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The Strategic Relations Between India, the Advanced Research on Asian Economy and Economies of Other Continents - Vol 11 and Japan in the Indo-Pacific Development Strategies of When Three is Not a Crowd by Rupakjyoti Borah (Sharda University, India) Open Economies Cases from Emerging East and Key Features Southeast Asia • This book will analyse the rapidly-evolving relations between by Frank S T Hsiao & Mei-Chu Wang Hsiao India, the US and Japan in the in the Indo-Pacific (University of Colorado, Denver, USA) • Its novelty factor will be that it will parse how the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic will upset great power relations in the In an open economy, basic development region strategies include promoting foreign exports, • Besides, it will one of the first works which will look at the attracting foreign direct investment, and stimulating economic growth. evolving ties between India, the US and Japan in the Indo- This well-researched scholarly book collects closely-related papers Pacific, a concept which is fast catching up in the academic and by Frank Hsiao and Mei-Chu Wang Hsiao and studies the causal policy circles worldwide relations and the degree of importance among these three strategies for policymakers, scholars and students of development studies and Readership: Advanced undergraduate and graduate students, international economics. researchers, and practitioners. Readership: Advanced undergraduate and graduate students and 220pp May 2021 lecturers, as well as policy makers. 978-981-122-351-8 US$88 £75 376pp Apr 2020 978-981-120-540-8 US$118 £105 Series on Asian Regional Cooperation Studies Case Studies on Preventive The Political Economy of Diplomacy in the Asia-Pacific the BRICS Countries edited by Yanjun Guo & Lin Wu (In 3 Volumes) China University, China) Editor-in-chief: Edward D Mansfield To explore a Preventive Diplomacy (PD) mode (University of Pennsylvania, USA) compatible with the regional situation step by & Nita Rudra (Georgetown step on the basis of consensus has become the University, USA) common will of the regional countries. Focusing Over the past 20 years, social on the practice of preventive diplomacy, this scientists, government officials, and Special book conducts empirical and comparative studies on the application of investors have expressed mounting Offer preventive diplomacy in various issue areas and by different countries. interest in the BRICS countries, which Readership: Academics, policymakers, professionals, undergraduate include , Russia, India, China and graduate students. and South Africa. The Political Economy of the BRICS Countries is a three-volume set that aims to address various crucial issues regarding 200pp Nov 2020 these countries. 978-981-121-681-7 US$98 £85 Readership: Academics, professionals and graduates.

Series on Asian Regional Cooperation Studies 1050pp Dec 2019 Preventive Diplomacy in the 978-981-120-217-9(Set) US$750 £660 US$625 £550 Asia-Pacific Introductory Offer till Dec 31, 2020 edited by Yanjun Guo (China Foreign Affairs University, China) & Li (China Foreign The Impossibility of Mapping Affairs University, China) (Urban Asia) A step by step exploration of a PD mode on edited by Ute Meta Bauer, Khim Ong & the basis of consensus compatible with the Roger Nelson regional situation has become the common will The Impossibility of Mapping (Urban Asia) of countries in the region. This book intends to is a compelling compilation of case studies 4 promote discussions on the new ideas and new approaches of PD in and historical projects. This multifaceted the region, which can be effectively used to address the needs of the publication takes Lim’s ideas to a future Asia: region and promote peace and security. a region defined by an irreducibly complex Readership: Academics, policymakers, professionals, undergraduate urban topography under constant flux. Looking and graduate students. from Singapore to Southeast Asia, and from this region to Asia more expansively (and beyond), it presents a diverse range of activities which 200pp Nov 2020 may be productively framed through the notion of critical spatial practice. 978-981-121-682-4 US$98 £85 Readership: Artists, planners, activists, architects, scholars in architecture, Asian studies, the built environment, city planning, and urban studies, artistic interventions, art in public space. Suitable for advanced undergraduate and graduate students.

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WORLD SCIENTIFIC REFERENCE ON ASIA-PACIFIC TRADE POLICIES (In 2 Volumes) Volume ➊: Political Economy of Agricultural Protection in East Asia Volume ➋: Agricultural and Manufacturing Protection in Australia

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Protectionism has been placed under the media spotlight, with news headlines generated by populist anti-globalisation movements and Donald Trump’s term as US President. Such a policy stance is putting at risk unilateral trade reform 1315pp • Nov 2019 efforts in the Asia-Pacific region and elsewhere. 978-981-3274-66-2 (SET) This two-volume reference work provides a timely update Order now! US$545 £480 on how far the region has come in opening markets. US$495 £435 It analyses the motivations or ostensible objectives of policies adopted in the past, the changing extent of the 978-981-3274-70-9(ebook) US$818 £720 domestic price distortions involved, the economic effects of Introductory Offer till those policies at home and abroad, the political economy Dec 31, 2020 forces at work that brought about those policies and their subsequent reform, their consequences for international trade, economic welfare and poverty alleviation, and This set is highly recommended for those who are prospects for sustainable improvements in current policies. interested in the economics and politics of trade policies, Case studies of major East Asian economies and Australia agricultural economics, economic development, and food reveal how government priorities to assist farmers versus and nutrition security in the Asia-Pacific region. manufacturers changed over the past century but especially since the 1980s, and how that has affected trade between Readership: Students, researchers, policymakers and natural resource-poor and resource-rich economies. professionals. 5

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Infrastructure Financing in Achieving Energy Security in Asia Asia edited by Bambang Susantono, Donghyun Diversification, Integration and Policy Park & Shu Tian (Asian Development Bank, Implications Philippines) edited by Farhad Taghizadeh-Hesary (, Japan), et al. Key Features • Comprehensive analysis of This book presents a critical review of the infrastructure financing in developing status of energy security in Asia and suggests Asia how a country or a region collectively can • Highlights the role of developing local achieve energy security in two broad aspects. currency bond market as support to long-term infrastructure From the reviews and analyses, this book asserts that diversification investments and integration are key to ensuring energy security.

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World Scientific Series on Ageing in Asia - Vol 1 Japanese Management and International Studies Ageing in Asia - Vol 16 Contemporary Trends and Policy Issues Sustainability Management edited by Kai Hong Phua (Lee Kuan Yew and Business Strategy in Asia School of Public Policy, National University edited by Katsuhiko Kokubu (Kobe of Singapore, Singapore), et al. University, Japan) & Yoshiyuki Nagasaka Ageing in Asia contains a selection of leading (Konan University, Japan) social systems and programs, with interesting Key Features case-studies offering innovative and useful • Current topics about sustainability lessons. The book covers ageing and related management in Asia including case developments occurring in the most dynamic studies are shown industrializing and urbanizing societies of emerging Asia. It includes • Theory and practical examples of sustainability connected with topical issues such public policies and responses to current challenges management strategy are clearly indicated from the growing needs of an ageing population due to rise of chronic • All papers are written by top level researchers in this field non-communicable diseases, amidst rapidly changing social, cultural, economic and political changes in the region. Readership: For readers who would like to understand how sustainability management is practised in the Asian context. Readership: Policy-makers and practitioners, as well as scholars and students. 256pp Oct 2019 978-981-120-018-2 US$98 £85 492pp May 2019 978-981-3225-54-1 US$148 £130 The Coordination of BRICS Development Strategies From the Global Financial Towards Shared Prosperity Tsunami to the Property edited by Linggui Wang & Jianglin Zhao Bubbles in Asia Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, China) The Need for a New Discipline on Macroeconomic Management BRICS countries, namely Brazil, Russia, India, by Paul Sau-Leung Yip China and South Africa (known as bloc), have (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore) been working closely together for more than a decade in areas as politics, economics, culture Key Features and security. The bloc plays a crucial role in • Draws important lessons on the global facilitating the growth of not only emerging markets and developing financial crisis, European debt crisis, countries, but also the world economy as a whole. Just as importantly, and risks of asset bubbles and currency attacks in Asia after the 6 it contributes significantly towards improving global governance and the US quantitative easing welfare of those living in BRICS countries. Contributed by more than 20 • Provides a new theoretical framework to explain the unique experts from major think tanks in BRICS countries, the chapters in this characteristics of Asian property market and makes pertinent book analyze how the BRICS countries have realized shared prosperity policy recommendations and achieved global prominence by cooperating with one another. Readership: Undergraduates and academics, business economists, Readership: Academics, professionals, policy-makers and students finance professionals, monetary and housing authorities, corporate interested in cooperation of BRICS countries. investment departments, individual investors, analysts and general readers. 248pp Oct 2019 978-981-120-099-1 US$98 £85 232pp Apr 2019 978-981-4623-68-1 US$98 £85 For more information, visit: www.worldscientific.com WORLD SCIENTIFIC

