The 7th EWC International Graduate Student Conference P r o g r a m

Thursday, February 14, 208

Registration 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Opening Ceremony 4:30 pm – 6:00 pm Conference Report

Turro Wongkaren Conference Co-chair

Welcoming Addresses

Dr. Terance Bigalke Director, Education Program East-West Center

Dr. Charles Morrison President, East-West Center

Keynote Address “Changing Climate in the Asia Pacific: Building Resilient Communities”

Ms. Eileen Shea Director, NOAA Integrated Data and Environmental Application Center Chief, Climate Services Division, NOAA National Climatic Data Center

Reception 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm Wailana Room, Garden Level

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Friday, February 15, 208

Parallel Session 1 8:30 am - 9:55 am PS 1.1 Transnational Migrant Experiences PS 1.2 Violence in Indonesia PS 1.3 Urban Transportation & Environmental Issues PS 1.4 Individual and Household Economy

Break 9:55 am – 10:10 am

Parallel Session 2 10:10 am - 12:15 pm PS 2.1 State, Minorities and Conflict PS 2.2 Artists and Their Arts PS 2.3 Public Finance and Development PS 2.4 Family and Interpersonal Relations

Lunch Wailana Room, Garden Level 12:15 pm – 1:30 pm

Parallel Session 3 1:30 pm - 3:15 pm PS 3.1 International Movement of Goods and Money PS 3.2 Women and Construction of Gender Identities PS 3.3 US and Asian Countries PS 3.4 Health and Aging Issues

Break 3:15 pm – 3:30 pm

Parallel Session 4 3:30 pm - 5:15 pm PS 4.1 Focus on Learning PS 4.2 Dynamics of International Relations PS 4.3 Ethnic Relations and Identity Negotiations PS 4.4 Health: Risks and Financing

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Saturday, February 16, 208

Parallel Session 5 8:30 am - 9:55 am PS 5.1 Economic Growth and Inequality: International Perspectives PS 5.2 International Relations: Then and Now PS 5.3 The Worlds of In - Between PS 5.4 Informed Environmentalism

Break 9:55 am – 10:10 am

Parallel Session 6 10:10 am - 12:15 pm PS 6.1 Literature and Society PS 6.2 Governance and Civil Society PS 6.3 Investment & Multinational Corporations PS 6.4 Land and Communities

Lunch Wailana Room, Garden Level 12:15 pm – 1:30 pm

Parallel Session 7 1:30 pm - 3:15 pm PS 7.1 China and Modernity PS 7.2 Media and Society PS 7.3 Managing Resources toward Sustainability PS 7.4 Language Use

Break 3:15 pm – 3:30 pm

Parallel Session 8 3:30 pm - 5:15 pm PS 8.1 Regional Cooperation and Integration PS 8.2 Constructions and Representations in Various Media PS 8.3 Education in a Globalized World PS 8.4 Urban Modernization in China

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PS 1.1 Transnational Migrant Experiences Friday, Feb 15, 8:30 am - 9:55 am, Pago Pago Room Moderator: Dr. Nancy Lewis, Director, Research Program, East-West Center

Ashraf, A.S.M. University of Pittsburgh, USA Beyond Brain Drain and Remittances: Understanding the Role of the U.S.-based Emigrant Bangladeshis in Home Country Development Process Weiss, Amanda. University of Cambridge, UK. ‘Shoulder-pole,’ Girl: Migrant Workers in the Hostile City of Chinese Cinema Hansen, Paul. University of London, UK. Milked For All They Are Worth: Chinese Dairy Workers in Rural Hokkaido

PS 1.2 Violence in Indonesia Friday, Feb 15, 8:30 am - 9:55 am, Kaniela Room Moderator: Mr. Richard Baker, Assistant to the President, East-West Center

Fox, Colm A. George Washington University, USA A History of Violence: Militia Groups in Indonesia Abbas, Muhammad Rivai. State Islamic University, Jakarta, Indonesia Peace in the Midst of Violence: Analyzing the Role of Elites in Manado, North Sulawesi, Indonesia Kurniasanti, Imaculata. University of at Austin, USA Politicization of Mass Rape Victims’ 1998 in Indonesia

