Pacific Affairs

Volume 90 – No. 2

June 2017

Articles

Japan’s Kissinger? Yachi Shōtarō: The State Behind the Curtain

Japan’s Kissinger? Yachi Shōtarō: The State Behind the Curtain
Giulio Pugliese

Participatory Inequality in the Online and Offline Political Engagement in Thailand

Participatory Inequality in the Online and Offline Political Engagement in Thailand
Aim Sinpeng

Concrete Memories and Sensory Pasts: Everyday Heritage and the Politics of Nationhood

Concrete Memories and Sensory Pasts: Everyday Heritage and the Politics of Nationhood
Kelvin E.Y. Low

Perspectives

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Film Reviews

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Review Essays

Disputed Waters, Contested Norms: Framing Discourses on the South China Sea Disputes

Disputed Waters, Contested Norms: Framing Discourses on the South China Sea Disputes
Jiye Kim

Book Reviews

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

Asia General

THE CRISIS OF GLOBAL MODERNITY: Asian Traditions and a Sustainable Future | By Prasenjit Duara THE CRISIS OF GLOBAL MODERNITY: Asian Traditions and a Sustainable Future | By Prasenjit Duara
Roger T. Ames

MIGRANT ENCOUNTERS: Intimate Labor, the State, and Mobility Across Asia | Edited by Sara L. Friedman and Pardis Mahdavi MIGRANT ENCOUNTERS: Intimate Labor, the State, and Mobility Across Asia | Edited by Sara L. Friedman and Pardis Mahdavi
Apichai W. Shipper

GLOBALIZATION AND SOCIAL TRANSFORMATION IN THE ASIA-PACIFIC: The Australian and Malaysian Experience | Edited by Claudia Tazreiter and Siew Yean Tham GLOBALIZATION AND SOCIAL TRANSFORMATION IN THE ASIA-PACIFIC: The Australian and Malaysian Experience | Edited by Claudia Tazreiter and Siew Yean Tham
Nancy Pollock

CHINESE MIGRANT ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN AUSTRALIA FROM THE 1990s: Case Studies of Success in Sino-Australian Relations | By Jia Gao CHINESE MIGRANT ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN AUSTRALIA FROM THE 1990s: Case Studies of Success in Sino-Australian Relations | By Jia Gao
Randall Doyle

RUSSIA’S FAR EAST: New Dynamics in Asia Pacific and Beyond | By Rensselaer Lee, Artyom Lukin RUSSIA’S FAR EAST: New Dynamics in Asia Pacific and Beyond | By Rensselaer Lee, Artyom Lukin
Alexander Korolev

LEVERAGE OF THE WEAK: Labor and Environmental Movements in Taiwan and South Korea | By Hwa-Jen Liu LEVERAGE OF THE WEAK: Labor and Environmental Movements in Taiwan and South Korea | By Hwa-Jen Liu
Thomas B. Gold

AT HOME AND IN THE FIELD: Ethnographic Encounters in Asia and the Pacific Islands | Edited by Suzanne S. Finney, Mary Mostafanezhad, Guido Carlo Pigliasco, Forrest Wade Young AT HOME AND IN THE FIELD: Ethnographic Encounters in Asia and the Pacific Islands | Edited by Suzanne S. Finney, Mary Mostafanezhad, Guido Carlo Pigliasco, Forrest Wade Young
Maggie Cummings

China & Inner Asia

CHINA’S FOREIGN AID AND INVESTMENT DIPLOMACY, VOLUME I-III | By John F. Copper CHINA’S FOREIGN AID AND INVESTMENT DIPLOMACY, VOLUME I-III | By John F. Copper
Paul Bowles

MEETING CHINA HALFWAY: How to Defuse the Emerging US-China Rivalry | By Lyle J. Goldstein MEETING CHINA HALFWAY: How to Defuse the Emerging US-China Rivalry | By Lyle J. Goldstein
Warren I. Cohen

CHINA’S SPATIAL (DIS)INTEGRATION: Political Economy of the Interethnic Unrest in Xinjiang | By Rongxing Guo CHINA’S SPATIAL (DIS)INTEGRATION: Political Economy of the Interethnic Unrest in Xinjiang | By Rongxing Guo
Justin M. Jacobs

