articles

To Join or Not to Join? State Ownership, Commercial Interests, and China’s Belt and Road Initiative

To Join or Not to Join? State Ownership, Commercial Interests, and China’s Belt and Road Initiative
Xiaojun Li and Ka Zeng

Elite Opinion and the “Belt and Road” Debate in South Korea

Elite Opinion and the “Belt and Road” Debate in South Korea
David Hundt and Sooyoung Kim

Chinese Investment in Foreign Real Estate and Its Interactions with the Host State and Society: The Case of Jeju, South Korea

Chinese Investment in Foreign Real Estate and Its Interactions with the Host State and Society: The Case of Jeju, South Korea
Wooyeal Paik

School-community Relations and Fee-Free Education Policy in Papua New Guinea

School-community Relations and Fee-Free Education Policy in Papua New Guinea
Grant Walton and Tara Davda

Perspectives

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Review Essays

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Film Reviews

WHITE SUN = SETO SURYA | Written and directed by Deepak Rauniyar; editor, David Barker WHITE SUN = SETO SURYA | Written and directed by Deepak Rauniyar; editor, David Barker
Mark Turin

Book Reviews

Asia General China & Inner Asia Northeast Asia South Asia & the Himalayas Southeast Asia Australasia & the Pacific Islands

Asia General

VAMPING THE STAGE: Female Voices of Asian Modernities. Music and Performing Arts of Asia and the Pacific | Edited by Andrew N. Weintraub and Bart Barendregt VAMPING THE STAGE: Female Voices of Asian Modernities. Music and Performing Arts of Asia and the Pacific | Edited by Andrew N. Weintraub and Bart Barendregt
Azmyl Yusof

A COMPARATIVE GUIDE TO THE ASIAN INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT BANK | By Natalie Lichtenstein A COMPARATIVE GUIDE TO THE ASIAN INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT BANK | By Natalie Lichtenstein
Maria Adele Carrai

THE HISTORY PROBLEM: The Politics of War Commemoration in East Asia | By Hiro Saito THE HISTORY PROBLEM: The Politics of War Commemoration in East Asia | By Hiro Saito
Jung-Sun Han

COLD WAR RUINS: Transpacific Critique of American Justice and Japanese War Crimes | By Lisa Yoneyama COLD WAR RUINS: Transpacific Critique of American Justice and Japanese War Crimes | By Lisa Yoneyama
James Burnham Sedgwick

THERAVADA TRADITIONS: Buddhist Ritual Cultures in Contemporary Southeast Asia and Sri Lanka | By John Clifford Holt THERAVADA TRADITIONS: Buddhist Ritual Cultures in Contemporary Southeast Asia and Sri Lanka | By John Clifford Holt
Susan M. Darlington

China & Inner Asia

RED AT HEART: How Chinese Communists Fell in Love with the Russian Revolution | By Elizabeth McGuire RED AT HEART: How Chinese Communists Fell in Love with the Russian Revolution | By Elizabeth McGuire
Steven I. Levine

THE WORLD IN GUANGZHOU: Africans and Other Foreigners in South China’s Global Marketplace | By Gordon Mathews with Linessa Dan Lin and Yang Yang THE WORLD IN GUANGZHOU: Africans and Other Foreigners in South China’s Global Marketplace | By Gordon Mathews with Linessa Dan Lin and Yang Yang
Kevin Carrico

THE CHINESE TYPEWRITER: A History | By Thomas S. Mullaney THE CHINESE TYPEWRITER: A History | By Thomas S. Mullaney
Gloria Davies

THE CIA AND THIRD FORCE MOVEMENTS IN CHINA DURING THE EARLY COLD WAR: The Great American Dream | By Roger B. Jeans THE CIA AND THIRD FORCE MOVEMENTS IN CHINA DURING THE EARLY COLD WAR: The Great American Dream | By Roger B. Jeans
Amy Holmes-Tagchungdarpa

THE CHINA-JAPAN CONFLICT OVER THE SENKAKU/DIAOYU ISLANDS: Useful Rivalry | By Anna Costa THE CHINA-JAPAN CONFLICT OVER THE SENKAKU/DIAOYU ISLANDS: Useful Rivalry | By Anna Costa
Shusuke Murai

GENDER, DATING AND VIOLENCE IN URBAN CHINA | By Xiying Wang GENDER, DATING AND VIOLENCE IN URBAN CHINA | By Xiying Wang
Lihong Shi