PS 1.3 Urban Transportation Issues Friday, Feb 15, 8:30 am - 9:55 am, Sarimanok Room Moderator: Dr. Sumeet Saksena, Senior Fellow, East-West Center

Hidayat, Dadit. University of Wisconsin – Madison, USA TransJakarta Busway and 2006 Clean Air Award: Have Jakarta Air Pollution Issues Been Adequately Addressed? Kono, Noriko. University of Hawai‘i at Manoa The Role of Land Use Planning of the Reduction in Transport Sector Emissions in the City of Yokohama, Japan Rosalyn. University of Hawai‘i at Manoa Building Community Capacity through Collaborative Planning: Challenges in Honolulu Community’s Neighborhood Planning

PS 1.4 Individual and Household Economy Friday, Feb 15, 8:30 am - 9:55 am, Washington Room Moderator: Dr. Andrew Mason, Professor of Economics, University of Hawai‘i at Manoa, and Senior Fellow, East-West Center

Srisuchart, Supachai. University of Hawai‘i at Manoa, USA Parental Transfer, Student Loan Program, and Schooling: An Empirical Study of Thailand Rothwell, David. University of Hawai‘i at Manoa, USA Determinants of Individual Development Account Program Success for Srisuchart, Supachai. University of Hawai‘i at Manoa, USA Credit Constraint and Education: Empirical study of Thailand’s Household

PS 2.1 State, Minorities and Conflict Friday, Feb 15, 10:10 am - 12:15 pm, Pago Pago Room

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Moderator: Dr. Sun-Ki Chai, Graduate Chair, Department of Sociology, University of Hawai‘i at Manoa

Nakamura, Kelli Y. University of Hawai‘i at Manoa, USA “Shadows of Their Former Selves” and “A Place in the Sun”: The Legacy of War and Martial Law for Hawai‘i’s Japanese Leaders Nolde, Lance. University of Hawai‘i at Manoa and East-West Center, USA Sailing the Edges of Indonesian History: History, Memory, and Identity among the Sama-Bajau of Southeast Sulawesi, Indonesia Augustine, Matthew R. Columbia University, USA “Ryukyuan Repatriation and the Southern Boundary of Japan: The First Phase of U.S. Military Rule in the Ryukyu Islands, 1945-1950” Strate, Shane R. University of Wisconsin-Madison The Fifth Column: Anti-Imperialism and the Persecution of Catholics in Thailand, 1940-1944 Firdous, Tahira. Pacific University, USA Forced Internal Migration in Kashmir

PS 2.2 Artists and Their Arts Friday, Feb 15, 10:10 am - 12:15 pm, Kaniela Room Moderator: Dr. Rick Trimillos, Chair, Department of Asian Studies, University of Hawai‘i at Manoa

Hacker, Tiffany. National University of Singapore To be or not to be, an Artist: Rethinking the social complexities of Thai Mural Painting Liu, Gary. University of Hawai‘i at Manoa, USA Subtle Interruption: Song Dong and the Very Possibility of Dissent Rosenberg, Marya J. University of Hawai‘i at Manoa and East-West Center, USA Passion Behind a Mask: Women Transformed in Yoshitoshi’s Thirty-Six Ghosts Wasson, Devika. University of Hawai‘i at Manoa, USA From Transcendence to Cultural Identity: An Examination of India’s Bharatanatyam and Societal Beliefs Zhu, Yanfei. Ohio State University, USA Song of Unending Sorrow: Hashimoto Kansetsu between True Love and Politics (under the Early Twentieth Century Sino-Japanese Tension)

PS 2.3 Public Finance and Development Friday, Feb 15, 10:10 am - 12:15 pm, Sarimanok Room Moderator: Dr. Chris McNally, Fellow, East-West Center

