Trousson, Raymond / Vercruysse, Jeroom (dir.), Dictionnaire general de Voltaire. (Champion classiques, references et dictionnaires 18) 1272 p. 2020:10 (Champion, FR) <670-9>
ISBN 978-2-38096-016-7 paper ¥7,064.- (税込) EUR 38.00

He, Kai / Feng, Huiyun, After Hedging: Hard Choices for the Indo-Pacific States Between the US and China. (Elements in International Relations) 75 pp. 2023:10 (Cambridge U. Pr., UK) <707-533>
ISBN 978-1-009-46269-3 hard ¥15,730.- (税込) GB￡ 55.00 *
ISBN 978-1-009-42058-7 paper ¥5,148.- (税込) GB￡ 18.00 *

The strategic rivalry between the United States and China has heightened since COVID-19. Secondary states face increasing difficulties maintaining a 'hedging' strategy between the United States and China. This Element introduces a preference-for-change model to explain the policy variations of states during the order transition. It suggests that policymakers will perceive a potential change in the international order through a cost-benefit prism. The interplays between the perceived costs and the perception of benefits from the order transition will shape states' policy choices among four strategic options: (1) hedging to bet on uncertainties; (2) bandwagoning with rising powers to support changes; (3) balancing against rising powers to resist changes; and (4) buck-passing to ignore changes. Four case studies (Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, and Thailand) are conducted to explore the policy choices of regional powers during the international order transition. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.

米中のグローバルな海事関係
Hong, Nong, US-China Global Maritime Relations. (Politics in Asia) 296 pp. 2023:12 (Routledge, UK) <707-534>
ISBN 978-1-032-51089-7 hard ¥41,470.- (税込) GB￡ 145.00 *

This book explores the U.S.-China maritime relationship, examining the development and implementation of the maritime strategies of both the United States and China.Delving into the U.S.-China maritime relationship within the global context, the book investigates six key maritime regions: the South China Sea, the Northeast Asia waters (the East China Sea, the Yellow Sea), the Indian Ocean, the South Pacific Ocean, as well as the Arctic and Antarctic regions. Its observations form a comprehensive exploration of these regions and their significance in shaping the dynamics between the two nations, and this analysis reveals that an expanded view is necessary to discover and clearly display the role that these maritime regions currently-and could potentially-play in overarching U.S.-China relations.Examining both the ongoing conflicts and opportunities for cooperation in the global maritime domain between the United States and China, this book will be a valuable resource to students and scholars of international relations, Chinese and U.S. politics, strategic studies, and maritime studies.

中国の一帯一路イニシアチブの地政学
Tudoroiu, Theodor, The Geopolitics of China's Belt and Road Initiative. (Routledge Contemporary China Series) 400 pp. 2023:11 (Routledge, UK) <707-580>
ISBN 978-1-032-61598-1 hard ¥41,470.- (税込) GB￡ 145.00 *

This book argues that China's Belt and Road Initiative should be seen more as a geopolitical project and less as a global economic project, with China aiming to bring about a new Chinese-led international order. It contends that China's international approach has two personas - an aggressive one, focusing on a nineteenth century-style territorial empire, which is applied to Taiwan and the seas adjacent to China; and a new-style persona, based on relationship building with the political elites of countries in the Global South, relying on large scale infrastructure projects to help secure the elites in power, a process often leading to lower democratic participation and weaker governance structures. It also shows how this relationship building with elites leads to an acceptance of Chinese norms and to changes in states' geopolitical preferences and foreign policies to align them with China's geopolitical interests, with states thereby joining China's emerging international order. Overall, the book emphasizes that this new-style, non-territorial "empire" building based on relationships is a major new development in international relations, not fully recognized and accounted for by international relations experts and theorists.