REPORTING FOR CHINA: How Chinese Correspondents Work with the World | By Pál Nyíri REPORTING FOR CHINA: How Chinese Correspondents Work with the World | By Pál Nyíri
Timothy B. Weston

POWER VERSUS LAW IN MODERN CHINA: Cities, Courts, and the Communist Party | By Qiang Fang and Xiaobing Li POWER VERSUS LAW IN MODERN CHINA: Cities, Courts, and the Communist Party | By Qiang Fang and Xiaobing Li
Xing Lijuan

THE POLITICS OF MEMORY IN SINOPHONE CINEMAS AND IMAGE CULTURE: Altering Archives | Edited by Peng Hsiao-yen and Ella Raidel THE POLITICS OF MEMORY IN SINOPHONE CINEMAS AND IMAGE CULTURE: Altering Archives | Edited by Peng Hsiao-yen and Ella Raidel
Shuk Ting Kinnia Yau

THE RETURN OF BIPOLARITY IN WORLD POLITICS: China, the United States, and Geostructural Realism | By Øystein Tunsjø THE RETURN OF BIPOLARITY IN WORLD POLITICS: China, the United States, and Geostructural Realism | By Øystein Tunsjø
Yong Deng

RED SWAN: How Unorthodox Policy-Making Facilitated China’s Rise | By Sebastian Heilmann RED SWAN: How Unorthodox Policy-Making Facilitated China’s Rise | By Sebastian Heilmann
Kenneth W. Foster

THE GREAT HAN: Race, Nationalism, and Tradition in China Today | By Kevin Carrico & THE HAN: China’s Diverse Majority | By Agnieszka Joniak-Luthi THE GREAT HAN: Race, Nationalism, and Tradition in China Today | By Kevin Carrico & THE HAN: China’s Diverse Majority | By Agnieszka Joniak-Luthi
Elena Barabantseva

EDUCATION AND SOCIETY IN POST-MAO CHINA | By Edward Vickers and Zeng Xiaodong EDUCATION AND SOCIETY IN POST-MAO CHINA | By Edward Vickers and Zeng Xiaodong
William Jankowiak

GINSENG AND BORDERLAND: Territorial Boundaries and Political Relations Between Qing China and Chosŏn Korea, 1636–1912 | By Seonmin Kim GINSENG AND BORDERLAND: Territorial Boundaries and Political Relations Between Qing China and Chosŏn Korea, 1636–1912 | By Seonmin Kim
Michael Kim

CHOOSING DAUGHTERS: Family Change in Rural China | By Lihong Shi CHOOSING DAUGHTERS: Family Change in Rural China | By Lihong Shi
Yinni Peng

US-CHINA RELATIONS: Perilous Past, Uncertain Present | By Robert G. Sutter US-CHINA RELATIONS: Perilous Past, Uncertain Present | By Robert G. Sutter
Zhiqun Zhu

Northeast Asia

TO STAND WITH THE NATIONS OF THE WORLD: Japan’s Meiji Restoration in World History | By Mark Ravina TO STAND WITH THE NATIONS OF THE WORLD: Japan’s Meiji Restoration in World History | By Mark Ravina
Frederick R. Dickinson

GLOBALIZATION AND POPULAR MUSIC IN SOUTH KOREA: Sounding Out K-Pop | By Michael Fuhr GLOBALIZATION AND POPULAR MUSIC IN SOUTH KOREA: Sounding Out K-Pop | By Michael Fuhr
CedarBough Saeji

ARCHITECTS OF OCCUPATION: American Experts and Planning for Postwar Japan | By Dayna L. Barnes ARCHITECTS OF OCCUPATION: American Experts and Planning for Postwar Japan | By Dayna L. Barnes
Mark E. Caprio

TRANSNATIONAL JAPAN IN THE GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL MOVEMENT | By Simon Avenell TRANSNATIONAL JAPAN IN THE GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL MOVEMENT | By Simon Avenell
Petrice Flowers

PURE LAND, REAL WORLD: Modern Buddhism, Japanese Leftists, and the Utopian Imagination | By Melissa Anne-Marie Curley PURE LAND, REAL WORLD: Modern Buddhism, Japanese Leftists, and the Utopian Imagination | By Melissa Anne-Marie Curley
Richard Jaffe

SIGNIFICANT SOIL: Settler Colonialism and Japan’s Urban Empire in Manchuria | By Emer O’Dwyer SIGNIFICANT SOIL: Settler Colonialism and Japan’s Urban Empire in Manchuria | By Emer O’Dwyer
Emily Matson