Liu, Zeng and Xiongjun Wang. Peking University, China Character of finance structure and its cause study in Zhejiang Province, China Oya, Yoshie A. Monterey Institute of International Studies, USA A Case Study on Aid Dependence and the Quality of Governance in Mongolia Ashwill, Maximillian. The New School University, USA Breaking the Elites: Comparative Development Experiences of Malaysia and the Philippines Song, Qian. University of Hawai‘i at Manoa and East-West Center, USA The Creation of Autonomy for the Township Governments in Western and Central China after the Rural Tax Reform: A Case Study of Hebei Province

PS 2.4 Family and Interpersonal Relations Friday, Feb 15, 10:10 am - 12:15 pm, Washington Room Moderator: Dr. Minja K. Choe, Senior Fellow, East-West Center

Wheatley, James B. Seton Hall University, USA Japan’s Hikikomori Phenomenon: Failed Group Dynamics and Interpersonal Relationships Galbraith, Patrick. Sophia University, Japan

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Maid in Japan: Ethnography of Akihabara 'moe-kei' cafes in review of commercial commodification of fantasy home Shaw, Tara Shankar. University at Buffalo, USA “Hit the Road Jack”: A Duration analysis of Cohabitation Tseng, Hsun-Hui. University of Washington, Seattle, USA Who are Selling/Buying their Bodies? Reflecting the “Commodification” of Transnational Marriages by Examining the Policy of Abolishing the Profit-Oriented Transnational Marriage Brokering Business in Taiwan

PS 3.1 International Movement of Goods and Money Friday, Feb 15, 1:30 pm - 3:15 pm, Pago Pago Room Moderator: Dr. ZhongXiang Zhang, Senior Fellow, East-West Center

Parcon, Hazel C. University of Hawai‘i at Manoa and East-West Center, USA Do Labor Market Regulations Matter to Foreign Investors? McGrath, Erin. University of Pittsburgh, USA Why Labor Standards in Cambodia, and How Do They Matter for Trade? Chang, Hee-Kyoung. Seoul National University, South Korea Do Relative Gains Matter? - Determining changes in U.S.’ strategic trade policy towards China

PS 3.2 Women and Construction of Gender Identities Friday, Feb 15, 1:30 pm - 3:15 pm, Kaniela Room Moderator: Dr. Nancie Caraway, Globalization Research Center, University of Hawai‘i at Manoa

Brown, Kirsten M. University of Toronto, Canada Property Without Access: Linking Gendered Mobility with Power in West Central Sulawesi- Indonesia Mohd Rhouse, Suraini. University of Waikato, The Intersectionalities of Gender, Race, Class, Ethnicity, and Religion in the Construction of Malay Women Entrepreneurs’ Identity in Malaysia. Mahajan, Nidhi. Cornell University, USA Constructing the “New Woman”: Consumer Culture and Gendered Identities in India Ball, Patrick D. University of Hawai‘i at Manoa, USA A Straight Perspective on Homosexuality: Constructing Alternative Sexual Identities in the West and Japan

PS 3.3 US and Asian Countries Friday, Feb 15, 1:30 pm - 3:15 pm, Sarimanok Room Moderator: Mr. Richard Baker, Assistant to the President, East-West Center

Yeo, In Dong. Seoul National University, South Korea Does the ROK-US Alliance remain strong? Ahn, Kyung Mo. Seoul National University, South Korea From Hostility to Coexistence?: The Change of North Korea’s Policy toward the U.S. Talwar, Prashant. University of Ottawa, Canada Indo-US Civil Nuclear Cooperation: Security as a problematic Freise, Christopher W. University of Melbourne, Australia American Grand Strategy and the Rediscovery of Southeast Asia

PS 3.4 Health and Aging Issues Friday, Feb 15, 1:30 pm - 3:15 pm, Washington Room Moderator: Dr. Robert D. Retherford, Coordinator, Population and Health Studies, East-West Center

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Eini Zinab, Hassan. University of Hawai‘i at Manoa and East-West Center, USA Conceptualization of the Relationship between Social Capital and Health Basu, Rashmita. Washington State University, USA Risk Factors for Dementia and Alzheimer’s Disease: An Empirical Analysis of Health and Aging Sohn, Rike. Fordham University, USA Local Time Currencies in Japan - a Solution for the US Pension System? Chiang, Lifang. University of , Berkeley, USA Aging in America: Comparative Lessons in Pension Coverage from the APEC Region