中国のマクロ安全保障
Vuori, Juha, Chinese Macrosecuritization: China's Alignment in Global Security Discourses. (Routledge New Security Studies) 296 pp. 2023:12 (Routledge, UK) <707-610>
ISBN 978-1-032-31367-2 hard ¥41,470.- (税込) GB￡ 145.00 *

This book provides a holistic picture of Chinese global security discourses, with a focus on macrosecuritizations.The work examines how the People's Republic of China (PRC) has aligned itself within global security discourses. This is approached through the theory of securitization, specifically by using the notion of macrosecuritization as the lens for its analysis. The book offers the first full account of Chinese macrosecuritization discourses and alignments, and it aims to discern what security speech with referent objects such as humanity, civilization, or nature has done in the domestic and international politics of China. Specifically, the work focuses on the discourses of the Cold War, anti-nuclear weapons, climate change, and the Global War on Terror, which have all been postulated in the literature as macrosecuritizations. In addition, it examines discourses with global referent objects that have been put forth by the PRC so that we can see whether its proposals for global security governance take the form of, or are legitimated through, macrosecuritization. The overall argument in the book is that the way contemporary China uses macrosecuritization discourses provides for ontological security as its position in relation to other major powers is undergoing transformation, by allowing it to maintain a consistent narrative of its international self that abides by its own set of moral values and sense of worth.This book will be of interest to students of critical security studies, Chinese politics and International Relations.The Open Access version of this book, available at www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (CC-BY-NC-SA) 4.0 International.

台湾の生活－社会・政治史
Alsford, Niki J. P., Taiwan Lives: A Social and Political History. (Taiwan and the World) 240 pp. 2024:2 (U. Washington Pr., US) <707-632>
ISBN 978-0-295-75215-0 hard ¥22,869.- (税込) US$ 110.00 *
ISBN 978-0-295-75216-7 paper ¥7,276.- (税込) US$ 35.00 *

Stories of migration, displacement, democratization, and transformationFrom a cradle of Austronesian expansion to the dynamic economic powerhouse and successful democracy it is today, Taiwan is layered in colonial histories. In Taiwan Lives, Niki J. P. Alsford presents a comprehensive examination of the island nation's rich and complex past, told through the life stories of those who have lived it.A merchant, an exile, an activist, a pop star, a doctor, and a president are just some of the twenty-four individuals whose lives populate this people's history of Taiwan. Ranging across time, social strata, ethnicity, and political alliance, these tales offer snapshots of historical eras and illustrate the interwoven fabric of colonialism. Chapters can be read in sequence or individually. With clear and accessible prose, Taiwan Lives is ideal for undergraduate course use.

初期中国・古代ギリシアにおける感情
Cairns, Douglas / Virag, Curie (eds.), In the Mind, in the Body, in the World: Emotions in Early China and Ancient Greece. (Emotions of the Past) 416 pp. 2023:12 (Oxford U. Pr., US) <707-633>
ISBN 978-0-19-768180-0 hard ¥24,948.- (税込) US$ 120.00 *

This volume of newly commissioned essays marks a collaborative effort among scholars of ancient Greece and early China to investigate discourses of emotions in ancient philosophy, medicine, and literature from c. 5th century BCE-2nd century CE. The aim is to bring scholars working in the two ancient traditions together to explore ways in which cross-cultural and cross-disciplinary investigation might be deployed to advance our understanding of the emotions in these ancient societies, and ultimately, to confront and challenge certain long-standing modern approaches to emotions. The volume not only highlights the diverse ways in which emotions have been portrayed and discussed in different geographical and cultural contexts, but also interrogates the concepts through which writers and thinkers in the past experienced and thought about the emotions. The book takes emotions not as natural givens, but as aspects of human experience and conceptualization whose significance can be properly assessed only within the practices, discourses, and institutions of particular societies. The volume addresses a wide range of topics, such as equanimity and impassivity in Daoism and Stoic thought; therapies of emotions in Greco-Roman and early Chinese medicine and philosophy; the cultivation of emotions in relation to perception, attention, and appraisal in Mengzi and the Stoics; the workings of emotion in Aristotle's moral psychology; models of embodiment in canonical ancient medical texts; the ethics and politics of respect, fear, and awe across time, space and genre; and the social function and expression of contempt in Greek literature. In fostering engagement across traditions and disciplines, the volume seeks to make substantive contributions to existing research in the history and philosophy of emotions, as well as the cross-cultural and global study of emotions.

