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Read moreKevin J. O’Brien (ed.), Popular Protest in China, Cambridge, Harvard Univesity Press, 2008, 278 pp. This fine collection of chronicles of what were largely short-lived…
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Read moreYun-han Chu, Larry Diamond, Andrew J. Nathan, and Doh Chul Shin, eds., How East Asians View Democracy, New York, Columbia University Press, 2008, xv +…
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Read moreFang-Long Shih, Stuart Thompson, and Paul-François Tremlett (eds.), Re-writing Culture in Taiwan, London-New York, Routledge, 2009, 224 pp. This volume on Taiwanese culture, edited by…
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Read moreKenneth E. Hall, John Woo’s The Killer, Hong Kong, HKU Press, 2009, 124 pp. The most recent addition to the New Hong Kong Cinema Series…
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