PS 4.1 Focus on Learning Friday, Feb 15, 3:30 pm - 5:15 pm, Pago Pago Room Moderator: Ms. Namji Steinemann, Director, AsiaPacificEd Program for Schools, and Associate Director, Education Program, East-West Center

Matsuoka, Ryoji. University of Hawai‘i at Manoa, USA Effects of Social Context on School Teachers’ Professional Development in Japan and the United States: Policy Implications Based on Fourth and Ninth Graders’ Math and Science Outcomes Agustini, Dewa Ayu Eka. Syracuse University, USA Barriers in Girls’ Education in Rural Indonesia Oishi, Sachiko. University of Hawai‘i at Manoa and East-West Center, USA Reconsideration of contrastive rhetoric in second language writing instruction Yennie, Wrenn E. and Abigail Bacon. Monterey Institute of International Studies, USA Social and Professional Integration of Asian Students in a US Graduate Institute

PS 4.2 Dynamics of International Relations Friday, Feb 15, 3:30 pm - 5:15 pm, Kaniela Room Moderator: Dr. Choong Nam Kim, Coordinator of POSCO Fellowships, East-West Center

Yun, Hyun Sook. Sophia University, Japan Changing Interpretation of Amenomori Hôshû Yang, Young Jin. Seoul National University, South Korea Disentangling the Dynamics of Japan-South Korea Relations: Japan-South Korea’s Spat in 2005 Catalinac, Amy L. Harvard University, USA How Changes in the Domestic Rules of the Game Influence National Security Policy: The Case of Japan’s Self Defense Force Lo, Yung-ching. University of Waterloo, Canada China’s Environmental Diplomacy

PS 4.3 Ethnic Relations and Identity Negotiations Friday, February 15, 3:30 p m - 5:15 pm, Sarimanok Room Moderator: Dr. Nicholas Barker, Leadership Education Coordinator, East-West Center

Effendy, Mohamed Effendy Bin Abdul Hamid. University of Hawai‘i at Manoa, USA The Cham Manuscripts and New Historical Perspectives on Cham Relationships with the Ethnic Communities of the Central Highlands of Vietnam. Kostov, Hristo. University of Ottawa, Canada The Politics of Identity: Taiwan’s Dilemma Hsu, Yun-Han. University of Hawai‘i at Manoa, USA From the Streets to the Villages: Taiwan’s Aboriginal Movement and the Transformation of Ethnic Identity from the 1980s to 1990s. Ru, Hung-Yu. University of Hawai‘i at Manoa, USA

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Invisible people in a “Holy War”: a lesson from studying the epidemiology of hepatitis in indigenous communities in Taiwan

PS 4.4 Health: Risks and Financing Friday, February 15, 3:30 pm - 5:15 pm, Washington Room Moderator: Dr. Gerard Russo, Chair, Department of Economics, University of Hawai‘i at Manoa

Nguyen, Tuan T. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA Smoking among 18–65-year-old Vietnamese men and its health consequence Zhong, Xuefeng. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA Study on Adolescents’ Smoking Behavior: Prevalence, Influential factors in Middle School in China Abbas, Faisal. University of Bonn, Germany On the determinants of public health spending: a time series analysis for Pakistan Pomberg, Michèle. University of Hawai‘i at Manoa, USA Hospital Logistics and Managerial Accounting Practices and their Effects of the Cost Structure in Health Care Organizations: A comparison of hospitals in the U.S., France and Vietnam

PS 5.1 Economic Growth and Inequality: International Perspectives Saturday, February 16, 8:30 am - 9:55 am, Pago Pago Room Moderator: Dr. Kang Wu, Senior Fellow, East-West Center

Saito, Tetsuya. State University of New York at Buffalo, USA Influences of Democracy and Economy on Universities Han, Lihong. Vanderbilt University International Technology Differences and Income Inequity: Evidence From Cross-country Historical Data