RIVALRY AND COOPERATION IN THE ASIA-PACIFIC The Dynamics of a Region in Transition Introductory Volume 1: Geopolitics and Security OFFER Volume 2: Geoeconomics and Development

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Green Development of State Capitalism in Eurasia Asia-Pacific Cities by Martin C Spechler (Indiana University, USA), Building Better Cities Towards 2030 et al. edited by Zheng Zhao (Development This is the first book to specify the type of Research Center of the State Council, economic system that has arisen in Central PRC, China) Asia, replacing the simplistic ideas of “petro- The book evaluates and analyses the level of state” or “resource dependent.” The book green development in over 100 major cities presents three types of state capitalism now in Asia Pacific. A quantitative analysis of the established in the former Soviet Union states relationship with economic growth, income of Eurasia — crony, dual-sector, and predatory distribution, innovation capabilities, service sector, governance levels, capitalism. It provides first-hand research and city clusters are accumulated and presented in the form of a new based on extensive interviewing in the native languages in five of the index; the Urban Green Development Index (UGDI). Amongst the six. From the political economic perspective, it surveys the source of cities discussed in the case studies are Penang (Malaysia), Singapore, resources for these authoritarian regimes, their decision-making, and Vladivostok (Russia), Portland (USA), Hamburg (Germany), and the disposition of government funds, including corruption. Stockholm (Sweden). Readership: Academics, professionals, policy-makers, graduate and Readership: Targeted at researchers and urban planners looking to undergraduate students interested in economic development of Eurasia. access cities on their sustainability performance. 156pp Jun 2017 420pp Jan 2019 978-981-3149-37-3 US$78 £69 978-981-3236-81-3 US$138 £121 World Scientific Reference on Asian Agribusiness Asia and the World Economy Management (In 3 Volumes) Case Studies in Growth, Marketing, Editor-in-chief: John Whalley and Upgrading Strategies The three-volume set covers edited by Ralph D Christy the climate change challenges (, USA), et al. and solutions from the Asian Key Features perspectives, focusing on both • There are very few publications domestic arrangements and trade- dedicated to Asian agribusiness case based options, and discusses studies scenario analyses for future climate • APO and Cornell are respected institutions that have a collected regimes; the sustainability of growth wealth of knowledge and expertise in the area of Asian in the Indian economy determined agribusiness by analyzing the role of economic, • The case studies included in the volume have been pre-tested in technological and environmental educational programs/workshops and in Cornell classrooms factors and lastly, the growth experiences and prospects of India and China. Readership: This book is meant for students at both graduate and undergraduate levels, as well as policymakers and business Readership: Graduates, academics and researchers in Asia and the owners. World Economy.

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Is This the Asian Century? NOTABLE TiTLES by Jong-Wha Lee (Korea University, Power Talk South Korea) by Karen Lam Ganga Rejuvenation Key Features edited by , • Collection of articles by the former chief Ora-orn Poocharoen et al. economist of the Asian Development Handbook of Terrorism in the Asia – Pacific Bank (ADB) edited by Rohan Gunaratna & Stefanie Kam 8 • Contribution to ongoing policy debates Marketing for Competitiveness: Asia to The World on the future of Asian economies by Philip Kotler, et al. • A useful reference material for students Leading Entrepreneurs and How They Succeed and general readers who do not have a edited by Entreprise 50Singapore substantial background on Asian economies Environmental Policies in Asia Readership: General readers interested in Asian economies and the edited by Jing Huang & Shreekant Gupta policy debates on their future directions. Sustainability Matters 144pp Oct 2017 edited by Lin-Heng Lye, et al. 978-981-3227-58-3 US$48 £42 Matters by Amitav Acharya Managing Indonesia’s Transformation by Ginandjar Kartasasmita For more information, visit: www.worldscientific.com WORLD SCIENTIFIC

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Shadows Across the Golden Start-up Thailand Land The Entrepreneurs’Journey Myanmar’s Opening, Foreign Influence by Philip C Zerrillo (Singapore Management and Investment University, Singapore), et al. by Simon S C Tay (Singapore Institute of This book contains a series of stories about International Affairs, Singapore) these first-generation entrepreneurs and their Key Features commercial journeys. The book is intended • Looks past recent controversial to serve as both an inspiration and a source headlines to examine issues that are of of insights for would be entrepreneurs and direct relevance to the investment and potential Thailand investors. Each story covers business environment of Myanmar the initial start-up plan, the steps taken by the entrepreneurs and the • Combines an outsider’s point of view with insider knowledge twists and turns they faced in their journey. accrued from extensive on-the-ground experience in Myanmar Readership: Entrepreneurs, students studying Entrepreneurship, • Weaves into its analysis a concise but informative summary of business schools, general public. relevant historical factors dating back to the Colonial period in Myanmar’s history 184pp Jul 2020 978-981-121-618-3 US$38 £35 Readership: Myanmar watchers and those with a casual interest in the region. Jokowi’s Indonesia and the 150pp Nov 2020 978-981-3273-54-2 US$45 £40 World by Ahmad Ibrahim Almuttaqi (The Habibie Center, Indonesia)

ASEAN-EU Partnership Key Features The Untold Story • This book is the first single-authored by (Ambassador-at-Large, study of Joko Widodo’s first presidential Singapore) & Lay Hwee Yeo (European term in the English language. Union Centre, Singapore) • The book refers to both English and This is the first book about the relationship Indonesian language sources, thus between The European Union and ASEAN, providing readers with a more complete understanding of issues written from the ASEAN perspective. The book surrounding Joko Widodo’s first presidential term describes the many areas in which ASEAN and • The book adopts a contemporaneous ‘annual survey’ approach, the EU, have convergent interests and, the whereby each chapter of the book covers each of Joko Widodo’s few areas, in which they have divergent views. The book also looks to year in office and was written soon after each year in office the future and suggests some possible areas of cooperation. The book was completed. This allows the reader to trace the ways in contains essays from all the ten ASEAN countries. The book’s foreword which issues that affected Joko Widodo’s first presidential term is written by Singapore’s Foreign Minister, Dr . developed over time, and more aptly captures what issues were important at certain times over the course of Joko Widodo’s Readership: Academics, scholars, diplomats & civil society. presidency