中国とフィリピン－接続された歴史　1900～50年
Guingona, Phillip B., China and the Philippines: A Connected History, c. 1900-50. (Asian Connections 15) 296 pp. 2024 (Cambridge U. Pr., UK) * paper 2025 <707-634>
ISBN 978-1-009-35924-5 hard ¥24,310.- (税込) GB￡ 85.00 *
ISBN 978-1-009-35921-4 paper ¥8,576.- (税込) GB￡ 29.99 *

Foregrounding the entangled history of China and the Philippines, Guingona brings to life an array of understudied, but influential characters, such as Filipino jazz musicians, magnetic Chinese swimmers, expert Filipino marksmen, leading Chinese educators, Philippine-Chinese bankers, Filipina Carnival Queens, and many others. Through archival research in multiple languages, this innovative study advances a more nuanced reading of world history, reframing our understanding of the first half of the twentieth century by bringing interactions between Asian people to the fore and minimizing the role of those who historically dominated global history narratives. Through methodologically distinct case studies, Guingona presents a critique of Eurocentric approaches to world/global history, shedding light on the interconnected history of China and the Philippines in a transformative period. This title is part of the Flip it Open Programme and may also be available Open Access. Check our website Cambridge Core for details.

Guiyuan, Wang, A Study of Chinese Characters. (China Perspectives) 456 pp. 2023:12 (Routledge, UK) <707-635>
ISBN 978-1-032-60727-6 hard ¥41,470.- (税込) GB￡ 145.00 *

As the first volume of a two-volume set on Chinese ancient characters and newly unearthed literature, this book brings together the author's research articles that discuss the development of Chinese characters and the tradition of Chinese palaeography.The 23 chapters in this book focus on two aspects of Chinese characters. The first 13 chapters centre on the evolution of Chinese characters, analysing the composition system and its transformation, the motivation, and mechanisms behind its evolution, as well as the methodology of the study of ancient characters. The subsequent 10 chapters mainly revolve around Shuowen Jiezi, one of the oldest character dictionaries in China. The author offers a novel understanding of the core issues related to this most important philological work, such as the version of the dictionary, misunderstandings in previous scholarship, and its relations with other palaeographical materials.The title will appeal to students and scholars of Sinology, Chinese philology, and palaeography, as well as Chinese characters.

Guiyuan, Wang, A Study of Excavated Documents in China. (China Perspectives) 256 pp. 2023:12 (Routledge, UK) <707-636>
ISBN 978-1-032-61227-0 hard ¥41,470.- (税込) GB￡ 145.00 *

As the second volume of a two-volume set on Chinese ancient characters and unearthed literature, this book brings together the author's scholarly works on Chinese scripts studies and unearthed materials.In this volume, the author scrutinizes manuscripts unearthed from archaeological findings, including silk books and bamboo slips discovered in ancient tombs that date back to the Warring States period and the Qin and Han dynasties, as well as Turfan manuscripts. These materials serve as supplements of Shuowen Jiezi and other historical documents, which complement our understanding of ancient characters. Through textual analysis of these newly excavated documents, the author reinterprets the texts and resolves some knotty problems in Chinese palaeography.The title will appeal to students and scholars of Sinology, Chinese philology, and palaeography, as well as Chinese characters and unearthed manuscripts.

Harrell, Stevan, An Ecological History of Modern China. (A China Program Book) 582 pp. 2023:8 (U. Washington Pr., US) <707-637>
ISBN 978-0-295-75169-6 hard ¥22,869.- (税込) US$ 110.00 *
ISBN 978-0-295-75171-9 paper ¥7,276.- (税込) US$ 35.00 *

How mega-dams, industrial agriculture, and other developments challenge ecosystem resilienceIs environmental degradation an inevitable result of economic development? Can ecosystems be restored once government officials and the public are committed to doing so? These questions are at the heart of An Ecological History of Modern China, a comprehensive account of China's transformation since the founding of the People's Republic from the perspective not of the economy but of the biophysical world. Examples throughout illustrate how agricultural, industrial, and urban development have affected the resilience of China's ecosystems-their ability to withstand disturbances and additional growth-and what this means for the country's future. Drawing on decades of research, Stevan Harrell demonstrates the local and global impacts of China's miraculous rise. In clear and accessible prose, An Ecological History of Modern China untangles the paradoxes of development and questions the possibility of a future that is both prosperous and sustainable. It is a critical resource for students, scholars, and general readers interested in environmental change, Chinese history, and sustainable development.