PS 5.2 International Relations: Then and Now Saturday, February 16, 8:30 am - 9:55 am, Kaniela Room Moderator: Dr. Denny Roy, Senior Fellow, East-West Center

Lien-Warder, Vu Hong. University of London, UK All the Khan’s ships: The Mongol Navy in the 13th Century Yang, Yu. University of Pittsburgh, USA The Suit on the Throne: Not a Qing Emperor but an Emperor for Manchukuo Boswood, Kate E. Australian National University What is the nature and significance of China’s new diplomacy (epitomized by the ‘peaceful development’ strategy), particularly in relation to its interactions with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations

PS 5.3 The Worlds of In-Between Saturday, February 16, 8:30 am - 9:55 am, Sarimanok Room Moderator: Dr. Carl Hefner, Professor, Kapi’olani Community College

Lee, Helene. University of California, Santa Barbara, USA Bittersweet Homecoming: Unpacking the ‘authentic’ Korean Koo, Haesook. University of Minnesota, USA Negotiating Ethnic Identities: A Study of Korean Adoptees and the Other Korean Americans in Minnesota Beausoleil, Amy. University of California, Santa Barbara, USA The Korean American Perspective on Studying Abroad to Gain Ethnic Heritage

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PS 5.4 Informed Environmentalism Saturday, February 16, 8:30 am - 9:55 am, Washington Room Moderator: Dr. Sumeet Saksena, Senior Fellow, East-West Center

Valencia, Marshall N. Ateneo de Manila University, Philippines Social Economic Status-Human Agency Link and Pro-environmental Behaviors: A Mixed Methods Study Zhang, Peiyao. Chinese university of Hong Kong, China Representation of variability in historico-geographical environmental data based on GIS Kung, Wen-Hsiang. Indiana University—Bloomington, USA The Development of Environmental Protection in Information Age--Using information as a regulatory tool in U.S. and the trend in Taiwan

PS 6.1 Literature and Society Saturday, February 16, 10:10 am - 12:15 pm, Pago Pago Room Moderator: Dr. Lucy Lower, Associate Professor, Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures

Geng, Changqin. University of Hawai‘i at Manoa and East-West Center, USA Studies on Gu Taiqing: A Case Study of Chinese Women’s Writing in Late Imperial China Shores, Matthew W. University of Hawai‘i at Manoa, USA Three Big Names in Modern Japanese Literature Who Turned to Rakugo for the Vo ice of a Literary Movement Overaa, Roderick B. University of Washington, USA Eastern and Western Models of Subjectivity and the Structure of Murakami Haruki’s Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World Pulam, Rawitawan. University of Hawai‘i at Manoa, USA Forgetting Vietnam: Oblivion, Trauma, and American Identity Soenarto, Ermita. National University of Singapore Reflections on the Rise of Islam in Indonesian Public Life from the Perspective of Comic Books

PS 6.2 Governance and Civil Society Saturday, February 16, 10:10 am - 12:15 pm, Kaniela Room Moderator: Dr. Shabbir Cheema, Senior Fellow, East-West Center

McEachern, Patrick. Louisiana State University, USA Bureaucratic Policy Preferences in North Korea Kang, Jin Woong. University of Minnesota, USA Micro-Fascism of North Korean Militant Nationalism Lee, Seun-min. Seoul National University, South Korea The Rise of Short-Term Issue Voting and ‘De-alignment’ of Electorate-Party Coalition in Korea : Evidences from the 2007 Presidential Election Balassiano, Katia. University of Hawai‘i at Manoa, USA Support for a Civil Society in Thailand Ann, Sovatha. Northern Illinois University, USA Patronizing Decentralization: An Emerging Local Political Culture in Rural Cambodia

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PS 6.3 Investment & Multinational Corporations Saturday, February 16, 10:10 am - 12:15 pm, Sarimanok Room Moderator: Ms. Monique Wedderburn, Sr. Program Officer, Education Program, East-West Center