WHITHER CHINA?: Restarting the Reform Agenda | By Wu Jinglian and Ma Guochuan WHITHER CHINA?: Restarting the Reform Agenda | By Wu Jinglian and Ma Guochuan
Baogang Guo

CHINA’S STRATEGIC PRIORITIES | Edited by Jonathan H. Ping and Brett McCormick CHINA’S STRATEGIC PRIORITIES | Edited by Jonathan H. Ping and Brett McCormick
Xiaobing Li

THE PRAGMATIC DRAGON: China’s Grand Strategy and Boundary Settlements | By Eric Hyer THE PRAGMATIC DRAGON: China’s Grand Strategy and Boundary Settlements | By Eric Hyer
jennahn

CHINA’S URBAN CENTURY: Governance, Environment and Socio-Economic Imperatives | Edited by François Gipouloux CHINA’S URBAN CENTURY: Governance, Environment and Socio-Economic Imperatives | Edited by François Gipouloux
Xuefei Ren

CHINA’S ENVIRONMENTAL CHALLENGES | By Judith Shapiro CHINA’S ENVIRONMENTAL CHALLENGES | By Judith Shapiro
Jerry McBeath

FAKED IN CHINA: Nation Branding, Counterfeit Culture, and Globalization | By Fan Yang FAKED IN CHINA: Nation Branding, Counterfeit Culture, and Globalization | By Fan Yang
Yi-Chieh Jessica Lin

CHINA’S CONTESTED INTERNET | Edited by Guobin Yang CHINA’S CONTESTED INTERNET | Edited by Guobin Yang
Zhou Yongming

MAO’S LOST CHILDREN: Stories of the Rusticated Youth of China’s Cultural Revolution | Edited by Ou Nianzhong and Liang Yongkang; translated by Laura Maynard MAO’S LOST CHILDREN: Stories of the Rusticated Youth of China’s Cultural Revolution | Edited by Ou Nianzhong and Liang Yongkang; translated by Laura Maynard
Paul Clark

QUEST FOR POWER: European Imperialism and the Making of Chinese Statecraft | By Stephen R. Halsey QUEST FOR POWER: European Imperialism and the Making of Chinese Statecraft | By Stephen R. Halsey
Luca Gabbiani

REVOLUTIONS AS ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE: The Communist Party and Peasant Communities in South China, 1926–1934 | By Baohui Zhang REVOLUTIONS AS ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE: The Communist Party and Peasant Communities in South China, 1926–1934 | By Baohui Zhang
Joseph Tse-Hei Lee

THE CHINESE POLITICAL NOVEL: Migration of a World Genre | By Catherine Vance Yeh THE CHINESE POLITICAL NOVEL: Migration of a World Genre | By Catherine Vance Yeh
Xiao-huang Yin, Rui Xue

Northeast Asia

THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF JAPANESE TRADE POLICY | Edited by Aurelia George Mulgan and Masayoshi Honma THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF JAPANESE TRADE POLICY | Edited by Aurelia George Mulgan and Masayoshi Honma
Hanno Jentzsch

JAPAN: The Precarious Future | Edited by Frank Baldwin and Anne Allison JAPAN: The Precarious Future | Edited by Frank Baldwin and Anne Allison
Patrick Heinrich

MAKING WE THE PEOPLE: Democratic Constitutional Founding in Postwar Japan and South Korea | By Chaihark Hahm and Sung Ho Kim MAKING WE THE PEOPLE: Democratic Constitutional Founding in Postwar Japan and South Korea | By Chaihark Hahm and Sung Ho Kim
Celeste L. Arrington

THE EVOLUTION OF THE US-JAPAN ALLIANCE: The Eagle and the Chrysanthemum | By Matteo Dian THE EVOLUTION OF THE US-JAPAN ALLIANCE: The Eagle and the Chrysanthemum | By Matteo Dian
H.D.P. Envall

