Category: East Asia
-
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…
-
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…
-
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…
-
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…
-
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…
-
Local Buzz and Global Pipelines: The Vitality of Creative Industry Clusters in Beijing and Shanghai
Abstract: To facilitate the transition to a knowledge-based economy, Chinese policymakers have sought to create…
-
Event Report: Help (Not) Wanted – Immigration Politics in Japan by Michael Strausz
On March 12, 2021, the Centre for the Study of Global Japan at the Munk…
-
On Rejecting Normative Governance: Lolita as an Outlet for Unpatriotic Self-Service in Japan
Abstract: The prevalence of the Lolita lifestyle by female youth in Japan has transformed a…
-
Four Years of Sunshine: Examining South Korea’s Policy of Reconciliation toward North Korea under the Moon Administration
Since his election to the South Korean presidency in May of 2017, Moon Jae-in has…
-
The History and Current Condition of Chinese Human Rights Lawyers
After being imprisoned and tortured for eleven months,[1] human rights lawyer Chang Weiping was only…