Tran, Cuong Tuan. International University of Japan Whether intellectual and cultural standards of private investors have had a decisive impact in creating the over-heated situation of the current Vietnamese stock market? Ly, Kosal. Waseda University, Japan A survey on use of the Internet for investor relations activities in Japan and the UK Tanaka, Kiyoyasu. University of Hawai‘i at Manoa, USA The Complex Expansion Strategies of Japanese and US Multinational Firms Youn, Jung-In. University of Hawai‘i at Manoa and East-West Center, USA The Effects of Localization-level on the MNE (multinational enterprises) activities based on MNE types : Evidence from the case of Korea Tian, Kun. University of Pittsburgh, USA Content analysis of international advertising in China: printing ads on newspaper

PS 6.4 Land and Communities Saturday, February 16, 10:10 am - 12:15 pm, Washington Room Moderator: Dr. Jefferson Fox, Coordinator, Environmental Studies, East-West Center

Song, Yanrui. University of California, Berkeley, USA Hukum Kami Hukum Adat? Articulations of Land in Minahasa, North Sulawesi So, Sokbunthoeun. Northern Illinois University, USA Land Property Rights Institution in Cambodia Rokolekutu, Ponipate. University of Hawai‘i at Manoa and East-West Center, USA The Politicization of Land and the Paradox of Indigenous Ownership of Fijian Land Shrestha, Padmendra. University of Hawai‘i at Manoa and East-West Center, USA Policy issues for Improvement of Squatter Settlements in Kathmandu, Nepal Miles, Wendy B. University of Hawai‘i at Manoa and East-West Center, USA and Rizki Pandu Permana, Utrecht University, Netherlands Community Participation and Conservation at Manupeu Tanadaru National Park, Indonesia

PS 7.1 China and Modernity Saturday, February 16, 1:30 pm - 3:15 pm, Pago Pago Room Moderator: Dr. Scott MacLeod, Senior Education Specialist, East-West Center

Tang, Eric T. Sophia University, Japan The Voice of Today; The Emergence of Contemporary Chinese Culture Nitzky, William. Arizona State University, USA Culture as a Capital Resource: the Contested Terrain of the Chinese Ecomuseum Kadeer, Tursun. University of Hawai‘i at Manoa and East-West Center, USA The Other Sides of Tourism in Uyghur Region

PS 7.2 Media and Society Saturday, February 16, 1:30 pm - 3:15 pm, Kaniela Room Moderator: Mr. Derek Ferrar, Media Relation Specialist, East-West Center

Routray, Sanjeev K. University of British Columbia, Canada Mediating ‘Other Backward Classes’ Reservation Fracas: Notes on Citizenship, Merit, and Publics

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Clemens, Jonathan. University of Hawai‘i at Manoa, USA Attack of the Web Guerillas: OhmyNews and the Demo cratization of South Korean Media Kim, Hyun Jin. Seoul National University, South Korea The Transformation of Hong Kong Identity since the 1980s: The Re-imagined Relations between Self and Other in Hong Kong Films Raja, Nina. The New School University, USA ‘Ghosts in the Media’ : An Exploration of South Asians Stereotypes in American Entertainment Television

PS 7.3 Managing Resources toward Sustainability Saturday, February 16, 1:30 pm - 3:15 pm, Sarimanok Room Moderator: Dr. Toufiq Siddiqi, Senior Fellow, East-West Center

Nguyen, Hao T. University of Hawai‘i at Manoa, USA “Water Governance: Does Collaboration between Sectors Meet better Needs for Drinking Water of Peri-Urban Residents? – Case Study of Ha Noi, Viet Nam.” Sopacua, Juliaty Ansye. State University of New York, USA Managing Water to Eradicate Poverty, With A Case Study from Krung Aceh Watershed, Aceh Indonesia Smith, Brooke Ray. University of California, Berkeley, USA Constructed Wetlands as Sustainable Wastewater Treatment Infrastructure in Taiwan and Thailand: International Management and Planning Considerations Louvirojanakul, Kengkran. University of Khonkaen, Thailand Solution for Fisheries Cooperation Management in the Gulf of Thailand