150pp Nov 2020 Readership: Academics, undergraduates, graduates, policymakers, 978-981-122-422-5(pbk) US$25 £20 diplomatic community or foreign ministry officials. 978-981-122-310-5 US$58 £50 188pp May 2020 978-981-121-942-9(pbk) US$28 £25 China’s Rise in Mainland ASEAN 978-981-121-407-3 US$58 £50 Regional Evidence and Local Responses edited by Suthiphand Chirathivat (Chulalongkorn University, Strong Patronage, Weak Parties Thailand), et al. The Case for Electoral System Key Features Redesign in the Philippines • This book aims to bridge the gaps observed between evidence- edited by Paul D Hutchcroft based practical analyses and the perceptions of various agents (Australian National University, Australia) 9 • This book aims to help various stakeholders in Mainland ASEAN Key Features facing challenges from the shift in China’s role in the region • Must-read for those who care about with an adequate understanding or providing suggestions for elections in the Philippines supporting measures to be well found by all parties involved • Demonstrates how electoral system Readership: Students, researchers, and International Relations; and redesign is a critical first step to the policymakers and practitioners. overarching goals of promoting democratic accountability and consolidation 300pp Oct 2020 978-981-121-703-6 US$118 £105 Readership: Scholars and students. Policymakers, civil society advocates, development practitioners, proponents of gender equality and media professionals and general readers.

224pp Feb 2020 978-981-121-259-8 US$98 £85 Asian Studies Catalogue 2021

Asia Competitiveness Institute - World Scientific Series Rising from the Ashes Annual Competitiveness UN Peacebuilding in Timor-Leste Analysis and Impact by Viji Menon (S Rajaratnam School of Estimation of Exchange Rates International Studies, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore) on Trade in Value-Added of This book, Rising from the Ashes: UN ASEAN Economies Peacebuilding in Timor-Leste, provides an by Khee Giap Tan (Lee Kuan Yew School in-depth look into the UN’s first experiment in of Public Policy, National University of governing and building peace in the aftermath Singapore, Singapore), et al. of conflict, using East Timor as a case study. It “I echo the views of many past Discussants of examines how the Timorese have progressed ACI Competitiveness Index on its coverage and methodological strength after the UN left and the challenges that lie ahead. The book is covered when compared with other measures of competitiveness. Avoidance in two parts: in the first part, the book examines the UN’s role after it of ‘beauty pageant contest’ is commendable and reflects ACI’s interest entered East Timor in 1999 as the de facto government; and in the in analysis rather than media attraction ... Its sub-national or regional second part, the book examines how Timor-Leste has progressed in measure of competitiveness is useful and unique.” peacebuilding after the UN’s withdrawal in 2012. Dr Hezri Adnan Readership: Professionals and policy makers, the UN, research Senior Director of Research institutes, think tanks, graduate, and scholars. Institute of Strategic and International Studies (ISIS), Malaysia 216pp Oct 2019 Readership: Investors, academics and researchers, policymakers and 978-981-120-594-1 US$88 £80 government stakeholders as well as general population.

252pp Jan 2020 978-981-120-793-8 US$148 £130 Series on China’s Belt and Road Initiative - Vol 8 The Belt and Road Initiative ASEAN Countries’Perspectives Asia Competitiveness Institute - World Scientific Series edited by Yue (China Foreign Affairs Annual Competitiveness University, China) & Fujian Li (China Foreign Analysis and Impact Affairs University, China) Estimation of Exchange Rates The book addresses three areas: First, on Exports from Sub-National the strengths and weaknesses of ASEAN countries, and the opportunities and challenges Economies of Indonesia for them in implementing the BRI (a SWOT by Khee Giap Tan (Lee Kuan Yew School analysis); second, the impacts of BRI on of Public Policy, National University of building the ASEAN community; and third, interactions between BRI Singapore, Singapore), et al. and ASEAN-China cooperation. “The results from ACI will be helpful at least to Readership: Academics, policymakers, professionals, undergraduate inform the government officials, both central and local, on the level of and graduate students. competitiveness after implementing the programmes. If the bureaucrats want to improve competitiveness, these are the things which they have 276pp Jul 2019 to do.” 978-981-120-576-7 US$98 £85 Dr Bambang Brodjonegoro Minister for National Development Planning Agency,Indonesia The Timor-Leste/Australia Readership: Investors, academics and researchers, policymakers and government stakeholders as well as general population. Conciliation A Victory for UNCLOS and Peaceful 392pp Jan 2020 Settlement of Disputes 978-981-120-784-6 US$188 £165 edited by Hao Duy Phan (National University of Singapore), et al.

Series on China-ASEAN Relations - Vol 2 This book provides detailed analyses of the China-ASEAN Relations proceedings and a step-by-step account of Cooperation and Development Volume 2 the conciliation process, as well as its wider edited by Ying Liang (Guangxi University, China) implications for dispute settlement under UNCLOS and beyond. The book also provides a comprehensive 10 This book is the second volume of Series on examination of each step of the conciliation proceedings. Critically, the China-ASEAN Relations. This volume presents book offers insightful perspectives from Australia and Timor-Leste on comprehensive and in-depth studies of China- the conciliation process. The book is an important contribution to the ASEAN cooperation and development by research and analysis of the Timor Sea conciliation. Chinese scholars from the China-ASEAN Research Institute of Guangxi University and Readership: Statesmen, policy-makers, diplomats, scholars and anyone the China-ASEAN Collaborative Innovation interested in maritime boundary dispute settlement and conciliation Center for Regional Development. procedure.

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Building Inclusive Mindanao Democracies in ASEAN The Long Journey to Peace and edited by Ronald U Mendoza (Asian Prosperity Institute of Management, Philippines), et al. edited by Paul D Hutchcroft (The Australian National University, Australia) Containing the latest research and insights of academics and development practitioners This volume provides both in-depth examination pursuing political and economic reforms of the latest stage of a still-ongoing peace in the ASEAN region, Building Inclusive process as well as richly textured analysis of Democracies in ASEAN recognizes that a the historical, political, and economic context well-functioning democracy is part of what underlying one of the most enduring conflicts ultimately fosters inclusive growth and development. Inequitable access in the world. It is thus an extremely important to democratic processes and mechanisms produce government policies foundational resource in the continuing quest for peace and prosperity and initiatives that are inconsistent with the needs of the majority. in Mindanao.

Readership: Readers in political science, Southeast Asian studies, Readership: Scholars in South East Asian Studies, peace studies, political economy, and governance reform. History of Philippines, and conflict studies.