EMBEDDED RACISM: Japan’s Visible Minorities and Racial Discrimination | By Debito Arudou EMBEDDED RACISM: Japan’s Visible Minorities and Racial Discrimination | By Debito Arudou
Ralph Ittonen Hosoki

ALLEGORIES OF TIME AND SPACE: Japanese Identity in Photography and Architecture | By Jonathan M. Reynolds ALLEGORIES OF TIME AND SPACE: Japanese Identity in Photography and Architecture | By Jonathan M. Reynolds
Leslie A. Woodhouse

ART, LITERATURE, AND THE JAPANESE AMERICAN INTERNMENT: On John Okada’s No-No Boy | By Thomas Girst ART, LITERATURE, AND THE JAPANESE AMERICAN INTERNMENT: On John Okada’s No-No Boy | By Thomas Girst
Hamish Ion

ATARI TO ZELDA: Japan’s Videogames in Global Contexts | By Mia Consalvo ATARI TO ZELDA: Japan’s Videogames in Global Contexts | By Mia Consalvo
Paul Roquet

JAPANESE SOCIETY AND THE POLITICS OF THE NORTH KOREAN THREAT | By Seung Hyok Lee JAPANESE SOCIETY AND THE POLITICS OF THE NORTH KOREAN THREAT | By Seung Hyok Lee
Kuniko Ashizawa

MODERN KOREA AND ITS OTHERS: Perceptions of the Neighbouring Countries and Korean Modernity | By Vladimir Tikhonov MODERN KOREA AND ITS OTHERS: Perceptions of the Neighbouring Countries and Korean Modernity | By Vladimir Tikhonov
Kyung Moon Hwang

MULTIETHNIC KOREA?: Multiculturalism, Migration, and Peoplehood Diversity in Contemporary South Korea | Edited by John Lie MULTIETHNIC KOREA?: Multiculturalism, Migration, and Peoplehood Diversity in Contemporary South Korea | Edited by John Lie
Iain Watson

THE CAPITALIST UNCONSCIOUS: From Korean Unification to Transnational Korea | By Hyun Ok Park THE CAPITALIST UNCONSCIOUS: From Korean Unification to Transnational Korea | By Hyun Ok Park
Sharon J. Yoon

BERLIN KOREANS AND PICTURED KOREANS | By Frank Hoffmann BERLIN KOREANS AND PICTURED KOREANS | By Frank Hoffmann
Soo-Hyun Mun

South Asia & the Himalayas

BRAC, GLOBAL POLICY LANGUAGE, AND WOMEN IN BANGLADESH: Transformation and Manipulation | By Manzurul Mannan BRAC, GLOBAL POLICY LANGUAGE, AND WOMEN IN BANGLADESH: Transformation and Manipulation | By Manzurul Mannan
David Lewis

ENTANGLED URBANISM: Slum, Gated Community, and Shopping Mall in Delhi and Gurgaon | By Sanjay Srivastava ENTANGLED URBANISM: Slum, Gated Community, and Shopping Mall in Delhi and Gurgaon | By Sanjay Srivastava
Lisa Björkman

INDIAN FOREIGN POLICY | By Sumit Ganguly INDIAN FOREIGN POLICY | By Sumit Ganguly
Subrata K. Mitra

MILITARY AND DEMOCRACY IN NEPAL | By Indra Adhikari MILITARY AND DEMOCRACY IN NEPAL | By Indra Adhikari
Safal Ghimire

PAKISTAN AT THE CROSSROADS: Domestic Dynamics and External Pressures | Christophe Jaffrelot, editor PAKISTAN AT THE CROSSROADS: Domestic Dynamics and External Pressures | Christophe Jaffrelot, editor
Muhammad Shoaib Pervez

PLURALISM AND DEMOCRACY IN INDIA: Debating the Hindu Right | Edited by Wendy Doniger, Martha C. Nussbaum PLURALISM AND DEMOCRACY IN INDIA: Debating the Hindu Right | Edited by Wendy Doniger, Martha C. Nussbaum
James Manor

REEL WORLD: An Anthropology of Creation | By Anand Pandian; with a foreword by Walter Murch REEL WORLD: An Anthropology of Creation | By Anand Pandian; with a foreword by Walter Murch
Venkatesh Chakravarthy

