Category: East Asia
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Managing the Optics of Educational Equality: An Analysis of China’s Ban on Private Tutoring
Abstract: Over the past decades, Chinese parents have come to view private tutoring as a…
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Meritocracy as an Instrument of Control: Naturalizing Hierarchy and Inequality to Beijing’s
Migrant SchoolchildrenAbstract: The rise of meritocratic rhetoric insists to Chinese youth that they are responsible for…
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Taeguk Warriors: the Socioeconomic Reverberations of the 2002 World Cup on South Korea
The 2002 World Cup, jointly hosted by South Korea and Japan, was the first World…
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Event Report: China’s Growing Digital Reach
On March 4, 2022, the Asian Institute at the Munk School of Global Affairs hosted…
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Coal Overcapacity in China: An Overview
Introduction If China plans to keep President Xi Jinping’s Two Carbon Promises (a carbon peak…
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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…
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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…
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Book Review: Ying Jia Tan’s Recharging China
Keywords: electricity, infrastructure, centralization, grid in China Ying Jia Tan’s new book, Recharging China in…
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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…
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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…