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Ensuring a Square Meal Myanmar Women and Food Security in Southeast Reintegrating into the International Asia Community edited by Theresa W Devasahayam edited by Chenyang Li (Singapore University of Social Sciences (Yunnan University, China), et al. (SUSS), Singapore) This book is based on papers presented at an Key Features international conference on Myanmar held at • One of the first attempts at providing the Institute of Myanmar Studies in Yunnan a lens into the links between women University, China in 2014. Based on their long- and food security, both at the term observation and studies, experts from household, community, national, and transnational levels China, Laos, Myanmar, Germany, Singapore and the US share their • Aims to highlight the complex linkages between a woman’s opinions on Myanmar’s domestic reform and foreign relations, as well as role in food security in the household, and factors and the current situation and future prospect. This book contributes to better conditions outside the household context and, in turn, understanding of Myanmar in its dramatic political and social transition. demonstrate that the interconnectedness between the Readership: Political scientists, undergraduates, graduate students, private and public realms general readers interested in Myanmar studies. • Fills a gap in the literature on food security in Southeast Asia, aside from numerous reports produced by multilateral 424pp Aug 2016 organisations and NGOs 978-981-4759-90-8 US$138 £115

Readership: Students and professionals interested in gender studies, Southeast Asian studies and food security studies. Reinventing Indonesia 264pp Oct 2018 by Ginandjar Kartasasmita & Joseph J Stern 978-981-3231-89-4 US$98 £86 “In this book, we learn a great deal about what went wrong in the final years under President , how policymakers understood the Power Broking in the Shade problems confronting Indonesia, and what they Party Finances and Money Politics in did to overcome the political and economic Southeast Asia crises. This book is essential reading for by Wolfgang Sachsenröder (Political Party anyone who wants to understand the collapse Forum Southeast Asia, Singapore) of Indonesia’s regime and the This book, Power Broking in the Shade: Party transition from centralized authoritarianism to decentralized democracy, Finances and Money Politics in Southeast as well as the causes and consequences of the East Asian Economic Asia, provides an overview of the strategies Crisis.” 11 for financial survival of the parties in the region Professor Takashi Shiraishi and the importance of stable cash flows for President, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS), their political success. The book fills the void of a comparative approach Japan towards party financing that covers the whole of ASEAN and offers Readership: Academics, undergraduates and graduates, and accessible facts and understandable analysis for anyone interested in policymakers in Asian politics; general readers with an interest in the politics of Southeast Asia. Southeast Asia.

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India on Our Minds Voices on South Asia Essays by Interdisciplinary Perspectives on and 50 Singaporean Friends of India Women’s Status, Challenges and Futures edited by Tommy Koh (Ambassador- edited by Emma J Flatt (University of at-Large, Singapore) & Hernaikh Singh North Carolina, Chapel Hill, USA), et al. (Institute of South Asian Studies, National Key Features University of Singapore, Singapore) • Written by a diverse range of experts: The book brings together 52 of Singapore’s practitioners, policy makers, academics thought leaders. They come from different and civil society activists from across sectors of the Singapore’s society. Each of South Asia them has written an essay on India’s past or • Each essay concludes with policy- present or future. Each essay is short, easy to read and full of insight relevant recommendations, suggesting improvements to current and humour. This publication is a candid reflection of India and India- practice. Accessible, with a hands-on rather than a theoretical approach, appealing to a wide audience Singapore relations by Singaporeans who carry the hope that India will rise above its challenges to join the ranks of the great nations of the Readership: Undergraduate students and lecturers, as well as industry world. It will be of interest to Singaporeans who are interested in India practitioners and policymakers. and Indians who are interested in Singapore. 492pp Jul 2020 Readership: General. 978-981-121-325-0 US$148 £130

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Key Features “The significance of ACI’s approach to competitiveness comes from the • This book will be the first which methodological innovation it incorporates into its analysis, which sets it addresses with ongoing transition in apart from other international indices.” India. It is also unique because it will Mr Tarun Das critically explore the transition from an Chairman of Institute of Economic Growth (IEG), Delhi interdisciplinary perspective Chairman of Sasakawa India Leprosy Foundation (SILF) and Readership: Undergraduate and graduate students. Academics and Chairman, Advisory Board, JCB India policymakers Readership: Academics, undergraduate and graduate students, and 200pp Aug 2020 professionals. 978-981-122-233-7 US$88 £75 212pp Oct 2019 978-981-120-796-9 US$138 £120 For more information, visit: www.worldscientific.com WORLD SCIENTIFIC

Trade and Investment in Politics and Governance in South Asia Indian States An Analysis Bihar, West Bengal and Tripura by Rahul Choudhury (National University by Subrata Mitra (NUS, Singapore) & of Singapore) & Dinkar Nayak (Maharaja Harihar Bhattacharyya (University of Sayajirao University of Baroda, India) Burdwan West Bengal, India) Key Features Key Features • It will be one of the few studies • New analysis of politics in Indian providing comparative picture pertaining States in terms of governance, the policies towards FDI in the SAARC constitutional reforms and region accommodation of identity • It will bring forth the policies gap that exist among the countries • First full-length, up-to-date study of politics in these states in the SAARC in the days of India’s reforms • The book will also highlight the differences in the quality of FDI in • Use of original, mostly primary sources in the study the SAARC region Readership: Undergraduate and graduate students and lecturers/ Readership: Undergraduate and graduate students. professors focusing on South Asian politics, governance in India and general policy studies. 200pp Oct 2019 978-981-120-656-6 US$88 £75 404pp Apr 2018 978-981-3208-22-3 US$138 £121 Sustainable Energy Transition in South Asia Modi and the World Challenges and Opportunities (Re) Constructing Indian Foreign Policy edited by S Narayan (National University of edited by Sinderpal Singh Singapore, Singapore), et al. (S Rajaratnam School of International Studies, NTU, Singapore) This book explores how the key economies of South Asia are addressing issues such This edited volume attempts to interrogate the as the diversification of energy consumption extent to which Indian foreign policy, under profiles and import sources, investments in Modi, has undergone significant change renewables, enabling universal energy access, and the extent to which this manifests itself challenges to regional energy cooperation, greenhouse gas emissions as a new doctrine in Indian foreign policy. and climate change, and the policy changes that can foster bilateral The individual chapters cover key bilateral and multilateral action. relationships (the United States, China, Australia and Pakistan) as well as broader regional relationships (South Asia and the Indian Ocean Readership: Undergraduate students/lecturers and general readers. Region) and specific themes (such as economic diplomacy).

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Deciphering China’s Microchip Chinese Astrology and Astronomy Industry An Outside History by Fang & Ruifeng Dong by Xiaoyuan Jiang (Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China)

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How to Become a Modernized Why is the China Model Losing Country Its Power? China Modernization Report Outlook Challenges and Opportunities of the (2001 – 2016) Second Global Competition by Chuanqi He (China Center for by Jinghao Zhou (Hobart and William Smith Modernization Research, China & Chinese Colleges, USA) Academy of Sciences, China & The This book will explore the implications of the International Eurasian Academy of Sciences, China) China model in the context of the second global competition and argues that the downturn of This book, the first of its kind, discusses the China model and China’s global expansion how a country can become modernized. It analyzes how to become a are the two sides of the same coin. The China model is losing its power developed and modernized country, why are some countries developed but not broken. China would be able to become even stronger, if it could while others are not, how many countries will rise and how many will reshape the philosophical foundation of the China model. The future of fall, will China become a new modernized country in the 21st century, Western hegemony will depend on how the West understands the China and so on. The book further discusses the principles and methods of model and deals with it. This book addresses these aspects and more. world modernization, as well as the trends in modernization in the world and the modernization strategy in China, based on theoretical studies Readership: Academics, professionals, policy-makers and students. and research by a Chinese team for more than 16 years. This research 250pp Aug 2020 covered 131 countries and 96% of the world’s population, with a time 978-981-121-627-5 US$98 £85 span of 300 years (from 1750 to 2050).