Hongsheng, Cai, Sino-Foreign Cultural Exchange: A Historical Perspective. (China Perspectives) 424 pp. 2023:11 (Routledge, UK) <707-640>
ISBN 978-1-032-61186-0 hard ¥41,470.- (税込) GB￡ 145.00 *

Understanding culture as a whole way of life, this book touches on various aspects of Sino-foreign interactions, tracing cultural exchanges depicted in Chinese and foreign sources, with particular attention to events or anecdotes in the Tang and Qing periods.In addition to a discussion of the Sogdians and Turks in medieval China, an investigation of the localization process of pugs and lions through different Chinese dynasties, an analysis of the incorporation of Manichaeism into Chinese culture, and the depiction of the "Kunlun slaves" in Chinese Buddhist texts, this book also examines the "caravan tea" trade between Russia and China, the Russian-American company's attempt to do business in Canton, the translation of the Three Character Classic in Russia, the "Russian case" in the Tianjin missionary incident, as well as the Dutch factory in Canton and the Dutch mission in Beijing. This book concludes with a discussion of Chinese workers in Southeast Asia in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. From Central Asia to the South China Sea to the northern border with Russia, this book reveals its great diversity, yet with an intense focus on China's interactions with the outside world.This book will be essential reading for students and scholars of Chinese studies, medieval Central Asian studies, and those interested in world history.

Liu, Jie, From Classroom to War of Resistance: Chinese Military Interpreter Training during World War II. 168 pp. 2023:12 (Routledge, UK) <707-642>
ISBN 978-1-032-61910-1 hard ¥41,470.- (税込) GB￡ 145.00 *

This book focuses on a long- neglected yet important topic in China's translation history: interpreter/ translator training and wartime translation studies. It examines the military interpreter training programmes after the outbreak of the Pacific War (1941-1945), further revealing the indispensable role of translation and interpreting in war.The author explores the relationship between linguistic education and war context in the China- Burma- India Theatre, where international cooperation was salient. Some 4,000 interpreting officers played a vital role in assisting in air defence, transportation, training of the Chinese army and coordinating expeditionary operations. The book seeks to bring these interpreters to life, telling the stories of why they joined the war, how they were trained and what they did in the war. Through the study of training programmes, historical archives, accounts and trainees' memoirs, discussions revolve around key strands of education, including curriculums, textbooks and training methods. Utilising foreign language education practices as its main case study, the book analyses these through the framework of linguistic and translation theories.The book contributes to Chinese interpreting history by exploring its first-ever nationwide professional interpreting (and translation) training practices, and will inspire scholars of translation/ interpreting training, world modern history and foreign language education in general.

Manion, Melanie, Political Selection in China: Rethinking Foundations and Findings. (Elements in Politics and Society in East Asia) 2023:9 (Cambridge U. Pr., UK) <707-644>
ISBN 978-1-009-32711-4 paper ¥5,148.- (税込) GB￡ 18.00 *

Political selection is about how individuals are selected to political office - and this substantially determines the quality of governance. The evidence favors democratic elections as the selection institution that produces high governance quality. Yet authoritarian China, where a communist party monopolizes the selection of all officials of importance, presents a sophisticated and, by some measures, successful contrast to liberal democratic versions of political selection. Understanding how and how much the preferences of the few at the political center in Beijing systematically shape the composition and actions of the tens of thousands of leaders who manage politics, society, and the economy across China is foundational to understanding China. This Element critically reviews the literature on political selection in China to better structure our knowledge on this important question. It clarifies sources of greatly disparate findings in statistical studies and identifies major descriptive challenges to these studies in rich qualitative and quantitative evidence.

Mastro, Oriana Skylar, Upstart: China's Rise to Great Power Status. 304 pp. 2024:7 (Oxford U. Pr., US) <707-645>
ISBN 978-0-19-769506-7 hard ¥6,234.- (税込) US$ 29.99 *