THE SPECTRAL WOUND: Sexual Violence, Public Memories, and the Bangladesh War of 1971 | By Nayanika Mookherjee; foreword by Veena Das THE SPECTRAL WOUND: Sexual Violence, Public Memories, and the Bangladesh War of 1971 | By Nayanika Mookherjee; foreword by Veena Das
Margot Wilson

Southeast Asia

DEATHPOWER: Buddhism’s Ritual Imagination in Cambodia | By Erik W. Davis DEATHPOWER: Buddhism’s Ritual Imagination in Cambodia | By Erik W. Davis
Mai Bui Dieu Linh

JAVAPHILIA: American Love Affairs with Javanese Music and Dance | By Henry Spiller JAVAPHILIA: American Love Affairs with Javanese Music and Dance | By Henry Spiller
Joe Kinzer

NOTHING EVER DIES: Vietnam and the Memory of War | By Viet Thanh Nguyen NOTHING EVER DIES: Vietnam and the Memory of War | By Viet Thanh Nguyen
Nguyễn Thị Điểu

ROMANCING HUMAN RIGHTS: Gender, Intimacy, and Power between Burma and the West | By Tamara C. Ho ROMANCING HUMAN RIGHTS: Gender, Intimacy, and Power between Burma and the West | By Tamara C. Ho
Nicholas Farrelly

THE FEMALE VOICE OF MYANMAR: Khin Myo Chit to Aung San Suu Kyi | By Nilanjana Sengupta THE FEMALE VOICE OF MYANMAR: Khin Myo Chit to Aung San Suu Kyi | By Nilanjana Sengupta
Maureen Aung-Thwin

THE MAKING OF MIDDLE INDONESIA: Middle Classes in Kupang Town, 1930s–1980s | By Gerry van Klinken THE MAKING OF MIDDLE INDONESIA: Middle Classes in Kupang Town, 1930s–1980s | By Gerry van Klinken
Shane J. Barter

THE MALAYSIAN ISLAMIC PARTY PAS 1951-2013: Islamism in a Mottled Nation | By Farish A. Noor THE MALAYSIAN ISLAMIC PARTY PAS 1951-2013: Islamism in a Mottled Nation | By Farish A. Noor
Trevor W. Preston

THREE CENTURIES OF CONFLICT IN EAST TIMOR | By Douglas Kammen THREE CENTURIES OF CONFLICT IN EAST TIMOR | By Douglas Kammen
Hipolitus Yolisandry Ringgi Wangge

Australasia & the Pacific Islands

ALCHEMY IN THE RAIN FOREST: Politics, Ecology, and Resilience in a New Guinea Mining Area | By Jerry K. Jacka ALCHEMY IN THE RAIN FOREST: Politics, Ecology, and Resilience in a New Guinea Mining Area | By Jerry K. Jacka
Phillipa Jenkins

IDYLLIC NO MORE: Pacific Island Climate, Corruption and Development Dilemmas | By Giff Johnson IDYLLIC NO MORE: Pacific Island Climate, Corruption and Development Dilemmas | By Giff Johnson
Ingrid Ahlgren

IN THE ABSENCE OF THE GIFT: New Forms of Value and Personhood in a Papua New Guinea Community | By Anders Emil Rasmussen IN THE ABSENCE OF THE GIFT: New Forms of Value and Personhood in a Papua New Guinea Community | By Anders Emil Rasmussen
Aletta Biersack

POSTCARDS FROM OCEANIA: Port Towns, Portraits and the Picturesque during the Colonial Era | By Max Quanchi, Max Shekleton POSTCARDS FROM OCEANIA: Port Towns, Portraits and the Picturesque during the Colonial Era | By Max Quanchi, Max Shekleton
Miriam Kahn

STATE CRIME ON THE MARGINS OF EMPIRE: Rio Tinto, the War on Bougainville and Resistance to Mining | By Kristian Lasslett STATE CRIME ON THE MARGINS OF EMPIRE: Rio Tinto, the War on Bougainville and Resistance to Mining | By Kristian Lasslett
Nicholas A. Bainton