Pacific Affairs

Volume 89 – No. 4

December 2016

Articles

Perilous Waters: People Smuggling, Fishermen, and Hyper-precarious Livelihoods on Rote Island, Eastern Indonesia

Perilous Waters: People Smuggling, Fishermen, and Hyper-precarious Livelihoods on Rote Island, Eastern Indonesia
Antje Missbach

Constructed Hierarchical Government Trust in China: Formation Mechanism and Political Effects

Constructed Hierarchical Government Trust in China: Formation Mechanism and Political Effects
Zhenhua Su, Yanyu Ye, Jingkai He, Waibin Huang

Good Gifts, Bad Gifts and Rights: Cambodian Popular Perceptions and the 2013 Elections

Good Gifts, Bad Gifts and Rights: Cambodian Popular Perceptions and the 2013 Elections
Astrid Norén-Nilsson

Perspectives

Aid as Transnational Social Capital: Korea’s Official Development Assistance in Higher Education Aid as Transnational Social Capital: Korea’s Official Development Assistance in Higher Education
Rennie J. Moon and Gi-Wook Shin

Forging Free Trade with China: The Maple Leaf and the Silver Fern Forging Free Trade with China: The Maple Leaf and the Silver Fern
Charles Burton and Stephen Noakes

Film Reviews

I DON’T WANT TO SLEEP ALONE = HĒI YĂN QUĀN | By Tsai Ming-Liang I DON’T WANT TO SLEEP ALONE = HĒI YĂN QUĀN | By Tsai Ming-Liang
Boreth Ly

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Book Reviews

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Asia General

CONSTRUCTING MODERN ASIAN CITIZENSHIP | Edited by Edward Vickers and Krishna Kumar CONSTRUCTING MODERN ASIAN CITIZENSHIP | Edited by Edward Vickers and Krishna Kumar
Anton Luis Sevilla

THE DYNAMICS OF HIGHER EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT IN EAST ASIA: Asian Cultural Heritage, Western Dominance, Economic Development, and Globalization | Edited by Deane E. Neubauer, Jung Cheol Shin, and John N. Hawkins THE DYNAMICS OF HIGHER EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT IN EAST ASIA: Asian Cultural Heritage, Western Dominance, Economic Development, and Globalization | Edited by Deane E. Neubauer, Jung Cheol Shin, and John N. Hawkins
Roger Y. Chao Jr.

MEN TO DEVILS, DEVILS TO MEN: Japanese War Crimes and Chinese Justice | By Barak Kushner MEN TO DEVILS, DEVILS TO MEN: Japanese War Crimes and Chinese Justice | By Barak Kushner
Aaron William Moore

PROTESTS AGAINST U.S. MILITARY BASE POLICY IN ASIA: Persuasion and Its Limits | By Yuko Kawato PROTESTS AGAINST U.S. MILITARY BASE POLICY IN ASIA: Persuasion and Its Limits | By Yuko Kawato
Key-Young Son

China & Inner Asia

CHINA’S EVOLVING INDUSTRIAL POLICIES AND ECONOMIC RESTRUCTURING | Edited by Yongnian Zheng and Sarah Y. Tong CHINA’S EVOLVING INDUSTRIAL POLICIES AND ECONOMIC RESTRUCTURING | Edited by Yongnian Zheng and Sarah Y. Tong
Chen Li

CHANGING CHINESE CITIES: The Potentials of Field Urbanism | By Renee Y. Chow CHANGING CHINESE CITIES: The Potentials of Field Urbanism | By Renee Y. Chow
Tim Oakes

CHINA AND CYBERSECURITY: ESPIONAGE, STRATEGY, AND POLITICS IN THE DIGITAL DOMAIN | Edited by Jon R. Lindsay, Tai Ming Cheung, and Derek S. Reveron CHINA AND CYBERSECURITY: ESPIONAGE, STRATEGY, AND POLITICS IN THE DIGITAL DOMAIN | Edited by Jon R. Lindsay, Tai Ming Cheung, and Derek S. Reveron
Yuezhi Zhao