A powerful new explanation of China's rise that draws from the business world to show that China is not simply copying established great powers, but exploiting geopolitical opportunities around the world that those other powers had ignored. Thirty years ago, the idea that China could challenge the United States economically, globally, and militarily seemed unfathomable. Yet today, China is considered another great power in the international system. How did China manage to build power, from a weaker resource position, in an international system that was dominated by the U.S.? What factors determined the strategies Beijing pursued to achieve this feat? Using elite interviews, granular data, and authoritative Chinese sources, Oriana Skylar Mastro demonstrates that China was able to climb to great power status through a careful mix of strategic emulation, exploitation, and entrepreneurship on the international stage. This "upstart approach" - determined by where and how China chose to compete - allowed China to rise economically, politically, and militarily, without triggering a catastrophic international backlash that would stem its rise. China emulated (i.e. pursued similar strategies to the U.S. in similar areas) when its leaders thought doing so would build power, while reassuring the U.S. of its intentions. China exploited (i.e. adopted similar approaches to the U.S. in new areas of competition) when China felt that the overall U.S. strategy was effective, but didn't want to risk direct confrontation. Lastly, China pursued entrepreneurial actions (i.e. innovative approaches to new and existing areas of competition) when it believed emulation might elicit a negative reaction and a more effective approach was available. Beyond explaining the unique nature of China's rise, Upstart: How China Became a Great Power provides policy guidance on how the U.S. can maintain a competitive edge in this new era of great power competition.

Su, Yan, Infodemic in the Era of Post-Truth. (China Perspectives) 168 pp. 2023:12 (Routledge, UK) <707-646>
ISBN 978-1-032-61318-5 hard ¥41,470.- (税込) GB￡ 145.00 *

With the revolution in information technology, concerns about the proliferation of false, unverified, and misleading information have been growing. As one of the severe public health crises in modern history, the COVID-19 pandemic has provided a novel context for the "post-truth" research. In a "post-truth" era, people are no longer interested in investigating objective facts, but tend to curl up in echo chambers and resonate with like-minded others. Against this backdrop, this book (1) systematically conceptualises "post-truth" and analyzes its defining characteristics and driving forces, (2) examines the nuanced effects of information sources and news consumption behaviours and strategies on COVID-19 misperceptions and knowledge, (3) explores the role of social media in shaping COVID-19-related misperceptions and knowledge, and (4) highlights the importance of news media literacy in navigating the "post-truth" era.The book will be essential reading for students and scholars of media and film studies, communication studies and comparative studies. It will also be a useful reference for medical and media professionals such as doctors, nurses and journalists.

Taiyan, Zhang, Introduction to Guoxue: Traditional Chinese Thoughts, Culture, and Learning. 184 pp. 2023:11 (Routledge, UK) <707-647>
ISBN 978-1-032-61450-2 hard ¥41,470.- (税込) GB￡ 145.00 *

This book is a collection of Zhang Taiyan's lectures on traditional Chinese thoughts, culture, and learning.Zhang Taiyan is known for his role as an active proponent of Guoxue (Chinese learning) in modern China. This title comprises the transcripts of a series of his lectures on Guoxue given in Shanghai between April and June 1922, and serves as an insightful and influential companion to Guoxue. It systematically introduces the research methods of Guoxue and the development and schools of Chinese classical studies, Chinese philosophy, and Chinese literature, and provides a brilliant analysis of representative figures and works from various periods. It also touches on a wide range of topics in Chinese history, philology, paleography, bibliology, and geography. This book provides Guoxue with many new and thought-provoking ideas and plays a crucial role in the dissemination of Guoxue throughout the world.This title will be essential reading for students and scholars of Sinology and Chinese Studies, as well as for the general public interested in traditional Chinese culture.

Tinglan, Cai, Miscellany of the South Seas: A Chinese Scholar's Chronicle of Shipwreck and Travel through 1830s Vietnam. Tr. by K. Baldanza et al. 190 pp. 2023:7 (U. Washington Pr., US) <707-648>
ISBN 978-0-295-75166-5 hard ¥22,869.- (税込) US$ 110.00 *
ISBN 978-0-295-75167-2 paper ¥7,276.- (税込) US$ 35.00 *

A riveting tale of danger, adventure, and connectionIn 1835 young Chinese scholar Cai Tinglan was caught in a typhoon while sailing across the Taiwan Strait. He and his shipmates spent a harrowing week at sea before drifting to the coast of central Vietnam. With an escort of Vietnamese soldiers, Cai traveled north along the famous "Mandarin Road," meeting governors-general of each province he passed through along his overland journey to Fujian Province in China. Cai documented his experiences in Miscellany of the South Seas (Hainan zazhu), a vivid account of clothing, food, religious practices, government affairs, and other aspects of daily life in early Nguy?n dynasty Vietnam. Cai's encounters with diasporic Chinese show the Hokkien merchant community's penetration into Vietnamese society, while his warm embrace by Nguy?n officials illustrates a shared elite world of classical culture across international borders. In this first English translation, Kathlene Baldanza and Zhao Lu provide a comprehensive introduction that puts Cai's account in social, political, and economic context, along with extensive annotation and a glossary.

