The volume manifests the vitality and maturity of the field of Buddhist studies, and for that we thank the editor and the erudite authors. " -- Dorothy C. Wong, University of Virginia
The twelve essays in this collection, written by leading scholars in Buddhist Studies and Southeast Asian history, epigraphy, and archaeology, comprise the latest research in the field to deal with the dynamics of mainland and (pen)insular ...
The reward for those who read this collection straight through is a thrillingly cacophonous conversation about how to grasp Asia in our time.” —Karen E. Wigen, Stanford University “Will a re-emergent Asia extend the violent rivalries ...
This book studies the interaction of the Sangha (the community of monks) with politics and socio-political change in Thailand.
"This book addresses the rise of China and its impacts on Southeast Asia's economies and businesses, especially on those of ethnic Chinese. It also discusses Southeast Asian government policies, particularly...
This edited volume examines the concept of overhangs or legacies or negative stereotypical images in international relations and their impact on bilateral relations between geographically proximate states in East Asia.
Together, the pieces in this volume lay the groundwork for understanding how financial systems in East Asia have evolved as the economies have grown more complex and capital markets have globalized, and how these systems must adapt to move ...
They were joined by F Kikan members who escorted them behind enemy lines and collected Indian soldiers at the rear of each propaganda group. ... With a hand-printing press and Hindi and Urdu moveable type, Mohan Singh and Pritam Singh ...
In doing so, this book hopes to provide a new dimension to the historiography of Singapore from a "science, technology and society" perspective.
Together, the pieces in this volume lay the groundwork for understanding how financial systems in East Asia have evolved as the economies have grown more complex and capital markets have globalized, and how these systems must adapt to move ...
Sunny assessments of Vietnam's “achievements” in the sphere of education have given way to a realization that the country lacks skilled workers. Some have even spoken of an "education crisis". These are not abstract concerns.
One problem, which is internal in nature, is that years of tariff protection and subsidization may have bred inefficiency among the consumer electronics producers. Another problem, which is externally-induced, is world economic ...
These five countries monographs, stemming from a regional research project on "Culture and fertility in Southeast Asia", initiated by the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, aim at bridging a gap in the study of relationship between ...
This book is the text of the Singapore Lecture delivered by Junichiro Koizumi on 14 January 2002.
About 80 per cent of the ethnic Chinese outside China (also known as the "Chinese overseas") live in Southeast Asia. This book examines that community in the context of both...
Asia Today online , " Thai Challenge to Singapore for Asia Oil Business " , 1-2-2004 , www.asiatoday.com.au . 16. Straits Times , 31 July 2004 . 17. Straits Times , 16 October 2003 . 18. Michael Richardson , A Time Bomb for Global Trade ...
83 84 85 86 87 88 ibid. ibid, p 2. Chin Peng, op cit, p 155. ... 'thousands of dollars arrears in salary' (CO 717/183, Pan Malayan Review, No 2, Part 1, 'Sino-Malaya Relations', Secret Political Intelligence Review, 19 January 1949).
Jane Kate Leonard, Wei Yuan and China's Rediscovery of the Maritime World (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1984), pp. 86–92; Ssu-yü Teng and John K. Fairbank, China's Response to the West (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, ...
Contains the text of the Public Lecture delivered by His Excellency Archbishop Giovanni Lajolo on 17 June 2005.
" This book examines the economic bases for the crisis and characterizes the nature of the policy weaknesses that led to the crisis.