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

Chu, Cindy Yik-yi, Cardinal John Tong: Renewal within Tradition in the Catholic Church in Hong Kong. (Christianity in Modern China) 138 pp. 2024:12 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <739-83>
ISBN 978-981-9795-90-1 hard ¥9,588.- (税込) EUR 39.99 *

This is a biography of Cardinal John Tong of Hong Kong, which charts his experiences through the Second World War, his time as a seminarian in Macau, and his studies in Rome during the Second Vatican Council (1962-65), which represented a pivotal moment in modern Catholic Church history. Upon his return to Hong Kong, he became a prominent figure within the Church. His story provides a more critical insight into the development of the Church in Hong Kong and China. Since 1979, Cardinal Tong has made over one hundred visits to the mainland of China, thereby making a significant contribution to the development of the Church. This biography constitutes an invaluable historical record of the Church since 1979. The author has made effective use of the personal writings of Cardinal Tong, which have not been previously utilized and have not been included in any published materials until now. This book illuminates the pivotal role of Hong Kong, which has been largely overlooked in previous accounts. The history of the Chinese Catholic Church will undoubtedly require rewriting following the publication of this biography.

Guo, Yingjie (ed.), Jiaohua: Chinese Ideas and Practices of Moral Transformation. (Chinese Culture 13) 267 pp. 2025:2 (Springer, GW) <739-70>
ISBN 978-981-9794-86-7 hard ¥33,568.- (税込) EUR 139.99 *

Chapters "Jiaohua through Humanistic Buddhism: Integrating Transcendence with Worldly Matters" and "Jiaohua through Humanistic Buddhism: Integrating Transcendence with Worldly Matters" are available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License via link.springer.com.

Li, Xuewen, Land Developmentalism: Local Governments and Land Overdevelopment in China. (Urban Sustainability) 209 pp. 2025:2 (Springer, GW) <739-387>
ISBN 978-981-9795-93-2 hard ¥31,170.- (税込) EUR 129.99 *

This book examines the strategies adopted by local governments to obtain excess construction land quotas in the face of the central government's strict land management system. It applies game theory, principal-agent theory, collective action theory, and competition and collusion theory to analyze the trade-offs and constraints faced by local governments under the existing institutional framework. It also empirically tests the imitative competitive strategy of land violation and the institutional collusion strategy of land development rights trading using spatial panel model and Tobit model. The book reveals the internal mechanism behind local governments' simultaneous adoption of competitive and collusive strategies in pursuing local interests and economic growth. It also shows how local governments' land violations have significant strategic characteristics in time and space, and how economic development gap, resource endowment gap, and human network relationship influence their collusion formation in land development rights trading. This book is a valuable contribution to the literature on land management, local governance, and political economy in China. It is suitable for scholars, students, policy makers, and practitioners who are interested in understanding the complex dynamics of land development in China. The book is written in an accessible and engaging style, with clear explanations of theoretical concepts and empirical methods.

香港返還に関する中国とイギリスの交渉　1979～97年
Gao, Wanglai, Sino-British Negotiations on the Handover of Hong Kong (1979-1997). 244 pp. 2025:2 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <739-408>
ISBN 978-981-9795-61-1 hard ¥33,568.- (税込) EUR 139.99 *

In 1997, the smooth handover of Hong Kong between China and the United Kingdom defied pessimistic predictions about Hong Kong's future. The successful resolution of the Hong Kong issue was the result of 18 years of diplomatic exchanges between Chinese and British negotiators from 1979 to 1997. The two countries were involved in intensive interactions on issues such as sovereignty and administration, democratic reform in Hong Kong, the drafting of the Hong Kong Basic Law, and the PLA garrison. The book draws on a wealth of primary sources, including oral histories, British parliamentary testimony and the memoirs of Chinese and British officials. It reveals fascinating bilateral exchanges between Chinese and British strategists and discloses the secret negotiations between the Chinese and the British. The book will be of interest to historians, scholars and analysts of Chinese diplomacy.