Zhang, Ketian, China's Gambit: The Calculus of Coercion. 225 pp. 2023:10 (Cambridge U. Pr., UK) <707-653>
ISBN 978-1-009-42378-6 hard ¥24,310.- (税込) GB￡ 85.00 *

Emerging from an award-winning article in International Security, China's Gambit examines when, why, and how China attempts to coerce states over perceived threats to its national security. Since 1990, China has used coercion for territorial disputes and issues related to Taiwan and Tibet, yet China is curiously selective in the timing, target, and tools of coercion. This book offers a new and generalizable cost-balancing theory to explain states' coercion decisions. It demonstrates that China does not coerce frequently and uses military coercion less when it becomes stronger, resorting primarily to non-militarized tools. Leveraging rich empirical evidence, including primary Chinese documents and interviews with Chinese and foreign officials, this book explains how contemporary rising powers translate their power into influence and offers a new framework for explaining states' coercion decisions in an era of economic interdependence, particularly how contemporary global economic interdependence affects rising powers' foreign security policies.

Zhiji, Liu, A Thorough Exploration in Historiography / Shitong. Tr. & intro by V. C. Xiong. (Classics of Chinese Thought) 1104 pp. 2023:6 (U. Washington Pr., US) <707-654>
ISBN 978-0-295-75106-1 hard ¥31,185.- (税込) US$ 150.00 *

The definitive translation of a masterpiece in ancient Chinese historiographyIn the early eighth century, frustrated with the authorities but still hoping to gain immortality through his future oeuvre, the Tang court historian Liu Zhiji set out to write Shitong, in which he would rigorously explore the tradition of historical writing in China. Liu scrutinized hundreds of texts from antiquity to the early Tang dynasty (618-907) and evaluated their authors according to what he deemed the three essential qualities for historians: talent, knowledge, and insight. Shitong is now generally considered the greatest work of traditional Chinese historiography. It preserves precious information on a host of lost ancient and medieval titles while advancing a critical view on history writing. This first translation of the work into a Western language provides textual criticism and annotation for the historical figures, events, and allusions that are crucial to appreciating the work, making it a must-read for students of historiography East and West.

アフリカの鉄道ルネサンス－中国の役割と影響
Zajontz, Tim / Carmody, P. / Bagwandeen, M. et al. (eds.), Africa's Railway Renaissance: The Role and Impact of China. (New Regionalisms Series) 268 pp. 2023:7 (Routledge, UK) * paper 2024 <707-230>
ISBN 978-1-032-07741-3 hard ¥38,610.- (税込) GB￡ 135.00 *
ISBN 978-1-032-07742-0 paper ¥11,436.- (税込) GB￡ 39.99 *

This book investigates the history, political economy and spatiality of Chinese railway projects in Africa. It examines the financial governance of Sino-African railway projects, their socio-cultural, political and economic effects as well as the regional dimension of Africa's new railway architecture and its function within China's Belt and Road Initiative. Leading and emerging scholars from Africa, China, Europe and the Americas offer interpretations through politicoeconomic, historical, geographical and post-colonial conceptual lenses. Case studies on projects in Angola, Ethiopia, Kenya, Nigeria, Tanzania and Zambia offer an empirically rich and cross-disciplinary picture of Sino-African railway developments at the micro-, meso- and macro-levels. Regional analyses on West and East Africa expose persistent obstacles to the regional integration of Africa's railways. The volume outlines opportunities and challenges related to Africa's railway renaissance in the post-COVID-19 global political economy and will be of great interest to academics, students and practitioners interested in Africa-China relations and their developmental effects or in the politics of infrastructure, spatial governance and the political economy of transport.