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China versus the US China’s Millennium Who Will Prevail? Transformation by Alfredo Toro Hardy (Venezuelan Scholar The Belt and Road Initiative and Diplomat) by Da Hsuan Feng

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WSPC-ZJUP Series on China’s Regional Rule of Law in China Development - Vol 6 Progress and Problems China’s Regional Economic by Lin Li (Chinese Academy of Development Social Sciences, China) A Case Study of Wenzhou This book comprehensively introduces the by Jinchuan Shi (Zhejiang University, development of rule of law and law-based China), et al. governance in China. Through theoretical This book studies the institutional change and interpretation, background analysis and economic development in Wenzhou since empirical analysis of several key issues, this China’s reform and opening-up. It concludes book answers why and how China promotes its that the most important characteristic of Wenzhou model is that the city rule of law and how the country identifies major is the first to promote industrialization and urbanization by privatization challenges of promoting rule of law. It also looks at how China solves its and marketization in Zhejiang. This book also contains the stories of problems in the process of practicing socialist rule of law. the people of Wenzhou. Readership: Academics, policy-makers, professionals, undergraduate Readership: Academics, policymakers, undergraduate and graduate and graduate students students. 496pp May 2020 360pp Jun 2020 978-981-121-094-5 US$168 £150 978-981-3279-58-2 US$128 £115

Series on Chinese Economics Research - Vol 20 Rural Elections in China China’s Rural Labor Migration Institutionalization, State Intrusion and and Its Economic Development Democratization by Xiaoguang Liu (Renmin University of edited by Lin Wang (Central China Normal China, China) University, China) The book systematically presents the three Key Features most important characteristics of China’s • This book draws on over 2, 000 rural economic development and summarizes elections cases in China, and provides them as “the riddle of China’s rising return readers with detailed and accurate data on capital”, “the riddle of China’s rising rate and analysis of saving”, and “the riddle of ‘Okun’s law’ not applicable to China”. • This book is closely related to the rural developments in China It empirically and theoretically analyses the “three riddles” from the and provides a broad view to exam the democratic system perspective of the migration of rural labor. It also proposes macro-policies evolvements in the very area and developmental strategies to address the “three riddles”. • Unlike other similar books, the study of China’s rural elections Readership: Academics, policymakers, undergraduate and graduate in this book has been set in the larger context of Asian students. democratization 248pp May 2020 Readership: Students, researchers and readers who are interested in 978-981-120-858-4 US$88 £75 learning more about China’s rural elections and governance and the country’s prospects for democratization.

260pp May 2020 Asia-Pacific Business Series - Vol 10 978-1-78634-162-4 US$98 £85 Guanxi and Business 3rd Edition by Yadong Luo (University of Miami, USA) Series on Chinese Economics Research - Vol 21 China’s Economic Key Features • The book is not merely novel but Development Strategies integrative, showing a holistic picture Transformation and Innovation of knowledge of guanxi, from social by Rui Liu (Renmin University of China, philosophies and cultural backgrounds China) to economic and social analysis of This book reviews the transformation and guanxi, from organizational behaviour innovation of China’s economic development and practices to working guidance to build and maintain guanxi 20 strategies, especially Deng Xiaoping’s Three- • This book suits widely different types of readers, including Step strategy and Xi Jinping’s internal and academics, executives, consultants, graduate students, and external strategies. By introducing the concept of strategic paradigm, policy makers, among others it analyzes the theoretical basis of myriads of economic development • This edition adds numerous updates on both scholarly strategies and predicts China’s choice. It also studies the reform of development and working practices about guanxi. It also updates city-county planning system, major function-oriented zones (MFOZs) most minicase examples of the 2nd edition and planning legislation and institutionalization. Readership: Students, managers and academics.

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Weapons of the Rich Anthology of Tang and Song Strategic Action of Private Tales Entrepreneurs in Contemporary China The Tang Song chuanqi ji of Lu Xun by Thomas Heberer (University Duisburg- edited by Victor Mair (University of Essen, Germany) & Gunter Schubert Pennsylviania, USA) & Zhenjun Zhang (Eberhard Karls University Tübingen, (St Lawrence University, USA) Germany) “This is the first English translation of Lu Xun’s This book provides a fresh perspective on the seminal anthology of Tang and Song period political agency of private entrepreneurs in stories. The selection Lu Xun put together is contemporary China. Most Chinese scholarship a landmark anthology, important not only for describes this group as being politically its representation of this kind of writing from medieval China but also as acquiescent due to systematic co-optation by the party state. This book, a milestone in twentieth-century attitudes towards traditional Chinese however, argues that private entrepreneurs should be understood, ‘fiction.’ Lu Xun’s anthology is now still widely read.” and analytically conceptualized, as a ‘strategic group’ that makes use Ronald Egan of different formal and informal channels to safeguard and expand its interests, though so far it has not challenged the current regime. Readership: College students, teachers, and scholars in the fields of Readership: Undergraduate students, and entrepreneurs. Chinese literature, history, religion, and culture.

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China’s Rise and China’s Continued Reforms in Internationalization a New Era Regional and Global Challenges and Their Impact on Chinese Foreign Impacts Direct Investments and RMB edited by Filip Abraham (Catholic University Internationalization of Leuven, Belgium) & Zhaoyong Zhang by Xugang Yu (Dentons Law Offices, (Edith Cowan University, Australia) China), et al.

2018 marks the 40th anniversary of the start The book explores the new wave of reforms, of China’s reform and opening up policy, which especially in the financial sector, together created China’s growth miracle with an annual with President Xi Jinping’s vision for a shared average growth rate of around 9.5 percent. future for mankind together with his explanation on the “new Era”. In China’s rapid rise and internationalization has also generated profound fact, China is entering a “New Era” and transforming its economy into a impacts both regionally and globally. This edited book aims to bring more sophisticated one, upgrading the industrial sector and introducing together academics and researchers at policy institutions to discuss specific and dedicated reforms in the SOEs (State Owned Enterprises) ongoing research on a wide range of theoretical and empirical issues to render them more efficient and allow them to compete fairly at the related to China’s rapid rise and internationalization from both regional international level. and global perspectives. Readership: Academics, professionals, policy-makers and students Readership: Researchers and the public. interested in China’s financial reform, Chinese ODI and RMB 372pp Apr 2020 Internationalization. 978-981-121-090-7 US$128 £115 336pp Mar 2020 978-981-121-264-2 US$118 £105 Leadership Political-economic, Regional Business WSPC-ZJUP Series on China’s Regional and Socio-Community Contexts Development - Vol 5 edited by T W Lim (Soka University, Japan) Political Participation and & Carol Ma (Singapore University of Social Sciences, Singapore) Institutional Innovation A Case Study of Zhejiang Key Features by Shengyong Chen (Zhejiang Gongshang • First handbook on managing political University, China), et al. interactions or/and understanding political leadership theories and This book analyses Zhejiang’s experience in 21 concepts democratic consultation, hearing, people’s • Useful for understanding the role of government in businesses, proposal solicitation system, television and local communities and societies in East Asia Internet political consultation, official and citizen dialogue on government • Includes Asian perspectives on leadership and conceptual websites. It studies how common people can actively participate in politics and applied contents on the way political leadership influences business leadership in a country and manage the public affairs of the country through institutionalized ways and means. Readership: Students, academics and researchers interested in business and political leadership in East Asia. Readership: Academics, policy-makers, undergraduate and graduate students interested in China’s regional development. 284pp Apr 2020 978-981-121-322-9 US$88 £75 464pp Apr 2020 978-981-3279-54-4 US$148 £130 Asian Studies Catalogue 2021