ラテンアメリカ、中国、大国の競争
Peters, Enrique Dussel, Latin America, China, and Great Power Competition: New Triangular Relationships. 225 pp. 2025:3 (Lynne Rienner, US) <739-446>
ISBN 978-1-962551-71-7 hard ¥22,869.- (税込) US$ 110.00

Bell, Daniel A. (ed.), What Does It Mean to Be or to Become Chinese?: Interdiciplinary Reflections on Chinese Identity. 300 pp. 2025:3 (Hong Kong U. Pr., CC) <739-492>
ISBN 978-988-237-360-0 hard ¥10,395.- (税込) US$ 50.00

This edited volume presents a multidisciplinary exploration of Chinese identity, bringing together contributions from philosophers, historians, and legal theorists. The book examines the question of what it means to be, or to become, Chinese, offering a rich collection of perspectives that span both historical and contemporary contexts. Through a series of thought-provoking chapters, the authors explore the complexities of "Chineseness," shedding light on its relational and multifaceted nature. Key themes addressed include the importance of a relational worldview that underpins Chinese philosophy and social life, the historical evolution of Chinese identity, and the moral obligations associated with family, nation, and global responsibility. The book also explores the legal dimensions of Chinese identity, emphasizing the role of legal ties that provide fair treatment to all. Taken together, these diverse perspectives provide readers with a comprehensive and nuanced understanding of Chinese identity, making the volume an essential resource for scholars and students of Chinese studies, philosophy, history, sociology and law.

Eroglu, Hale, Muslim Transnationalism in Modern China: Debates on Hui Identity and Islamic Reform. (Columbia Studies in International and Global History) 344 pp. 2025:4 (Columbia U. Pr., US) <739-495>
ISBN 978-0-231-21178-9 hard ¥30,145.- (税込) US$ 145.00 *
ISBN 978-0-231-21179-6 paper ¥7,692.- (税込) US$ 37.00 *

In the early twentieth century, as the multiethnic Qing empire transformed into the Republican Chinese nation-state, Chinese Muslims faced new challenges, confronting competing visions of nation-building, religion, secularism, democracy, and modernity. In this book, Hale Eroglu explores how a group of key figures navigated this complex landscape, offering a transnational intellectual history of Chinese Muslim thought.Muslim Transnationalism in Modern China provides a portrait of underrecognized reformists who aimed to turn Muslim subjects into active Chinese citizens and revive "true" Islam in order to aid China's development and promote peace. Eroglu examines reformists' engagement with local and transnational Muslim currents, spanning "orthodox," "heterodox," reformist, secular, and socialist movements from Egypt, Britain, India, Turkey, and the Soviet Union. She reveals their varied strategies and highlights how they adapted global ideas to address local challenges such as the policies of the Nationalist and Communist parties, the antireligion discourse of the New Culture Movement, and the anti-Islam rhetoric of Christian missionaries. Drawing from Republican and early Communist-era journals, Chinese translations of Islamic sources, and memoirs and travelogues, this book offers a nuanced understanding of Chinese-speaking Muslim intellectuals' efforts to balance local and global influences in shaping their community's future.

中国の科挙の歴史
Haifeng, Liu / Bing, Li, History of Chinese Imperial Examination. 984 pp. 2025:1 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <739-498>
ISBN 978-981-9791-43-9 hard ¥52,752.- (税込) EUR 219.99 *

This book is a comprehensive and systematic exposition of the history of the emergence, development, and evolution of Chinese imperial examination system. It gathers the author's insights from over thirty years of research on the history of the imperial examination and can be regarded as a summary work on the study of imperial examination history in China. It follows the historical sequence, taking the development and evolution of the imperial examination as the warp, and the characters, events, activities, and thoughts as the latitude. It not only narrates the history of the imperial examination system, but also pays attention to the actual operation of the imperial examination system. At the same time, it takes into account the historical development of examination thought. And during narration, it focuses on the interaction and interdependence between people and the system, as well as their interactive influence. Therefore, it is both academic and readable.

