Un-Chan Chung, a former Prime Minister of the Republic of Korea and founder of the Korea Institute for Shared Growth, spoke to a group of attendees at the Munk School of Global Affairs on 30 […]
For decades, political scientists and international spectators alike have been predicting the demise of the nearly hundred-year old Chinese communist regime. It has been described as “crumbling”, “doomed” and most recently, “close to collapse.” However, […]
“Faked in China: Rethinking the Nation in Globalization” was an event hosted at the Munk School of Global Affairs at the University of Toronto on 21 September 2016, sponsored by the Dr. David Chu Program […]
“Decentering Citizenship: Gender, Labor, and Migrant Rights in South Korea” was an event hosted at the Munk School of Global Affairs at the University of Toronto on 15 September 2016. It was sponsored by the […]
Abstract The twenty-first century is a rapid time of change, both for China and for the world. The age of integrated globalization is changing China’s foreign policy from a domestic to an external focus. A […]
Abstract “Gangnam Style” is emblematic of Hallyu, a term first coined by the Chinese media in the late 1990s to describe the phenomenon through which Korean cultural products were enthusiastically received and consumed by various […]
The territorial dispute between China and Japan over the Diaoyu/Senkaku islands in the East China Sea is heating up. The latest escalation in the long-running dispute started in January 2016, when China dispatched two coastguard […]
Abstract The Saemaul Undong (New Village Movement) was a nation-wide rural development campaign mobilised by the Park Chung Hee regime in the 1970’s. The movement has often been cited by the South Korean government as […]
According to the WHO estimate released on April 21, 2004, a total of 774 lives were claimed in the SARS outbreak in 2003. Far beyond the nations where it claimed the most victims, SARS traumatized […]
“Corruption and Anti-Corruption in China: A Case Analysis” was an event hosted by the Asian Institute at the Munk School of Global Affairs on 18 April 2016, the last lecture in the East Asia seminar […]
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