Political Development in A History of Medicine in Hong Kong Chinese Culture by Joseph Yu-shek Cheng In 2 Volumes by Boying Ma (Federation of Key Features Traditional Chinese Medicine • Most comprehensive and detailed Practitioners, UK) analysis among existing literature • Academic analysis supported by first- This book set covers the last 3000 hand experiences as a key participant years of Chinese Medicine, as a in peaceful democracy movement in broadly flowing river, from its source Hong Kong to its mouth. It takes the story from • The author is an established commentator on Hong Kong’s the very beginnings in proto-scientific current affairs with frequent appearances in local and China to the modern age, with a wealth international media in the past four decades and more of historical and cultural detail. It is unique in presenting many anecdotes, sayings, and excerpts from the traditional classics. Readership: Academics, professionals, policy-makers and students Advanced undergraduate and graduate students in interested in political development of Hong Kong. Readership: Medicine, Chinese medical practitioners, acupuncturists, herbal 712pp Mar 2020 practitioners, scholars in related disciplines, medical historians, the 978-981-120-143-1 US$188 £165 generally well-informed public. 1320pp Apr 2020 Series on Chinese Economics Research - Vol 19 978-981-3237-96-4(Set) US$298 £262 Environmental Economics Research and China’s Green EAI Series on East Asia Development Strategy Chineseness and Modernity by Youguo Zhang (Chinese Academy of in a Changing China Social Sciences, China) Essays in Honour of This book discusses several important issues Professor Wang Gungwu in the practice of China’s green development. edited by Yongnian Zheng & Litao Zhao It analyzes the carbon mitigation, water (East Asian Institute, National University of conservation and environmental pollution Singapore, Singapore) from the perspectives of economic development, technological change, This book is a collection of essays in honour of production and demand. The book uses various quantitative methods Professor Wang Gungwu. By focusing on the to reveal the pathways of China’s green development. The findings, theme of Chineseness and China’s modernity, this book adds depth to the discussions and policy implications of this book contribute to the theory analysis of China’s rise and its implications for the region and the world. and policy studies in China’s green development. In short, this edited volume is both a reference book for understanding Readership: Academics, professionals, policy-makers and students. Wang’s scholarship and an extension of his scholarship to the analysis of China’s growing international influence and its implications for the 440pp Mar 2020 world order. 978-981-120-290-2 US$148 £130 Readership: Academics, professionals, policy-makers and students.

340pp Apr 2020 Chinese Urbanism 978-981-121-078-5 US$98 £85 Urban Form and Life in the Tang-Song Dynasties by Jing Xie (University of Nottingham EAI Series on East Asia Ningbo, China) China and East Asian “Chinese Urbanism: Urban Form and Life in the Economic Integration Tang-Song Dynasties is not a mere exercise edited by Sarah Y Tong & Tuan Yuen Kong in historicism, but instead a successful effort (East Asian Institute, National University of that unpacks factors of earlier times that have Singapore, Singapore) the potential of informing decisions today. This book focuses on China’s importance and Jing XIE’s rich documentary sources include efforts in East Asian economic integration by Chinese primary sources — sumptuary laws, poetry, prose, and travelers’ 22 examining the changing patterns of the growing accounts — as well as Western language studies of China’s past. His East Asian production network, reviewing the narrative is enhanced with carefully chosen historical paintings and process and achievement of China’s efforts in internationalising its drawings.” currency and evaluating the efforts to internationalise Chinese firms. It Ronald G Knapp elaborates China’s economic relations with individual neighbouring East SUNY Distinguished Professor Emeritus Asian economies. It discusses the political economy aspect of East Asian State University of New York, New Paltz economic integration and describes the origins and processes of East Readership: Academics, professionals, policy-makers, architects, urban Asian economic integration. designers and students. Readership: Academics, professionals, policy-makers and students. 296pp Mar 2020 184pp Apr 2020 978-981-120-481-4 US$98 £85 978-981-120-031-1 US$68 £60 For more information, visit: www.worldscientific.com WORLD SCIENTIFIC

Colonial Legacies and Chinese Migrants Write Home Contemporary Studies of A Dual-Language Anthology of China and Chineseness Twentieth-Century Family Letters edited by Gregor Benton Unlearning Binaries, Strategizing Self (Cardiff University, UK), et al. edited by Chih-yu Shih (National Taiwan University, Taiwan), et al. Key Features • First dual-language sourcebook of Key Features Chinese migrants’ family letters, with • This is the first systematic attempt to the letters in Chinese transcription and understand how post-colonial societies English translation and substantial view each other as opposed to how annotation they view the former colonizers • Presents around one hundred Chinese letters from Singapore, • This book historically, culturally, and politically pre-empts China’s China, Malaysia, Thailand, the USA, and Canada reconnections with the world through its comprehensive Belt and Road Initiatives Readership: Academics, professionals, policy-makers and students • The book provides numerous examples of non-binary identities interested in Chinese emigrants studies. and nuanced relationships to overcome international relations 344pp Feb 2020 plagued by the quest for political correctness 978-981-3274-92-1 US$128 £115 Readership: Undergraduate students.

476pp Mar 2020 Series on Chinese Economics Research - Vol 18 978-981-121-234-5 US$148 £130 The Transformation of China’s Economic Development EAI Series on East Asia Perspectives of Sino – US Economists Suzhou Industrial Park by Wandong Yang (Renmin University of Achievements, Challenges and China, China), et al. Prospects This book examines the economic, cultural and by John Wong (East Asian Institute, structural factors affecting China’s economic National University of Singapore, Singapore) growth, and expounds why China’s economy & Liang Fook Lye (ISEAS – Yusof Ishak has been so successful in the past, and the Institute, Singapore) challenges that lie ahead for the country amidst the changing world, This book details Suzhou Industrial Park’s new challenges and uncertainties. The authors lay out their thoughts latest effort in industrial upgrading and persuasively and powerfully, advocating changes that should be transformation in terms of new growth areas as implemented in order to achieve a successful economic transformation well as the challenges faced. It examines the social achievements of the of China’s economy. Through an exchange of ideas among the four Park, which are critical in enhancing the overall attractiveness of the Park Chinese authors, each of whom hail from different backgrounds, practical and distinguishes it from other industrial parks in China and elsewhere.. solutions are presented in the book.

Readership: Academics, professionals, policymakers and students. Readership: For readers who want to invest in China, do business with China, or simply better understand China. 160pp Mar 2020 978-981-120-003-8 US$68 £60 316pp Dec 2019 978-981-120-167-7 US$108 £95

EAI Series on East Asia Chinese Society in the Xi Transformation of Shunde City Jinping Era Pioneer of China’s Greater Bay Area edited by Litao Zhao & Dongtao Qi edited by Henry Hing Lee Chan (East Asian Institute, National University of This book traces the transformation of Shunde, Singapore, Singapore) a city in China’s Guangdong Province. It This book studies the important aspects of discusses the economic success story of China’s social transformation, policy and Shunde by using historical narratives to show governance in recent years, including social how the district has combined its enterprising stability maintenance, education, social media, private sector with the highly capable reform- industrial de-capacity and lay-off campaign, ethnic minority and ethnic oriented local government to become a 23 policy, elderly care, poverty reduction and social governance. It will national beacon of reforms in the 1980s and enable readers to have a better understanding of China’s most important 1990s. It looks into the holistic approach to development adopted by and pressing social issues and relevant social policies. the Shunde government since the 1980s. It also explores the potential role of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area (GBA). It Readership: Academics, professionals, policy-makers and students. analyses the strengths and weaknesses of the district as compared to 180pp Mar 2020 other competing areas in the GBA. 978-981-3279-78-0 US$78 £70 Readership: General readers interested in China’s economic development and China’s Greater Bay Area.