Hase, Patrick H., Villages and Market Towns in Hong Kong: Settlement and History. 740 pp. 2025:3 (Hong Kong U. Pr., CC) <739-499>
ISBN 978-988-237-317-4 paper ¥9,979.- (税込) US$ 48.00 *

Ever since he came to Hong Kong some 50 years ago, Patrick Hase has researched the local history of Hong Kong, and especially of the New Territories villages and market towns. Written documentation for the study of these communities has been lacking, so much of the research was conducted by way of oral interviews with village elders, conducted during 1980s and 1990s, seeking their memories of what the villages were like in their youth, a century and more ago, and what they remembered of what their grandparents had told them of the history of the community before modernization, urbanization, and high-technology changed those communities forever.

湾岸地域における中国の戦略
Houhghton, Benjamin, China's Strategy in the Gulf: Navigating Conflicts and Rivalries. 260 pp. 2025:3 (Lynne Rienner, US) <739-500>
ISBN 978-1-962551-46-5 hard ¥22,869.- (税込) US$ 110.00

中国の革命の文化政治　1942～76年
Kindler, Benjamin, Writing to the Rhythm of Labor: Cultural Politics of the Chinese Revolution, 1942-1976. 280 pp. 2025:4 (Columbia U. Pr., US) <739-501>
ISBN 978-0-231-21931-0 hard ¥30,145.- (税込) US$ 145.00 *
ISBN 978-0-231-21932-7 paper ¥7,692.- (税込) US$ 37.00 *

What does it mean to write in a socialist revolution? What defines labor in a communist society? In revolutionary China, writers were regularly dispatched to the countryside or factories with the expectation that, through immersion in the life of workers and peasants, they would be remade as "culture workers" whose writing could serve the communist project. Their cultural labor would not merely reflect or represent the process of building socialism-it would actively participate in it by excavating the contradictions and challenges of the ongoing reorganization of social relations.Benjamin Kindler examines how writing transformed the Chinese Revolution even as the revolution remade what it meant to write. He argues that the revolution sought in unparalleled ways to overcome the basic division between those who write and those who work. This book combines close readings of a wide range of texts-from the works of established figures to the writings of amateur workers drawn from the factory floor-with analysis of Chinese socialist political economy. Far from being drab instances of state propaganda, these texts and cultural experiments were lively and inventive attempts to determine what a different, more equal society might look like. Offering new ways to understand cultural production as a material, embodied process, this book reconsiders the role of art and literature in radical politics.

中国の第三空間－穏健政治のパラドクス　1946～2020年
Liu, Jianmei, Chinese Thirdspace: The Paradox of Moderate Politics, 1946-2020. (Global Chinese Culture) 368 pp. 2025:3 (Columbia U. Pr., US) <739-503>
ISBN 978-0-231-21420-9 hard ¥30,145.- (税込) US$ 145.00 *
ISBN 978-0-231-21421-6 paper ¥7,692.- (税込) US$ 37.00 *