CHINA AND GLOBAL NUCLEAR ORDER: From Estrangement to Active Engagement | By Nicola Horsburgh CHINA AND GLOBAL NUCLEAR ORDER: From Estrangement to Active Engagement | By Nicola Horsburgh
Baohui Zhang

ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION IN CHINA | By Gerald A. McBeath, Jenifer Huang McBeath; with Tian Qing, Huang Yu ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION IN CHINA | By Gerald A. McBeath, Jenifer Huang McBeath; with Tian Qing, Huang Yu
Denise M. Glover

FATEFUL TIES: A History of America’s Preoccupation with China | By Gordon H. Chang FATEFUL TIES: A History of America’s Preoccupation with China | By Gordon H. Chang
Jing Li

FROM COMRADES TO BODHISATTVAS: Moral Dimensions of Lay Buddhist Practice in Contemporary China | By Gareth Fisher FROM COMRADES TO BODHISATTVAS: Moral Dimensions of Lay Buddhist Practice in Contemporary China | By Gareth Fisher
Weishan Huang

LOVE’S UNCERTAINTY: The Politics and Ethics of Child Rearing in Contemporary China | By Teresa Kuan LOVE’S UNCERTAINTY: The Politics and Ethics of Child Rearing in Contemporary China | By Teresa Kuan
Karen R. Fisher

THE GOOD IMMIGRANTS: How the Yellow Peril Became the Model Minority | By Madeline Y. Hsu THE GOOD IMMIGRANTS: How the Yellow Peril Became the Model Minority | By Madeline Y. Hsu
Chi-ting Peng

BEYOND BORDERS: Stories of Yunnanese Chinese Migrants of Burma | By Wen-Chin Chang BEYOND BORDERS: Stories of Yunnanese Chinese Migrants of Burma | By Wen-Chin Chang
Jane M. Ferguson

VISUAL CULTURE IN CONTEMPORARY CHINA: Paradigms and Shifts | By Xiaobing Tang VISUAL CULTURE IN CONTEMPORARY CHINA: Paradigms and Shifts | By Xiaobing Tang
Stefan Landsberger

FIERY CINEMA: The Emergence of an Affective Medium in China, 1915–1945 | By Weihong Bao FIERY CINEMA: The Emergence of an Affective Medium in China, 1915–1945 | By Weihong Bao
Michael Berry

CHINA’S MACAO TRANSFORMED: Challenge and Development in the 21st century | Edited by Eilo W.Y. Yu, Ming K. Chan CHINA’S MACAO TRANSFORMED: Challenge and Development in the 21st century | Edited by Eilo W.Y. Yu, Ming K. Chan
Katrine K. Wong

Northeast Asia

CAN ABENOMICS SUCCEED?: Overcoming the Legacy of Japan’s Lost Decades | By Dennis Botman, Stephan Danninger, Jerald Schiff CAN ABENOMICS SUCCEED?: Overcoming the Legacy of Japan’s Lost Decades | By Dennis Botman, Stephan Danninger, Jerald Schiff
Richard Katz

INTERNATIONAL MIGRANTS IN JAPAN: Contributions in an Era of Population Decline | Edited by Yoshitaka Ishikawa INTERNATIONAL MIGRANTS IN JAPAN: Contributions in an Era of Population Decline | Edited by Yoshitaka Ishikawa
Daniel Kremers

INTIMATE RIVALS: Japanese Domestic Politics and a Rising China | By Sheila A. Smith INTIMATE RIVALS: Japanese Domestic Politics and a Rising China | By Sheila A. Smith
Eivind Lande

JAPANESE DIPLOMACY: The Role of Leadership | By H.D.P. Envall JAPANESE DIPLOMACY: The Role of Leadership | By H.D.P. Envall
Mong Cheung