PS 7.4 Language Use Saturday, February 16, 1:30 pm - 3:15 pm, Washington Room Moderator: Ms. Mary Hammond, Dean, Education Program, East-West Center

Parinyavottichai, Chanyaporn. University of Hawai‘i at Manoa and East-West Center, USA Language Shift, Maintenance and Language Use: An Observation on Chinese Language in Bangkok Chinatown Abu Bakar, Husni. University of Delaware, USA Code-switching in KL Malay: The “Rojak” Phenomenon Tu, Jung-yueh. Simon Fraser University, Canada On Word Prosody in Loanword Phonology Polley, Carl. University of Hawai‘i at Manoa and East-West Center, USA Cyberspace with Chinese Characteristics: Mandarin Metaphors for the Internet

PS 8.1 Regional Cooperation and Integration Saturday, February 16, 3:30 pm - 5:15 pm, Pago Pago Room Moderator: Dr. Charles Morrison, President, East-West Center

Choi, Hyun Jin. Arizona State University, USA Energy and Geopolitics in Northeast Asia: Sources of Conflict or Opportunities for Cooperation? Salimova, Lola K. University of Hawai‘i at Hilo, USA Shanghai Cooperation Organization and the Central Asian States Lee, So Jeong. Seoul National University, South Korea A Coordinating Leadership: a Politics of East Asia Economic Integration Pryor, Joshua. University of Hawai‘i at Manoa, USA Looking Forward to CAFTA: The Political Implications of Economic Integration

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PS 8.2 Constructions and Representations in Various Media Saturday, February 16, 3:30 pm - 5:15 pm, Kaniela Room Moderator: Ms. Karen Knudsen, Director, Office of External Affairs, East-West Center

Chen, Yanli. University of Pittsburgh, USA The Making of Modern Beauty: Reading the Emergence of the “Calendar Girl” in Republican Shanghai 1910s-1930s Jack, James. University of Hawai‘i at Manoa, USA Representations in the Early Photographs of Kunié Sugiura: Feminism, Japanese-ness, and Identity Politics in New York during the early 1970s Yang, Man. University of Hawai‘i at Manoa, USA Exactly What Adidas Wanted: Maori in Sports and Popular Culture Peou, Chivoin. Southern Illinois University Carbondale, USA Reconstructing the Traditional Order: Gender and Generational Relations in Cambodian Film

PS 8.3 Education in a Globalized World Saturday, February 16, 3:30 pm - 5:15 pm, Sarimanok Room Moderator: Dr. Terance Bigalke, Director, Education Program, East-West Center

Lee, Josephine S. University of Hawai‘i at Manoa and East-West Center, USA “Globalized-Oriented” Education in Jeju Free International City of South Korea Choi, Leejin. University of Hawai‘i at Manoa and East-West Center, USA The Impact of Globalization on the English Education in Korea: Americanization or Nationalism? Masselink, Leah. University of North Carolina, USA Nurses, Inc.: Expansion and Commercialization of Nursing Education in the Philippines Zhang, Yongling. University of Minnesota, USA Understanding Civic Education in China: A Multi-level Perspective

PS 8.4 Urban Modernization in China Saturday, February 16, 3:30 pm - 5:15 pm, Washington Room Moderator: Dr. Reginald Kwok, Professor of Urban and Regional Planning, and Asian Studies, University of Hawai‘i at Manoa

Luo, Pan. Chinese University of Hong Kong, China Lost of Development: Modernization, Urban planning and Heritage Preservation in Quanzhou Ye, Zhiguo. University of Minnesota, USA Cities under Siege: Flood in 1931 and the Downside of Urban Modernization in China Huang, Hao. State University of New York, Buffalo, USA The Relationship between Housing Prices and the Urban Built Environment in China Wang, , Columbia University, USA and Hongwei Dong, Portland State University, USA Understanding Entrepreneurial Urban China

Poster Session Friday, February 15, 1:00 pm - 1:20 pm, Wailana Room Sundar Harris, Usha. Macquarie University, Australia Transforming images: Participatory Video and Social Change in Fiji

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