Chinese intellectuals have long chafed under the dominance of dualities-the sense that they are trapped between two diametrically opposed forces, with no choice but to pick one side or the other. Over the years, they have been driven into binary debates such as reform versus revolution, tradition versus modernity, the West versus the East, and left versus right. At the same time, a number of key thinkers have sought to transcend the extremes and find middle ground.This book examines how a diverse set of Chinese intellectuals carved out in-between spaces beyond the poles of competing ideologies for greater openness, multiplicity, and pluralism. Reappropriating and rehistoricizing the concept of Thirdspace-theorized by Homi Bhabha and Edward Soja-Jianmei Liu traces how writers and artists, in different times and places, have explored and developed alternatives to either/or dichotomies. Chinese Thirdspace brings together an unexpected group of cases, including Zhang Dongsun's political philosophy, Yin Haiguang's "colorless thought," Jin Yong's martial arts fiction, Liu Zaifu's fragmentary writing, Gao Xingjian's transmedia cine-poems, Xi Xi's hybrid works, Chi Zijian's eulogy of shamanism, Chu Tien-Hsin's various heterotopias, and Chan Koonchung's speculative political novel, concluding with the controversy over Fang Fang's Wuhan Diary. Their works offer new ways to grapple with the modern Chinese experience, and as Liu shows, they contain alternative possibilities for a future beyond the binary oppositions of our current era. Wide-ranging and theoretically rich, this interdisciplinary book demonstrates the pivotal role of Thirdspace in the intellectual history, politics, philosophy, literature, aesthetics, art, and film of modern China.

Lo, Kwai-Cheung, Ethnic Minority Cinema in China's Nation-State Building. (China Understandings Today / Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University) 298 pp. 2025:2 (U. Michigan Pr., US) <739-504>
ISBN 978-0-472-07727-4 hard ¥20,790.- (税込) US$ 100.00 *
ISBN 978-0-472-05727-6 paper ¥7,265.- (税込) US$ 34.95 *

Ethnic Minority Cinema in China's Nation-State Building investigates the convoluted relations between the cinematic productions about non-Han ethnic minorities and China's nation-state building project from the early Republican era of the 1920s to the current authoritarian regime in the twenty-first century. The glossy, but superficial, cinematic depictions of non-Han ethnic minorities manufactured and manipulated by state authorities have deeply penetrated the Chinese psyche of what an ideal multiethnic nation should be like, with these visuals changing what it means to be Chinese under political unification. Kwai-Cheung Lo understands these ethnic minorities as part of a larger ecosystem and alludes to the cultures, values, and life practices of non-Han ethnic minorities as closely entwined with environmental issues and politics. This intertwining, Lo argues, suggests a crisis in "objectification and identification" of both people and the environment, that plays out in cinema featuring ethnic minorities. Lo traces these representations of Chinese ethnic minority groups in films created by both members of the Han-majority and non-Han filmmakers, examining how these representations became a site in which state authorities, Han and non-Han communities, and foreign agencies compete and interact under the larger context of building and imagining the Chinese nation-state.

Luo, Yu, Ethnic Branding in Contemporary China: Buyi and the Paradox of Difference. (Studies on Ethnic Groups in China) 264 pp. 2025:4 (U. Washington Pr., US) <739-505>
ISBN 978-0-295-75363-8 hard ¥22,869.- (税込) US$ 110.00 *
ISBN 978-0-295-75364-5 paper ¥7,276.- (税込) US$ 35.00 *

An ethnic group at the crossroads of uniqueness and conformity in Southwestern ChinaThe Buyi people face a dilemma. On the one hand, they work hard to maintain their culture-both out of pride and to attract visitors to their region. On the other, they want to maintain the government and popular perception of the Buyi as part of the Chinese civilization, a notion that in turn undermines the exoticism sustaining their tourism. Placing the Buyi's situation within a local history of ethnicity, Yu Luo documents their attempts to shape a brand that's different enough but not too different from neighboring groups. The child of a Buyi father and a Han mother, Luo draws on insider and outsider perspectives to analyze how locals rework ritual beliefs, artistic performances, and cultural landmarks to navigate their inward search for identity and outward desire for market success.A rare and vivid portrait, Ethnic Branding in Contemporary China merges intimate observation with critical analysis to explore how a minority group in the People's Republic delicately balances cultural pride and economic survival.