KŌMEITŌ: Politics and Religion in Japan | Edited by George Ehrhardt, Axel Klein, Levi McLaughlin and Steven R. Reed KŌMEITŌ: Politics and Religion in Japan | Edited by George Ehrhardt, Axel Klein, Levi McLaughlin and Steven R. Reed
Victor J. Forte

LICENSE TO PLAY: The Ludic in Japanese Culture | By Michal Daliot-Bul LICENSE TO PLAY: The Ludic in Japanese Culture | By Michal Daliot-Bul
Susan W. Furukawa

INTIMATE EMPIRE: Collaboration and Colonial Modernity in Korea and Japan | By Nayoung Aimee Kwon INTIMATE EMPIRE: Collaboration and Colonial Modernity in Korea and Japan | By Nayoung Aimee Kwon
Karen Thornber

RECASTING RED CULTURE IN PROLETARIAN JAPAN: Childhood, Korea, and the Historical Avant-Garde | By Samuel Perry RECASTING RED CULTURE IN PROLETARIAN JAPAN: Childhood, Korea, and the Historical Avant-Garde | By Samuel Perry
Dolf-Alexander Neuhaus

THE DECADE OF THE GREAT WAR: Japan and the Wider World in the 1910s | Edited by Tosh Minohara, Tze-ki Hon, Evan Dawley THE DECADE OF THE GREAT WAR: Japan and the Wider World in the 1910s | Edited by Tosh Minohara, Tze-ki Hon, Evan Dawley
Erik Esselstrom

THE MASSACRES AT MT. HALLA: Sixty Years of Truth Seeking in South Korea | By Hun Joon Kim THE MASSACRES AT MT. HALLA: Sixty Years of Truth Seeking in South Korea | By Hun Joon Kim
Andrew Wolman

WOMEN PRE-SCRIPTED: Forging Modern Roles through Korean Print | By Ji-Eun Lee WOMEN PRE-SCRIPTED: Forging Modern Roles through Korean Print | By Ji-Eun Lee
Michael Kim

CONTEMPORARY KOREAN ART: Tansaekhwa and the Urgency of Method | By Joan Kee CONTEMPORARY KOREAN ART: Tansaekhwa and the Urgency of Method | By Joan Kee
Heejeong Sohn

South Asia & the Himalayas

INDIAN FOREIGN POLICY: Ambition and Transition | By Chris Ogden INDIAN FOREIGN POLICY: Ambition and Transition | By Chris Ogden
Rahul Mukherji

BEYOND PARTITION: Gender, Violence, and Representation in Postcolonial India | By Deepti Misri BEYOND PARTITION: Gender, Violence, and Representation in Postcolonial India | By Deepti Misri
Pratiksha Baxi

DISPLACEMENT, REVOLUTION, AND THE NEW URBAN CONDITION: Theories and Case Studies | By Ipsita Chatterjee DISPLACEMENT, REVOLUTION, AND THE NEW URBAN CONDITION: Theories and Case Studies | By Ipsita Chatterjee
Sanjeev Routray

CAFÉ CULTURE IN PUNE: Being Young and Middle Class in Urban India | By Teresa Platz Robinson CAFÉ CULTURE IN PUNE: Being Young and Middle Class in Urban India | By Teresa Platz Robinson
Rahul Advani

HINDU-CATHOLIC ENCOUNTERS IN GOA: Religion, Colonialism, and Modernity | By Alexander Henn HINDU-CATHOLIC ENCOUNTERS IN GOA: Religion, Colonialism, and Modernity | By Alexander Henn
Shail Mayaram

BEING BENGALI: At Home and in the World | Edited by Mridula Nath Chakraborty BEING BENGALI: At Home and in the World | Edited by Mridula Nath Chakraborty
Annu Jalais