220pp Dec 2019 978-981-121-305-2 US$58 £50 Asian Studies Catalogue 2021

World Scientific Series in Global Health Economics and Public Policy - Vol 6 North Korean Nuclear Weapon Health Care Policy in East Asia: and Reunification of the A World Scientific Reference (In 4 Volumes) Korean Peninsula Editor-in-chief: Teh-wei Hu (University of California, Berkeley, USA) by Sung-wook Nam (Korea University, Key Features South Korea) • Provides a good Key Features understanding of the recent • Future scenarios pertaining to changes in four systems examined in East Asia: China, denuclearization and reunification of the Japan, South Korea, and Korean Peninsula are projected for the Taiwan first time • Includes rigorous health • Wide-ranging issues are tackled by linkage analysis economics and quantitative • Discussions are grounded with the author’s theoretical and analysis for health care practical experiences in academia, government and intelligence system reform and policy services on North Korea and China recommendations • This reference volume has Readership: Scholars, undergraduate students, policy makers. documented how research findings were disseminated to government officials for actual implementation of policies 300pp Nov 2019 978-981-3239-96-8 US$98 £85 Readership: Professionals, students and general public.

1280pp Jan 2020 Series on China’s Belt and Road Initiative - Vol 9 978-981-3233-16-4(Set) US$895 £788 US$695 £612 China’s Belt and Road Introductory Offer till Dec 31, 2020 Initiative and RMB Internationalization Asia Competitiveness Institute - World Scientific Series by Gang Meng (China Development Bank, Impact Estimation of Exchange China) Rates on Exports and Annual In the perspective of currency development, Update of Competitiveness the internationalization of RMB is a general Analysis for 34 Greater China trend and a historical choice. As an important Economies measure of China to fully open up and integrate with international community, the Belt and Road Initiative by Khee Giap Tan (Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of intends to effectively connect relevant countries, from different areas Singapore, Singapore), et al. such as policies, roads, trade, capital and popular support. Financing of Belt and Road Initiative-related projects is clearly helpful for China Key Features in adopting more active policies in capital account convertibility and • Competitiveness study at the sub-national level covering all 34 RMB internationalization and to accelerate the process of RMB economies and five regions in Greater China internationalization. • Regional development strategies from an academic perspective, with the aim to help achieve sustainable and balanced growth Readership: Academics, professionals, policy-makers and students. throughout Greater China • Asia Competitiveness Institute’s other competitiveness 372pp Nov 2019 studies on ASEAN, Indonesia and India enable cross-country 978-981-3278-89-9 US$118 £105 comparisons

Readership: Business owners, academics and researchers, Series on Innovation and Operations policymakers and government stakeholders and general readers. Management for Chinese Enterprises - Vol 4 272pp Jan 2020 The Theory and Policies of 978-981-120-787-7 US$158 £140 Mutual Benefit and Win-Win Strategy WSPC-ZJUP Series on China’s Regional Research on Sustainable Development Development - Vol 3 of China’s Open Economy Change of China’s Rural by Lixin Yu (Chinese Academy of Social Community Sciences, China) & Wanling Chen (Guangdong University of Foreign Studies, 24 A Case Study of Zhejiang’s Jianshanxia Village China) by Dan Mao (Zhejiang University, China) Since the beginning of the 21st century, China has made great This book analyzes the industrialization explorations in the depth and breadth of opening-up. This book process of Jianshanxia, a mountain village provides a comprehensive overview of some issues and policies of in Zhejiang Province, and its organizational mutual benefit and win-win strategies, which include China’s foreign changes since China’s reform and opening- trade and technical barriers to trade, China’s technology progress, up. The successful industrialization of the village increased the income China’s service outsourcing industry, China’s direct investment and of the villagers, improved its appearance and enhanced its collective RMB internationalization. It is an important reference book for Chinese economic strength. In retrospect, the transformation of this village policy-makers, Chinese businessmen and foreigners. was a miracle and a typical example of industrialization of township enterprises in China. Readership: Researchers.

Readership: Academics, professionals, policy-makers and students. 616pp Dec 2019 978-981-3235-15-1 US$148 £130 312pp Nov 2019 978-981-3279-55-1 US$108 £95 For more information, visit: www.worldscientific.com WORLD SCIENTIFIC

Whose Comfort? Tokkatsu Body, Sexuality and Identities of The Japanese Educational Model of Korean ‘Comfort Women’and Japanese Holistic Education Soldiers during WWII edited by Ryoko Tsuneyoshi by Yonson Ahn (Goethe University of (University of Tokyo, Japan), et al. Frankfurt, Germany) Unlike math and reading, Tokkatsu (tokubetsu This book uses the comfort women system katsudo) is not confined to a certain period, as a lens for exploring the ways in which but extends throughout the school day and body, sexuality and identity are deployed in even after-school activities — such as school the creation of patriarchal relations, ethnic excursions. It includes classroom activities hierarchies, and colonial/nationalist power. This book analyzes the role such as classroom discussions, morning and afternoon meetings that and nature of the comfort women system as a mechanism of social take place daily, cleaning and serving lunch, school events such as control by the colonial state. This requires the examining of sexuality sports day, school excursions, student councils, and club activities. Such and body politics, the social background of the victims, wartime working activities occur every single day, throughout one’s school years, from conditions, and regulation of soldiers’sexuality. elementary school (actually, even kindergarten) to high school. They are, however, bound together by the common goals of the Tokkatsu Readership: Historians, Koreanists, feminists, women’s rights activists, framework. This book is the foremost attempt to address a gap in English as well as general readers. literature on Tokkatsu. 212pp Oct 2019 Readership: Teachers, policymakers, and scholars. 978-981-120-634-4 US$58 £50 344pp Nov 2019 978-981-121-417-2(pbk) US$38 £35 Series on Innovation and Operations Management 978-981-3232-66-2 US$118 £104 for Chinese Enterprises - Vol 3 The Internationalization of Technological Innovation for US vs China Chinese Enterprises From Trade War to Reciprocal Deal by by Jin Chen (Tsinghua University, China) Thomas W Pauken II

Based on a new perspective, this book “The author has skilfully distilled a sea of data explores the theory of internationalization of into a readable book on the current US-China technological innovation in four aspects, namely trade spats ... A valuable resource for those strategy, organization, resource allocation and wishing to untangle the present complicated environment, and analyzes the development rules and key points of economic relationship between China and management in the internationalization of technological innovation for the US.” Chinese firms. On the basis of theoretical and empirical studies, this CHOICE book proposes an evolutionary model of the internationalization of Readership: General readers interested in US-China trade war and technological innovation. US – China relations. Readership: Students and researchers who are interested to 344pp Sep 2019 understand the theories of technological innovation. 978-981-120-519-4(pbk) US$28 £19 472pp Dec 2019 978-981-120-414-2 US$58 £50 978-981-3208-66-7 US$148 £130

WSPC-ZJUP Series on China’s Regional The Technical History of Development - Vol 2 China’s Grand Canal Rural Reform and Development A Case Study of China’s Zhejiang by Xuming Tan (China Institute of Water Province Resources and Hydropower Research, by Yikang Gu (Zhejiang University, China) China), et al. & Feng Shao (Zhejiang Sociological Based on the past 30-years’ research on the Association, China) technical and cultural values of China’s Grand Key Features Canal, this book, based on interdisciplinary • First systematic study on rural research, studies the natural and social development in Zhejiang, one of background of the evolution and development 25 China’s leading provinces in economic development and political of different sections of the Grand Canal in different historical periods, governance as well as the interrelations between the Grand Canal and the Chinese • Analyzes some of the best economic and governance practices politics, economics, and culture. It also assesses the effects of the Grand developed over the past few decades in China’s rural areas Canal on the progress of the Chinese civilization, engineering technology • Offers great insight into the future of China’s rural development achievement, the natural environment, and the society. Readership: Academics, professionals, policy-makers and students Readership: Academics, professionals, researchers/undergraduate interested in China’s rural reform and graduate students. 416pp Oct 2019 324pp Oct 2019 978-981-3279-56-8 US$148 £130 978-1-945552-03-8 US$118 £105 Asian Studies Catalogue 2021