Muscolino, Micah S., Remaking the Earth, Exhausting the People: The Burden of Conservation in Modern China. (A Samuel and Althea Stroum Book) 280 pp. 2025:7 (U. Washington Pr., US) <739-506>
ISBN 978-0-295-75397-3 hard ¥22,869.- (税込) US$ 110.00
ISBN 978-0-295-75398-0 paper ¥7,276.- (税込) US$ 35.00

論争の的の台湾－主権、社会運動、政党の形成
Nachman, Lev, Contested Taiwan: Sovereignty, Social Movements, and Party Formation. (Taiwan and the World / Jackson School Publications in International Studies) 216 pp. 2025:6 (U. Washington Pr., US) <739-507>
ISBN 978-0-295-75391-1 hard ¥22,869.- (税込) US$ 110.00 *
ISBN 978-0-295-75392-8 paper ¥7,276.- (税込) US$ 35.00 *

Where statehood is contested, questions of identity and territory define the political landscapeDespite maintaining de facto sovereignty, states like Taiwan find themselves unrecognized in today's international system because another power claims the state as part of their territory. This fraught status, in turn, significantly affects the domestic politics of these places.Lev Nachman's exploration of Taiwan's political landscape after the 2014 Sunflower Movement brings a fresh perspective to understanding social movement mobilization and political party formation in what he terms "contested states." In these states, political cleavages are defined not by traditional left-right issues but by questions of identity, territory, and what to do about the country that claims them. Drawing from 150 interviews with Taiwanese activists and politicians, as well as a comparative analysis of Ukraine, Nachman reveals that traditional political science theories fall short when explaining the formation of movement parties in such contexts. Instead, he argues, looming existential threats and strained relationships between activists and established proindependence parties drive social movements into formal political arenas.Contested Taiwan offers a new approach to understanding contested statehood, movement party formation, and what motivates individuals to take political action across the world.

Neubauer, Jack, The Adoption Plan: China and the Remaking of Global Humanitarianism. 336 pp. 2025:3 (Columbia U. Pr., US) <739-508>
ISBN 978-0-231-21802-3 hard ¥29,106.- (税込) US$ 140.00 *
ISBN 978-0-231-21803-0 paper ¥7,276.- (税込) US$ 35.00 *

During the tumultuous years of World War II and the Cold War, new global humanitarian ideas and practices coalesced around the cause of saving the children in China. How did China's children become archetypal victims who ignited a new global humanitarian imagination? And who would prevail in the transnational contest to control the vast quantities of aid flowing into China on their behalf?The Adoption Plan offers a new history of the rise of global humanitarianism that places the recipients, administrators, and critics of humanitarian aid in China at the center of the story. Analyzing how the "adoption plan" for international child sponsorship became one of the most popular fundraising strategies for humanitarian work in China and across the world, Jack Neubauer explores how the globalization of humanitarian aid was linked to new practices of global intimacy that enabled donors to build personal relationships with Chinese children across geographic and cultural divides. Drawing on hundreds of letters written by Chinese children to foreign sponsors and extensive research in Chinese archives, Neubauer shows how China's Nationalist and Communist parties mobilized the emotional bonds between children and sponsors to secure international support for their competing political projects. By the 1950s, child sponsorship and international adoption had become the most hotly contested humanitarian programs in Cold War East Asia.Upending the conventional view of humanitarianism as a tool of Western influence, The Adoption Plan demonstrates that it was often the Chinese recipients of aid who were best able to control its material and ideological uses.

東南アジアにおける中国の一帯一路イニシアチブの影響
Santasombat, Yos / Lee, Kian Cheng (eds.), The Impact of China's Belt and Road Initiative in Southeast Asia: Evaluating Risks and Benefits. 336 pp. 2025:2 (Springer, GW) <739-510>
ISBN 978-981-9795-10-9 hard ¥38,364.- (税込) EUR 159.99 *

