Monthly Archives: August 2014

Reviewing Barr’s The Ruling Elite of Singapore

Posted on August 31, 2014 by journalofcontemporaryasia

JCA has a long interest in Singapore. For a time, the journal was banned by the Lee Kuan Yew regime. The late Malcolm Caldwell, a former editor, was threatened with legal sanctions for comments on LKY and was reportedly banned … Continue reading →

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Issue 4 published

Posted on August 27, 2014 by journalofcontemporaryasia

The latest issue of the Journal has been published online, and will appear in press within the next few days. The contents of the issue are: Obituary: Gabriel Kolko: 1932–2014 Feature Section: The Financial Crises of 1997-98 and 2008-09: How … Continue reading →

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Rice Wars in Colonial Vietnam (updated)

Posted on August 9, 2014 by journalofcontemporaryasia

UPDATE: Taylor & Francis have now made this review available for free download. Kosmas Tsokhas has reviewed Geoffrey Gunn’s new book Rice Wars in Colonial Vietnam: The Great Famine and the Viet Minh Road to Power for JCA. Published by … Continue reading →

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Debating human security in China

Posted on August 1, 2014 by journalofcontemporaryasia

Shaun Breslin of the University of Warwick writes that while the concept of human security is often dismissed in China as an alien “Western” concept, there has been a long and detailed discussion of human security in Chinese-language policy and … Continue reading →

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