August 2021 – Synergy: The Journal of Contemporary Asian Studies

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[ May 14, 2024 ] The Forgotten Ones: The Continued Crisis of the Rohingya Genocide in Myanmar Op-eds
[ April 24, 2024 ] Becoming Human: Illicit Desire and Licit Caste Event Reports
[ April 18, 2024 ] How the Second Most Populous Country Cannot Afford Childrearing: Behind China’s Fertility Crisis East Asia
[ April 18, 2024 ] Populist to pengabdi: What will Subianto’s Foreign Policy look like? Op-eds
[ April 18, 2024 ] Leaving “Examination Hell”: Re-Thinking East Asia’s Exam-Oriented Model of Opportunity East Asia

Looking Back at Indochine, The Lover, and Dien Bien Phu: Justifying Panivong Norindr’s Phantasmatic Indochina

August 28, 2021

Abstract: In 1992, three French film productions were released: The Lover (L’Amant) directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud, Indochine directed by Regis Wargnier, and Dien Bien Phu directed by Pierre Schoendoerffer. An analysis of the three films’ […]

Local Buzz and Global Pipelines: The Vitality of Creative Industry Clusters in Beijing and Shanghai

August 1, 2021

Abstract: To facilitate the transition to a knowledge-based economy, Chinese policymakers have sought to create favourable conditions for the development of the cultural and creative industries (CCI). This paper compares the development of CCI in […]