Monthly Archives: November 2015

Labour struggle in Vietnam and China

In her review article published at the JCA publisher’s website, Tu Phuong Nguyen reviews three recent books on labour politics in Vietnam and China: Angie Tran’s Ties That Bind: Cultural Identity, Class and Law in Vietnam’s Labor Resistance; Jeffrey Becker’s … Continue reading

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Issue 1 for 2016 published

The latest issue of the Journal of Contemporary Asia is now available online. The issue includes five research articles, two review articles and ten book reviews. This is an unusual issue as we move to a new format in the … Continue reading

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Making phones: Globalisation and mobile phone manufacturing in East Asia

A new article has just posted to the JCA publisher’s website. “Globalization and Divergent Paths of Industrial Development: Mobile Phone Manufacturing in China, Japan, South Korea and Taiwan” (DOI: 10.1080/00472336.2015.1102314), is by Joonkoo Lee, Jong-Cheol Kim and Jinho Lim. The … Continue reading

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Social Media Activism in Indonesia

Merlyna Lim’s article “Many Clicks but Little Sticks: Social Media Activism in Indonesia” (DOI: 10.1080/00472336.2013.769386) which appeared in Volume 43, Number 4 in 2013, the Special Issue on New Media in Asia has reached more than 4,000 downloads. Available for free … Continue reading

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Japan articles for free

Free from Routledge: Celebrating cultural heritage, recognising scholarly endeavours and promoting the arts, Culture Day in Japan provides a fanfare of festivals, exhibits, parades, ceremonies and many other events that seek to showcase national pride and tradition. To coincide with … Continue reading

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