PROMISCUOUS MEDIA: Film and Visual Culture in Imperial Japan, 1926–1945 | By Hikari Hori PROMISCUOUS MEDIA: Film and Visual Culture in Imperial Japan, 1926–1945 | By Hikari Hori
Robert Tierney

ENNOBLING JAPAN’S SAVAGE NORTHEAST: Tōhoku as Postwar Thought, 1945–2011 | By Nathan Hopson ENNOBLING JAPAN’S SAVAGE NORTHEAST: Tōhoku as Postwar Thought, 1945–2011 | By Nathan Hopson
Anne Giblin Gedacht

POLITICS IN NORTH AND SOUTH KOREA: Political Development, Economy, and Foreign Relations | By Yangmo Ku, Inyeop Lee, and Jongseok Woo POLITICS IN NORTH AND SOUTH KOREA: Political Development, Economy, and Foreign Relations | By Yangmo Ku, Inyeop Lee, and Jongseok Woo
Sung Chull Kim

HOMING: An Affective Topography of Ethnic Korean Return Migration | By Ji-Yeon O. Jo HOMING: An Affective Topography of Ethnic Korean Return Migration | By Ji-Yeon O. Jo
Suk-Ki Kong

SPORT IN KOREA: History, development, management | Edited by Dae Hee Kwak, Yong Jae Ko, Inkyu Kang, and Mark Rosentraub SPORT IN KOREA: History, development, management | Edited by Dae Hee Kwak, Yong Jae Ko, Inkyu Kang, and Mark Rosentraub
Younghan Cho

WRITING TECHNOLOGY IN MEIJI JAPAN: A Media History of Modern Japanese Literature and Visual Culture | By Seth Jacobowitz.WRITING TECHNOLOGY IN MEIJI JAPAN: A Media History of Modern Japanese Literature and Visual Culture | By Seth Jacobowitz.
Zev Handel

STAGED SEDUCTION: Selling Dreams in a Tokyo Host Club | By Akiko Takeyama STAGED SEDUCTION: Selling Dreams in a Tokyo Host Club | By Akiko Takeyama
David Leheny

RE-RISING JAPAN: Its Strategic Power in International Relations | Edited by Hidekazu Sakai and Yoichiro Sato RE-RISING JAPAN: Its Strategic Power in International Relations | Edited by Hidekazu Sakai and Yoichiro Sato
David M. Potter

VOICE, SILENCE, AND SELF: Negotiations of Buraku Identity in Contemporary Japan | By Christopher Bondy.VOICE, SILENCE, AND SELF: Negotiations of Buraku Identity in Contemporary Japan | By Christopher Bondy.
Frank K. Upham

LEADER SYMBOLS AND PERSONALITY CULT IN NORTH KOREA: The leader state | By Jae-Cheon Lim LEADER SYMBOLS AND PERSONALITY CULT IN NORTH KOREA: The leader state | By Jae-Cheon Lim
Avram Agov

BUNRETSU TO TŌGŌ NO NIHON SEIJI [PARTY SYSTEM INSTITUTIONALIZATION IN JAPAN]: Tōchi Kikō Kaikaku to Seitō Shisutemu no Hen’yō [Between Fragmentation and Integration] | By Sunahara Yōsuke BUNRETSU TO TŌGŌ NO NIHON SEIJI [PARTY SYSTEM INSTITUTIONALIZATION IN JAPAN]: Tōchi Kikō Kaikaku to Seitō Shisutemu no Hen’yō [Between Fragmentation and Integration] | By Sunahara Yōsuke
Kenya Amano

UNVEILING THE NORTH KOREAN ECONOMY: Collapse and Transition | By Byung-Yeon Kim UNVEILING THE NORTH KOREAN ECONOMY: Collapse and Transition | By Byung-Yeon Kim
Rudiger Frank

P’UNGSU: A Study of Geomancy in Korea | Edited by Hong-key Yoon P’UNGSU: A Study of Geomancy in Korea | Edited by Hong-key Yoon
Laurel Kendall

PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION AND POLICY IN KOREA: Its Evolution and Challenges | Edited by Keun Namkoong, Kyung-ho Cho, and Sangmook Kim PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION AND POLICY IN KOREA: Its Evolution and Challenges | Edited by Keun Namkoong, Kyung-ho Cho, and Sangmook Kim
Thomas Richard Klassen

ONE KOREA: Visions of Korean unification | Edited by Tae-Hwan Kwak and Seung-Ho Joo ONE KOREA: Visions of Korean unification | Edited by Tae-Hwan Kwak and Seung-Ho Joo
Yangmo Ku