ON THE EDGE OF EMPIRE: Four British Plans for North East India, 1941–1947 | Edited by David R. Syiemlieh ON THE EDGE OF EMPIRE: Four British Plans for North East India, 1941–1947 | Edited by David R. Syiemlieh
Laldinkima Sailo

POLITICS OF EDUCATION IN COLONIAL INDIA | By Krishna Kumar POLITICS OF EDUCATION IN COLONIAL INDIA | By Krishna Kumar
Mary Ann Chacko

Southeast Asia

DYNAMICS OF RELIGION IN SOUTHEAST ASIA: Magic and Modernity | By Volker Gottowik DYNAMICS OF RELIGION IN SOUTHEAST ASIA: Magic and Modernity | By Volker Gottowik
Gregory Forth

HISTORIES OF HEALTH IN SOUTHEAST ASIA: Perspectives on the Long Twentieth Century | Edited by Tim Harper and Sunil S. Amrith HISTORIES OF HEALTH IN SOUTHEAST ASIA: Perspectives on the Long Twentieth Century | Edited by Tim Harper and Sunil S. Amrith
C. Michele Thompson

HYBRID JUSTICE: The Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia | By John D. Ciorciari, Anne Heindel HYBRID JUSTICE: The Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia | By John D. Ciorciari, Anne Heindel
Sorpong Peou

THE IMMORTALS: Faces of the Incredible in Buddhist Burma | By Guillaume Rozenberg; translated by Ward Keeler THE IMMORTALS: Faces of the Incredible in Buddhist Burma | By Guillaume Rozenberg; translated by Ward Keeler
Susan M. Darlington

INDONESIA’S DELIMITED MARITIME BOUNDARIES | By Vivian Louis Forbes INDONESIA’S DELIMITED MARITIME BOUNDARIES | By Vivian Louis Forbes
Richard Kyle Paisley

Australasia & the Pacific Islands

CONSTITUTION MAKING DURING STATE BUILDING | By Joanne Wallis CONSTITUTION MAKING DURING STATE BUILDING | By Joanne Wallis
Jean G. Zorn

DON’T SPOIL MY BEAUTIFUL FACE: Media, Mayhem and Human Rights in the Pacific | By David Robie; foreword by Kalafi Moala DON’T SPOIL MY BEAUTIFUL FACE: Media, Mayhem and Human Rights in the Pacific | By David Robie; foreword by Kalafi Moala
Anna-Karina Hermkens

ENGAGING WITH CAPITALISM: Cases from Oceania | Edited by Fiona McCormack, Kate Barclay ENGAGING WITH CAPITALISM: Cases from Oceania | Edited by Fiona McCormack, Kate Barclay
Jaap Timmer

BELONGING IN OCEANIA: Movement, Place-Making and Multiple Identifications | Edited by Elfriede Hermann, Wolfgang Kempf and Toon van Meijl BELONGING IN OCEANIA: Movement, Place-Making and Multiple Identifications | Edited by Elfriede Hermann, Wolfgang Kempf and Toon van Meijl
Sjoerd R. Jaarsma

THE POLYNESIAN ICONOCLASM: Religious Revolution and the Seasonality of Power | By Jeffrey Sissons THE POLYNESIAN ICONOCLASM: Religious Revolution and the Seasonality of Power | By Jeffrey Sissons
Karen Sinclair

SOVEREIGN SUGAR: Industry and Environment in Hawai‘i | By Carol A. MacLennan SOVEREIGN SUGAR: Industry and Environment in Hawai‘i | By Carol A. MacLennan
Sonia P. Juvik

THE VALUE OF HAWAI‘I 2: Ancestral Roots, Oceanic Visions | Edited by Aiko Yamashiro and Noelani Goodyear-Ka‘ōpua THE VALUE OF HAWAI‘I 2: Ancestral Roots, Oceanic Visions | Edited by Aiko Yamashiro and Noelani Goodyear-Ka‘ōpua
Karen Fox