Drawing insights from intensive empirical investigation of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) projects in various Southeast Asian countries, this book assesses and analyzes the continuing impact of China's BRI on Thailand and ASEAN at a critical period of Southeast Asian history. Over the past decade, the BRI, a large flagship foreign policy effort of President Xi Jinping, has had a significant economic, political, and environmental impact across the world. Since its inception, the BRI has remained shrouded in confusion and controversy. The Covid-19 pandemic also presented additional challenges for our understanding of the BRI that warrant further exploration. This volume places special focus on special economic zones (SEZs) and high-speed train projects, and comparatively examines and critically analyzes the risks and benefits stemming from these megaprojects. Breaking away from existing academic studies on the BRI, which have been largely based on macro analysis with a top-down approach and theoretical deliberation, this book focuses on local realities with a qualitative approach to identify the potential impact of the BRI on the development of ASEAN countries. By way of a bottom-up, empirically-rich, first-hand ethnographic account of the risks and benefits of the BRI projects at the local, national, and regional levels in ASEAN, this book makes a substantial contribution to multiple disciplinary arenas, from anthropology, sociology, and history, to political science and international relations, with particular relevance to those researching China and its relationships with Southeast Asia.

〔英訳〕国際都市天津－グローバル化のもう一つの歴史
Singaravelou, Pierre, Tianjin Cosmopolis: An Alternative History of Globalization. Tr. by S. W. Sawyer. (Columbia Studies in International and Global History) 336 pp. 2025:4 (Columbia U. Pr., US) <739-512>
ISBN 978-0-231-19200-2 hard ¥29,106.- (税込) US$ 140.00 *
ISBN 978-0-231-19201-9 paper ¥7,276.- (税込) US$ 35.00 *

At the turn of the twentieth century, the city of Tianjin was the diplomatic capital of the Middle Kingdom, where foreign consuls met Chinese dignitaries, and a hub of commerce and culture. Yet in the eyes of foreigners, the city remained provincial. After the tumult of the Boxer Rebellion, however, Tianjin transformed, when a little-known international political project turned it for a time into one of the most cosmopolitan places in the world.Pierre Singaravelou tells the story of Tianjin's emergence as a transnational metropolis, arguing that the city's experience challenges conventional narratives of the origins of globalization. He focuses on the aftermath of the Boxer Rebellion, when a number of imperial powers established an international military government that sought to modernize the city and its environs. Under its reign, people from all over the West and Asia flocked to Tianjin, in a whirlwind of commercial and cultural exchange. This provisional government embarked on ambitious public works and public health projects, attempting to transform not only the city's infrastructure but also its residents' behavior-all while the imperial powers seized large foreign concessions. Singaravelou traces the many tensions of the global city: between accommodation and resistance for Tianjin's residents, between colonization and internationalization within the provisional government, and between cooperation and competition among the imperial powers. Bringing together global and local perspectives, Tianjin Cosmopolis offers a new vantage point on the imperial globalization of the early twentieth century.

Wang, Xian, Gendered Memories: An Imaginary Museum for Ding Ling and Chinese Female Revolutionary Martyrs. (China Understandings Today) 280 pp. 2025:2 (U. Michigan Pr., US) <739-513>
ISBN 978-0-472-07719-9 hard ¥16,632.- (税込) US$ 80.00 *
ISBN 978-0-472-05719-1 paper ¥6,226.- (税込) US$ 29.95 *

Gendered Memories: An Imaginary Museum for Ding Ling and Chinese Female Revolutionary Martyrs takes readers on a journey through the lives and legacies of Chinese female revolutionary martyrs, revealing how their sacrifices have been remembered, commemorated, and manipulated throughout history. This innovative book blends historical narratives with personal narratives, creating an "imaginary museum" where the stories of these women are brought to life. Author Xian Wang employs this imaginary museum to create a conceptual space mirroring an actual museum that juxtaposes historical narratives with counter-memories of Chinese female revolutionaries, such as the prominent writer Ding Ling. Exploring Ding's experiences with martyrdom and the commemoration of female revolutionary martyrs associated with her, the book provides a compelling argument that female revolutionary martyrdom reinforces, rather than rejects, the traditional concept of female chastity martyrdom. Narratives that challenge established gender norms, particularly those surrounding female chastity, have often been silenced or overlooked in the collective memory of these female revolutionary martyrs. By delving into these counter-memories, Wang provides fresh insights into gendered violence, memories, and politics in modern Chinese literature and culture.