FROM MIRACLE TO MIRAGE: The Making and Unmaking of the Korean Middle Class, 1960–2015 | By Myungji Yang FROM MIRACLE TO MIRAGE: The Making and Unmaking of the Korean Middle Class, 1960–2015 | By Myungji Yang
Paul Kuznets

DESTINY: The Secret Operations of the Yodogō Exiles | By Kōji Takazawa DESTINY: The Secret Operations of the Yodogō Exiles | By Kōji Takazawa
Scott North

SMARTLAND KOREA: Mobile Communication, Culture, and Society | By Dal Yong Jin SMARTLAND KOREA: Mobile Communication, Culture, and Society | By Dal Yong Jin
Hyeryoung Ok

THE DISPLACEMENT OF BORDERS AMONG RUSSIAN KOREANS IN NORTHEAST ASIA | By Hyun Gwi Park THE DISPLACEMENT OF BORDERS AMONG RUSSIAN KOREANS IN NORTHEAST ASIA | By Hyun Gwi Park
Sarah C.M. Paine

SHADOW EDUCATION AND SOCIAL INEQUALITIES IN JAPAN: Evolving Patterns and Conceptual Implications | By Steve R. Entrich SHADOW EDUCATION AND SOCIAL INEQUALITIES IN JAPAN: Evolving Patterns and Conceptual Implications | By Steve R. Entrich
Christopher Bjork

South Asia & the Himalayas

HIMALAYAN MOBILITIES: An Exploration of the Impacts of Expanding Rural Road Networks on Social and Ecological Systems in the Nepalese Himalaya | By Robert E. Beazley, James P. Lassoie HIMALAYAN MOBILITIES: An Exploration of the Impacts of Expanding Rural Road Networks on Social and Ecological Systems in the Nepalese Himalaya | By Robert E. Beazley, James P. Lassoie
Martin Saxer

INDIA AND CHINA AT SEA: Competition for Naval Dominance in the Indian Ocean | Edited by David Brewster INDIA AND CHINA AT SEA: Competition for Naval Dominance in the Indian Ocean | Edited by David Brewster
Richard D. Fisher, Jr.

WHY REGIONAL PARTIES?: Clientelism, Elites, and the Indian Party System | By Adam Ziegfeld WHY REGIONAL PARTIES?: Clientelism, Elites, and the Indian Party System | By Adam Ziegfeld
Sanjay Ruparelia

THE GENDERED PROLETARIAT: Sex Work, Workers’ Movement, and Agency | By Swati Ghosh THE GENDERED PROLETARIAT: Sex Work, Workers’ Movement, and Agency | By Swati Ghosh
Simanti Dasgupta

SUBJECTS OF MODERNITY: Time-space, disciplines, margins | By Saurabh Dube SUBJECTS OF MODERNITY: Time-space, disciplines, margins | By Saurabh Dube
Vanlal Hmangaiha

HOW INDIA BECAME DEMOCRATIC: Citizenship and the Making of the Universal Franchise | By Ornit Shani HOW INDIA BECAME DEMOCRATIC: Citizenship and the Making of the Universal Franchise | By Ornit Shani
Gilles Verniers

Southeast Asia

VOTING BEHAVIOR IN INDONESIA SINCE DEMOCRATIZATION: Critical Democrats | By Saiful Mujani, R. William Liddle, and Kuskridho Ambardi VOTING BEHAVIOR IN INDONESIA SINCE DEMOCRATIZATION: Critical Democrats | By Saiful Mujani, R. William Liddle, and Kuskridho Ambardi
Nathan Allen

WHY TERRORISTS QUIT: The Disengagement of Indonesian Jihadists | By Julie Chernov Hwang WHY TERRORISTS QUIT: The Disengagement of Indonesian Jihadists | By Julie Chernov Hwang
Damien Kingsbury

FLAVORS OF EMPIRE: Food and the Making of Thai America | By Mark Padoongpatt FLAVORS OF EMPIRE: Food and the Making of Thai America | By Mark Padoongpatt
Josephine Smart

SOUTHEAST ASIA’S COLD WAR: An Interpretive History | By Ang Cheng Guan SOUTHEAST ASIA’S COLD WAR: An Interpretive History | By Ang Cheng Guan
Matthew Galway

THE KILLING SEASON: A History of the Indonesian Massacres, 1965–66 | By Geoffrey B. Robinson THE KILLING SEASON: A History of the Indonesian Massacres, 1965–66 | By Geoffrey B. Robinson
Thomas B. Pepinsky

