Pacific Affairs

Volume 95 – No. 4

December 2022

SPECIAL ISSUE

COVID-19 in Asia: Governance and the Politics of the Pandemic

Guest Editors: John Harriss and Hy Van Luong

Articles

Introduction: COVID-19 in Asia: Governance and the Politics of the Pandemic

Introduction: COVID-19 in Asia: Governance and the Politics of the Pandemic
John Harriss and Hy V. Luong

Why was the Pandemic Poorly Managed by the Government of India? A State-in-Society Approach

Why was the Pandemic Poorly Managed by the Government of India? A State-in-Society Approach
John Harriss

The Politics of Pakistan’s COVID-19 Response: A State-in-Society Approach

The Politics of Pakistan’s COVID-19 Response: A State-in-Society Approach
Ayaz Qureshi

Vietnam’s War against COVID-19

Vietnam’s War against COVID-19
Hy V. Luong

Between Surveillance and Freedom: The Techno-Politics in South Korea during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Between Surveillance and Freedom: The Techno-Politics in South Korea during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Jaeho Kang

Perspectives

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Special Section

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Review Essays

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Film Reviews

MY NAME IS BAI SANMING | Directed by Du Kangwei MY NAME IS BAI SANMING | Directed by Du Kangwei
Ellen R. Judd

Book Reviews

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

Asia General

DEVELOPMENT ZONES IN ASIAN BORDERLANDS | Edited by Mona Chettri and Michael Eilenberg DEVELOPMENT ZONES IN ASIAN BORDERLANDS | Edited by Mona Chettri and Michael Eilenberg
Anudeep Dewan

NEW ASIAN DISORDER: Rivalries Embroiling the Pacific Century | Edited by Lowell Dittmer NEW ASIAN DISORDER: Rivalries Embroiling the Pacific Century | Edited by Lowell Dittmer
David Bachman

SOUND ALIGNMENTS: Popular Music in Asia’s Cold Wars | Edited by Michael K. Bourdaghs, Paola Iovene, and Kaley Mason SOUND ALIGNMENTS: Popular Music in Asia’s Cold Wars | Edited by Michael K. Bourdaghs, Paola Iovene, and Kaley Mason
CedarBough T. Saeji

China & Inner Asia

CHINA’S CHALLENGES AND INTERNATIONAL ORDER TRANSITION: Beyond “Thucydides’s Trap” | Edited by Huiyun Feng and Kai He CHINA’S CHALLENGES AND INTERNATIONAL ORDER TRANSITION: Beyond “Thucydides’s Trap” | Edited by Huiyun Feng and Kai He
Nele Noesselt

CHINA’S GILDED AGE: The Paradox of Economic Boom and Vast Corruption | By Yuen Yuen Ang CHINA’S GILDED AGE: The Paradox of Economic Boom and Vast Corruption | By Yuen Yuen Ang
Yan Sun

INNOVATION AND CHINA’S GLOBAL EMERGENCE | Edited by Erik Baark, Bert Hofman, and Jiwei Qian INNOVATION AND CHINA’S GLOBAL EMERGENCE | Edited by Erik Baark, Bert Hofman, and Jiwei Qian
Rajah Rasiah

DISAGGREGATING CHINA, INC.: State Strategies in the Liberal Economic Order | By Yeling Tan DISAGGREGATING CHINA, INC.: State Strategies in the Liberal Economic Order | By Yeling Tan
Xiaojun Li

CHINA’S POLITICAL WORLDVIEW AND CHINESE EXCEPTIONALISM: International Order and Global Leadership | By Benjamin Tze Ern Ho CHINA’S POLITICAL WORLDVIEW AND CHINESE EXCEPTIONALISM: International Order and Global Leadership | By Benjamin Tze Ern Ho
Xiaoyu Pu

CLASH OF POWERS: US-China Rivalry in Global Trade Governance | By Kristen Hopewell CLASH OF POWERS: US-China Rivalry in Global Trade Governance | By Kristen Hopewell
Dawn Murphy

COMMODITIES OF CARE: The Business of HIV Testing in China | By Elsa L. Fan COMMODITIES OF CARE: The Business of HIV Testing in China | By Elsa L. Fan
Tiantian Zheng

MANHUA MODERNITY: Chinese Culture and the Pictorial Turn | By John A. Crespi MANHUA MODERNITY: Chinese Culture and the Pictorial Turn | By John A. Crespi
Kin-Wai Chu

GOVERNING THE DEAD: Martyrs, Memorials, and Necrocitizenship in Modern China | By Linh D. Vu GOVERNING THE DEAD: Martyrs, Memorials, and Necrocitizenship in Modern China | By Linh D. Vu
Chang-tai Hung

THE FUNERAL OF MR. WANG: Life, Death, and Ghosts in Urbanizing China | By Andrew B. Kipnis THE FUNERAL OF MR. WANG: Life, Death, and Ghosts in Urbanizing China | By Andrew B. Kipnis
Linh D. Vu

MY NAME IS BAI SANMING | Directed by Du Kangwei MY NAME IS BAI SANMING | Directed by Du Kangwei
Ellen R. Judd

Northeast Asia

JAPAN’S FOREIGN POLICY IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY: Continuity and Change | Edited by Lam Peng Er and Purnendra Jain JAPAN’S FOREIGN POLICY IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY: Continuity and Change | Edited by Lam Peng Er and Purnendra Jain
Paul Midford

CRISIS NARRATIVES, INSTITUTIONAL CHANGE, AND THE TRANSFORMATION OF THE JAPANESE STATE | Edited by Sebastian Maslow and Christian Wirth CRISIS NARRATIVES, INSTITUTIONAL CHANGE, AND THE TRANSFORMATION OF THE JAPANESE STATE | Edited by Sebastian Maslow and Christian Wirth
Linus Hagström