Zhang, Chi / Dadabayeva, Gulnara (eds.), The Implications of Ethnic Politics in Post-Socialist States for China. 130 pp. 2025:2 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <739-514>
ISBN 978-981-9794-57-7 hard ¥33,568.- (税込) EUR 139.99 *

This book examines the intricate and under-explored dynamics of ethnic politics in post-socialist states and their implications for China. While focusing on the political, cultural, and ethnic landscapes of Central Asia and their connections to China, the volume highlights how shared historical legacies and emerging geopolitical realities shape ethnic policies and state relations. Contributions from scholars based in the UK, Kazakhstan, and China provide a comprehensive analysis of key issues, including the influence of post-Soviet ethnic politics on China's governance of its own minority regions, the challenges of nation-building, and China's growing geopolitical presence in Central Asia.

米中間の技術競争
Chow, Peter C. Y. (ed.), Technology Rivalry Between the USA and China. (Palgrave Studies in Global Security) 431 pp. 2025:2 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <739-171>
ISBN 978-3-031-76168-3 hard ¥33,568.- (税込) EUR 139.99 *

This book addresses the geopolitics and geoeconomics of technological rivalry between the world's two great powers: the USA and China. It focuses on the semiconductor industry, which, owing to its dual use in civilian and defence sectors, is critical to economic and national security interests. A diverse set of contributions from renowned scholars span wide-ranging topics to holistically analyze contemporary USA-China national security through a technological lens: the shifting trade and technology policy in the USA; the Chip-4 alliance as an industrial cartel; technology sanctions and the voice of high-tech industry in the USA; the race for digital sovereignty in the Gulf region and in Africa; Japan's grand strategy vis-a-vis semiconductors; a critical assessment of China's achievement on its self-sufficiency and effort in reducing its reliance on foreign supplies; the significance and the strategy of Taiwan's semiconductor in the future, as well as how Taiwan can advance its national security through its status as a powerhouse of semiconductors; Korea's semiconductor policy in response to international technology rivalry; India's pursuit of semiconductors; and a close investigation of decoupling and hostility between the two great powers.

Shahar, Meir, Kings of Oxen and Horses: Draft Animals, Buddhism, and Chinese Rural Religion. (The Sheng Yen Series in Chinese Buddhist Studies) 360 pp. 2025:3 (Columbia U. Pr., US) <739-112>
ISBN 978-0-231-21828-3 hard ¥29,106.- (税込) US$ 140.00 *
ISBN 978-0-231-21829-0 paper ¥7,276.- (税込) US$ 35.00 *

For centuries in China, people beseeched deities to protect the draft animals on which they relied. Across social classes-from peasants plowing the fields to merchants transporting goods through soldiers riding into battle-animals were essential to daily life and so took on a central place in the religious imagination. Prayers and rituals for animal well-being were most frequently addressed to the Horse King, divine protector of horses, donkeys, and mules, or the Ox King, who watched over oxen and buffaloes.Kings of Oxen and Horses is a history of these two gods: their myths, their rituals, and their worshipers. It examines the place of draft animals in Chinese and Buddhist religious traditions and, in so doing, sheds new light on human interaction with nonhuman animals more broadly. Meir Shahar traces the history of the Horse and Ox Kings from late imperial China back to ancient India, revealing the long-term Buddhist influence on Chinese rural religion. He explores the myth of the draft animal as incarnate god, showing how Buddhism transmitted a belief in the sanctity of cattle and a taboo on beef from India to China. Shahar considers the ties between humans and their animal companions through the prism of religious practice, and he draws illuminating comparisons to other world religions. Bridging the gap between animal studies and religious studies, this book is a major contribution to both.