IMPERIAL INTOXICATION: Alcohol and the Making of Colonial Indochina | By Gerard Sasges IMPERIAL INTOXICATION: Alcohol and the Making of Colonial Indochina | By Gerard Sasges
Mark W. McLeod

MORAL POLITICS IN THE PHILIPPINES: Inequality, Democracy and the Urban Poor | By Wataru Kusaka MORAL POLITICS IN THE PHILIPPINES: Inequality, Democracy and the Urban Poor | By Wataru Kusaka
Erhard Berner

BECOMING BETTER MUSLIMS: Religious Authority and Ethical Improvement in Aceh, Indonesia | By David Kloos BECOMING BETTER MUSLIMS: Religious Authority and Ethical Improvement in Aceh, Indonesia | By David Kloos
Etin Anwar

LIVING WITH MYTHS IN SINGAPORE | Edited by Loh Kah Seng, Thum Ping Tjin, and Jack Meng-Tat Chia LIVING WITH MYTHS IN SINGAPORE | Edited by Loh Kah Seng, Thum Ping Tjin, and Jack Meng-Tat Chia
Elvin Ong

PARTICIPATION WITHOUT DEMOCRACY: Containing Conflict in Southeast Asia | By Garry Rodan PARTICIPATION WITHOUT DEMOCRACY: Containing Conflict in Southeast Asia | By Garry Rodan
Kai Ostwald

Australasia & the Pacific Islands

SINUOUS OBJECTS: Revaluing Women’s Wealth in the Contemporary Pacific | Edited by Anna-Karina Hermkens and Katherine Lepani SINUOUS OBJECTS: Revaluing Women’s Wealth in the Contemporary Pacific | Edited by Anna-Karina Hermkens and Katherine Lepani
John Barker

SELFHOOD AND RECOGNITION: Melanesian and Western Accounts of Relationality | By Anita C. Galuschek.SELFHOOD AND RECOGNITION: Melanesian and Western Accounts of Relationality | By Anita C. Galuschek.
Terry M. Brown

TAUTAI: Sāmoa, World History, and the Life of Ta’isi O.F. Nelson | By Patricia O’Brien TAUTAI: Sāmoa, World History, and the Life of Ta’isi O.F. Nelson | By Patricia O’Brien
Malama Meleisea

MOBILITIES OF RETURN: Pacific Perspectives | Edited by John Taylor and Helen Lee MOBILITIES OF RETURN: Pacific Perspectives | Edited by John Taylor and Helen Lee
Micah Van der Ryn

BEYOND ETHNICITY: New Politics of Race in Hawai‘i | Edited by Camilla Fojas, Rudy P. Guevarra Jr. and Nitasha Tamar Sharma BEYOND ETHNICITY: New Politics of Race in Hawai‘i | Edited by Camilla Fojas, Rudy P. Guevarra Jr. and Nitasha Tamar Sharma
Kara Hisatake

BREAKING THE SHELL: Voyaging from Nuclear Refugees to People of the Sea in the Marshall Islands | By Joseph H. Genz BREAKING THE SHELL: Voyaging from Nuclear Refugees to People of the Sea in the Marshall Islands | By Joseph H. Genz
Holly M. Barker

WAYS OF BALOMA: Rethinking Magic and Kinship from the Trobriands | By Mark S. Mosko with Tabalu Pulayasi Daniel, Molubabeba Daniel, Pakalaki Tokulupai, and Yogaru Vincent WAYS OF BALOMA: Rethinking Magic and Kinship from the Trobriands | By Mark S. Mosko with Tabalu Pulayasi Daniel, Molubabeba Daniel, Pakalaki Tokulupai, and Yogaru Vincent
Michelle MacCarthy

YABAR: The Alienations of Murik Men in a Papua New Guinea Modernity. Culture, Mind, and Society | By David Lipset YABAR: The Alienations of Murik Men in a Papua New Guinea Modernity. Culture, Mind, and Society | By David Lipset
Laura Zimmer-Tamakoshi

EMERGENT MASCULINITIES IN THE PACIFIC | Edited by Aletta Biersack and Martha Macintyre EMERGENT MASCULINITIES IN THE PACIFIC | Edited by Aletta Biersack and Martha Macintyre
Olivia Barnett-Naghshineh

MIXED RACE IDENTITIES IN AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEALAND AND THE PACIFIC ISLANDS | Edited by Kirsten McGavin and Farida Fozdar MIXED RACE IDENTITIES IN AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEALAND AND THE PACIFIC ISLANDS | Edited by Kirsten McGavin and Farida Fozdar
Tui Nicola Clery