FROM COUNTRY TO NATION: Ethnographic Studies, Kokugaku, and Spirits in Nineteenth-Century Japan | By Gideon Fujiwara FROM COUNTRY TO NATION: Ethnographic Studies, Kokugaku, and Spirits in Nineteenth-Century Japan | By Gideon Fujiwara
Susan L. Burns

HARVESTING STATE SUPPORT: Institutional Change and Local Agency in Japanese Agriculture | By Hanno Jentzsch HARVESTING STATE SUPPORT: Institutional Change and Local Agency in Japanese Agriculture | By Hanno Jentzsch
Steven R. McGreevy

MIDDLEMEN OF MODERNITY: Local Elites and Agricultural Development in Modern Japan | By Christopher Craig MIDDLEMEN OF MODERNITY: Local Elites and Agricultural Development in Modern Japan | By Christopher Craig
Kerry Smith

JAPAN, THE SUSTAINABLE SOCIETY: The Artisanal Ethos, Ordinary Virtues, and Everyday Life in the Age of Limits | By John Lie JAPAN, THE SUSTAINABLE SOCIETY: The Artisanal Ethos, Ordinary Virtues, and Everyday Life in the Age of Limits | By John Lie
David Leheny

KARMA AND PUNISHMENT: Prison Chaplaincy in Japan | By Adam J. Lyons KARMA AND PUNISHMENT: Prison Chaplaincy in Japan | By Adam J. Lyons
Justin McDaniel and Kirby Sokolow

A CULTURAL HISTORY OF SPANISH SPEAKERS IN JAPAN | By Araceli Tinajero; translated by Veronica Karpoich A CULTURAL HISTORY OF SPANISH SPEAKERS IN JAPAN | By Araceli Tinajero; translated by Veronica Karpoich
Edgar Javier Ulloa Luján

OISHII: The History of Sushi | By Eric C. Rath OISHII: The History of Sushi | By Eric C. Rath
Sora Skye Osuka

THE ART OF PERSISTENCE: Akamatsu Toshiko and the Visual Cultures of Transwar Japan | By Charlotte Eubanks THE ART OF PERSISTENCE: Akamatsu Toshiko and the Visual Cultures of Transwar Japan | By Charlotte Eubanks
Matías Chiappe Ippolito

HEGEMONIC MIMICRY: Korean Popular Culture of the Twenty-First Century | By Kyung Hyun Kim HEGEMONIC MIMICRY: Korean Popular Culture of the Twenty-First Century | By Kyung Hyun Kim
Dal Yong Jin

South Asia & the Himalayas

THE PURPOSE OF INDIA’S SECURITY STRATEGY: Defence, Deterrence and Global Involvement | By Gautam Sen THE PURPOSE OF INDIA’S SECURITY STRATEGY: Defence, Deterrence and Global Involvement | By Gautam Sen
Abhishek Choudhary

POLICE MATTERS: The Everyday State and Caste Politics in South India, 1900–1975 | By Radha Kumar POLICE MATTERS: The Everyday State and Caste Politics in South India, 1900–1975 | By Radha Kumar
Uponita Mukherjee

THE GREATER INDIA EXPERIMENT: Hindutva and the Northeast | By Arkotong Longkumer THE GREATER INDIA EXPERIMENT: Hindutva and the Northeast | By Arkotong Longkumer
Uday Chandra

Southeast Asia

EXPERIMENTS IN SKIN: Race and Beauty in the Shadows of Vietnam | By Thuy Linh Nguyen Tu EXPERIMENTS IN SKIN: Race and Beauty in the Shadows of Vietnam | By Thuy Linh Nguyen Tu
Elizabeth Wijaya

ON THE HO CHI MINH TRAIL: The Blood Road, The Women Who Defended It, The Legacy | By Sherry Buchanan ON THE HO CHI MINH TRAIL: The Blood Road, The Women Who Defended It, The Legacy | By Sherry Buchanan
An Thuy Nguyen

HISTORY ON THE RUN: Secrecy, Fugitivity, and Hmong Refugee Epistemologies | By Ma Vang HISTORY ON THE RUN: Secrecy, Fugitivity, and Hmong Refugee Epistemologies | By Ma Vang
Miriam Jaehn

ELECTORAL REFORM AND THE FATE OF NEW DEMOCRACIES: Lessons from the Indonesian Case | By Sarah Shair-Rosenfield ELECTORAL REFORM AND THE FATE OF NEW DEMOCRACIES: Lessons from the Indonesian Case | By Sarah Shair-Rosenfield
Jeremy Menchik

Australasia & the Pacific Islands

SWEAT AND SALT WATER: Selected Works | By Teresia Kieuea Teaiwa, compiled and edited by Katerina Teaiwa, April K. Henderson, and Terence Wesley-Smith SWEAT AND SALT WATER: Selected Works | By Teresia Kieuea Teaiwa, compiled and edited by Katerina Teaiwa, April K. Henderson, and Terence Wesley-Smith
Peter McQuarrie

THE FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA’S ENGAGEMENT WITH THE OUTSIDE WORLD: Control, Self-Preservation and Continuity | By Gonzaga Puas THE FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA’S ENGAGEMENT WITH THE OUTSIDE WORLD: Control, Self-Preservation and Continuity | By Gonzaga Puas
Ashley Meredith

WILD POLICY: Indigeneity and the Unruly Logics of Intervention | By Tess Lea WILD POLICY: Indigeneity and the Unruly Logics of Intervention | By Tess Lea
Ian Parker