Kwon, June Hee, Borderland Dreams: The Transnational Lives of Korean Chinese Workers. 256 pp. 2023:11 (Duke U. Pr., US) <707-235>
ISBN 978-1-4780-2051-6 hard ¥21,402.- (税込) US$ 102.95 *
ISBN 978-1-4780-2533-7 paper ¥5,602.- (税込) US$ 26.95 *

In Borderland Dreams June Hee Kwon explores the trajectory of the "Korean dream" that has fueled the massive migration of Korean Chinese workers from the Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture in northeast China to South Korea since the early 1990s. Charting the interplay of bodies, money, and time, the ethnography reveals how these migrant workers, in the course of pursuing their borderland dreams, are transformed into a transnational ethnicized class. Kwon analyzes the persistent desire of Korean Chinese to "leave to live better" at the intersection between the neoliberalizing regimes of post-socialist China and post-Cold War South Korea. Scrutinizing the tensions and affinities among the Korean Chinese, North and South Koreans, and Han Chinese whose lives intertwine in the borderland, Kwon captures the diverse and multifaceted aspirations of Korean Chinese workers caught between the ascendant Chinese dream and the waning Korean dream.

いかに武漢でCOVID-19が大流行し、中国が手に負えない状況に陥ったか
Yang, Dali L., Wuhan: How the COVID-19 Outbreak in Wuhan, China Spiralled Out of Control. 400 pp. 2024:3 (Oxford U. Pr., US) <707-278>
ISBN 978-0-19-775626-3 hard ¥7,276.- (税込) US$ 35.00 *

The definitive account of the Chinese government's response to the initial Covid-19 outbreak in Wuhan. The Covid-19 pandemic, which began as an outbreak in Wuhan in late 2019, has claimed millions of lives and caused unprecedented disruptions. Despite its generation-defining significance, there has been a surprising lack of independent research examining the decisions and measures implemented in the weeks leading up to the Wuhan lockdown, as well as the missteps and shortcomings that allowed the novel coronavirus to spread with minimal hindrance. In Wuhan: How the COVID-19 Outbreak in China Spiraled Out of Control, Dali L. Yang scrutinizes China's emergency response to the Covid-19 outbreak in Wuhan, delving into the government's handling of epidemic information and the decisions that influenced the scale and scope of the outbreak. Yang's research reveals that China's health decision-makers and experts had an excellent head start when they implemented a health emergency action program to respond to the outbreak at the end of December 2019. With granular detail and compelling immediacy, Yang investigates the political and bureaucratic processes that hindered information flows and sharing, as well as the cognitive framework that limited understanding of the virus's contagiousness and hampered effective decisions. Yang's research uncovers that urgent warnings from sources outside Wuhan helped shift the Chinese health leadership's focus towards epidemic control. Once this shift occurred, China's party-state mobilized resources and enforced a lockdown in Wuhan. This lockdown was divided into two phases: providing additional medical resources and enforcing community-level lockdowns and home confinement. The 76-day lockdown contained the virus within China's borders, but the leadership and public later faced the challenge of reopening China in a world still grappling with SARS-CoV-2. Wuhan: How the COVID-19 Outbreak in China Spiraled Out of Control also critiques the Chinese authorities for prioritizing dominance and control in their response to the Wuhan outbreak. This preoccupation led to the suppression, distortion, and neglect of crucial disease information, fostering an atmosphere of organized silence. The punishment of whistleblowers and the banning of the immediate release of research findings on the novel coronavirus further contributed to this silencing. Yang emphasizes the importance of retaining public trust during a pandemic and underscores the need for transparency, openness to new information, and direct communication of risk with the public.

Liu, Zhibiao / Xu, Ning / Kong, Lingchi (eds.), Integration Development in the China Yangtze River Delta. (China Perspectives) 320 pp. 2023:11 (Routledge, UK) <707-186>
ISBN 978-1-032-59560-3 hard ¥41,470.- (税込) GB￡ 145.00 *

This book systematically investigates the strategic significance and dynamic mechanisms present in the development of the Yangtze River Delta cluster, one of the major drivers of economic growth in China.The Yangtze River Delta is the most densely populated region in China, with the highest level of economic development. Against the background of China's national strategy that aims to bolster and augment integrated development on the regional level, this study reviews the development process of the region and possible hindrances to further growth. From a wide array of dimensions, it assesses the key influencing factors, including institutional construction, governance mechanisms, spatial layout, government and corporate competition, the market environment, industrial linkages and synergies, collaborative innovation, public service, and social networks. Based on theoretical analysis and empirical studies, the book advances policy suggestions that help to solve the challenges for integrated development in the region.The volume will benefit scholars and students, as well as investors, business observers, and policy makers interested in the Chinese economy, regional economics, industrial economics, and economic geography.