The 2002 World Cup, jointly hosted by South Korea and Japan, was the first World Cup ever held in Asia. With this fact came extensive media attention from abroad and internal intrigue from domestic Korean […]
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 […]
Brisk, smokey, savory and rich. This, alongside its high caffeine content, makes Assam tea the drink of choice for many a morning tea drinker. Sold separately or blended to produce alternate flavors such as Earl […]
Abstract: Baba Malay is a mixed language of Malay, Hokkien (a Chinese dialect spoken in Southern China, primarily in Fujian Province), and smatterings of European languages such as English and Portuguese. Over the years, Baba […]
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 […]
On April 9th, 2021, the Asian Institute at the Munk School of Global Affairs hosted “Lives of Data: Computational Cultures from India.” The second instalment in the “Political Life of Information” series, this event hosted […]
Section 1 “Talk about caste system, bring reservation in the private sector. Raise these questions, then I will believe that you have faith in this country.”[1] Just by asking for change through his words, Kanhaiya […]
On February 3rd, 2021, the Asian Institute at the Munk School of Global Affairs, in cooperation with the Centre for the Study of Korea and the East Asian Studies Department at the University of Toronto, […]
Note: This event is based on an article that will be published in the Journal of Cinema and Media Studies in August 2021. University of Pennsylvania postdoctoral fellow Jinsook Kim delivered a talk on new […]
Abstract: From internment camps to military barracks, the U.S. employed Japanese American citizen-soldiers during World War II as the material and ideological basis of its claim to being a non-discriminatory global leader in the project […]
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