Coal Overcapacity in China: An Overview
Introduction If China plans to keep President Xi Jinping’s Two Carbon Promises (a carbon peak by 2030 and carbon neutrality by 2060), the end of the coal era will have to come soon. Given the […]
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A Widening Trust Gap between China and the West: Unweaving a Story of Pandemic, Education, Power Dynamics, and Social Changes
Keywords: Trust, China, Society, Education The 2022 Edelman Trust Barometer suggested that residents in countries not of western-style liberal democracy, including China, the United Arab Emirates, and Saudi Arabia, reported significant increases of overall trust […]
Event Report: Suffering and Smile: Every Life in North Korea
On November 22, 2021, the Centre for the Study of Korea at the University of Toronto and the Korean Office for Research and Education (KORE) at York University hosted a virtual event titled “Suffering and […]
Book Review: Ying Jia Tan’s Recharging China
Keywords: electricity, infrastructure, centralization, grid in China Ying Jia Tan’s new book, Recharging China in War and Revolution, 1882-1955, seizes on an extraordinary subject: where did China’s electrical industries come from, and why did they […]
Neither Flower Boy nor Alpha Male: Subverting Stereotypical Masculinity in the Korean Drama Itaewon Class
Abstract: The Hallyu wave of the 1990s brought soft masculinity to the forefront of Korean entertainment. Exemplified in pop music stars and the male leads of dramas, the Hallyu movement centered a “pretty boy” image […]
Downfall of Hong Kong Student Activism: Concerns on the Withdrawal of the Key Player in the Social Movement
In early October 2021, the Chinese University of Hong Kong’s (CUHK) student union disbanded after 50 years of service. The union stated that this decision was made primarily due to the university management’s dissociation from […]
Child (Un)friendly: Causes of Low Fertility Rates in East Asian Countries
There has been an established trend in the fertility rates of East Asian countries in the 21st century that has generated alarm for its continuous decline in each respective nation. With patterns of steep decline […]
Event Report: “Public Perceptions of Citizenship and Migration in Japan”
On October 27th, 2021, the Centre for the Study of Global Japan at the Munk School of Global Affairs hosted Yujin Woo, Assistant Professor at the Graduate School of Law at Hitotsubashi University. This seminar […]
The Dark Side Of Capitalism in Asian Cinema: Modernity as Contagion
Recently, the huge success of Parasite has shone a new light on Asian cinemas, drawing global (read: Western) attention to the productions of the region. This context of globalization, where new technologies in form of […]
Event Report: “Towards a Global and Bottom-Up History of the South China Sea Islands Dispute”
On October 21, 2021, the Global Taiwan Studies program at the Asia Institute hosted an event titled “Towards a Global and Bottom-Up History of the South China Sea Islands Dispute.” The event was moderated by […]