Series on Chinese Economics Research - Vol 17 China Reconnects Income Distribution and Joining a Deep-rooted Past to a China’s Economic New World Order “New Normal” by Gungwu Wang (National University of Singapore, Singapore) by Haiyuan Wan ( Normal University, China) & Shi Li (Beijing Normal University, “In this remarkable book, Wang Gungwu China) illuminates the complicated processes by which China, in the course of becoming an influential As the Chinese economy has moved to a “New actor in a new global order, has drawn on and Normal” of slower growth and changed model adapted, rather than totally discarding, core of development, its income distribution is being aspects of the Chinese past.” affected in a number of ways. What exactly are the impacts brought by Paul A Cohen the new changes? How should we view China’s income distribution on Professor, the whole? What trend will we see in the future? With regard to these and other questions that arise against the backdrop of the economic Readership: Academics, professionals, policy-makers and students “New Normal”, the book provides an in-depth analysis of the new issues, interested in how China might see its future. characteristics and trends in relation to income growth rates, income and wealth gaps, and the proportion of personal income in China. 208pp Aug 2019 978-981-120-360-2(pbk) US$28 £25 Readership: Academics, professionals, policy-makers and students. 978-981-3278-12-7 US$58 £50 324pp Aug 2019 978-981-120-064-9 US$118 £105 Series on Chinese Economics Research - Vol 16 Research on Efficiency WSPC-ZJUP Series on China’s Regional and Fairness of Resources Development - Vol 1 Allocationby China’s Interpreting Zhejiang’s Governmental Administration Development by Hong Sheng & Pu Qian Cultural and Social Perspectives (The Unirule Institute of Economics, China) by Lixu Chen (Zhejiang Institute of Administration, China) The book analyzes the resources allocation by government administration in three key This book explores the development of Zhejiang areas namely education, health care, and province, an eastern coastal province of China. land. A quantitive analysis is developed for describing more precisely This book analyzes Zhejiang’s transformation the situation of unfairness in fiscal resources allocation. This book also from an underdeveloped region to one of the richest regions in China describes how ordinary people address the misposition of resources by with unique cultural and social perspectives. It also highlights the impact governmental administrations by migrating from the provinces with less of the Belt and Road Initiative on Zhejiang and its role in this initiative. resources to the provinces with more resources in education or health Readership: Academics, professionals, policy-makers and students care. Thus, the book concludes that the actual allocation of resources interested in China’s economic development and Zhejiang’s development. is determined by the interactions between ordinary people and the government. 424pp Aug 2019 978-981-3279-57-5 US$138 £120 Readership: Academics, professionals, policy-makers and students. 440pp Jul 2019 978-981-3278-60-8 US$148 £130 Series on Contemporary China - Vol 46 A Critical Decade China’s Foreign Policy (2008 – 2018) Series on Chinese Economics Research - Vol 15 by Zhiqun Zhu (Bucknell University, USA) Industrial Overcapacity and “Professor Zhiqun Zhu has built on broad Duplicate Construction in expertise seen in his past authoritative China studies of China and Asia to employ a Reasons and Solutions comprehensive assessment of domestic and by Ping Li (Chinese Academy of foreign determinants in evaluating the changes Social Sciences, China), et al. and continuities of Chinese foreign relations 26 in the past decade. His wisdom and insights in A Critical Decade are a This book provides an overview on the genuine service to specialists and students attempting to understand overcapacity problem facing China and China’s regional and global importance.” examines the main characteristics of Robert Sutter overcapacity in some important industries. The book identifies two George Washington University types of overcapacity. It explores to establish a long-term mechanism for solving the problem. The book concludes that China should establish Readership: Academics, professionals, policy-makers and students. a long-term mechanism to prevent and resolve overcapacity, and to establish healthy relationship between the market and the government.

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Unravelling Modern China Digital Enablement and by Haico Ebbers (Nyenrode Business Innovation in China University, The Netherlands) A Casebook Key Features edited by Shan Ling Pan (University of New • A different (and better) interpretation of South Wales, Australia), Derek Wen Yu Du (Beihang University, China) & the mountain of data and information Haibo Hu (Jiangxi University of Finance and coming from China Economics, China) • Linking the uncontrollable external environment in which international Key Features companies have to operate in China to • Learn about latest developments in their strategic choices China’s digital economy • Giving the newest view on new developments in China such • Understand the consumerization and transformation effects of as escaping the middle-income trap, the demographic dividend digital technology issue, the emergence of the middle class, the rebalancing • Access to in-depth case studies in digital enablement, including towards domestic market away from export and the new Zhongguancun InnoWay, OFO Bicycle, Esheke, Taobao, and relationship between the central government and Chinese more companies going abroad Readership: Students, researchers and practitioners interested in the Readership: Readers who are interested to know where the Chinese digital transformation projects in China. economy is headed and how China will develop in the long term. 184pp Mar 2019 584pp Apr 2019 978-981-3276-35-2 US$68 £60 978-981-3200-27-2 US$148 £130 Singapore and Hong Kong: Series on Contemporary China - Vol 45 Comparative Perspectives China’s Omnidirectional On the 20th Anniversary of Hong Peripheral Diplomacy Kong’s Handover to China edited by Jianwei Wang (University of edited by Institute of Advanced Studies, Macau, China) & Tiang Boon Hoo (Nanyang Nanyang Technological University, Technological University, Singapore) Singapore

“This valuable compendium of studies on Political, social and economic transformations different aspects of China’s foreign relations have marked the 20 years since Hong Kong in Asia brings new voices of younger scholars became a Special Administrative Region of and new insights to the field. Jianwei Wang and China. To mark the historic handover, the Institute of Advanced Studies Hoo Tiang Boon are to be congratulated with assembling this volume, (IAS) at Nanyang Technological University invited experts from various which should be widely read.” fields to share their unique insights on the developments and impact Prof David Shambaugh of the last 20 years on Hong Kong and Singapore in a conference in George Washington University Singapore.

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EAI Series on East Asia Study on Chinese Traditional China’s Economic Theory of Artistic Style Modernisation and Structural by Jiaxiang Hu (South-Central University for Changes Nationalities, China) Essays in Honour of John Wong Key Features edited by Yongnian Zheng & Sarah Y Tong • First monograph to trace the (East Asian Institute, National University of conceptual binary of Vitality-Charm 氣 Singapore, Singapore) 韻 in traditional discourse of art to the This book provides a timely update on the fundamental antithesis between Qian ongoing transformation of the Chinese 乾 and Kun 坤; in the Zhou Yi (Book of economy. In this book, top scholars on Chinese economic studies review Changes) and to the Chinese culture China’s remarkable economic achievement in the past four decades and • Promotes and deepens the mutual understanding between art analyse the challenges facing economic development in the country. and philosophy, science and religion, ethics and cosmology, and The book focusses on structural changes of China’s economy, which the Eastern and Western cultures are essential to steer the country towards sustainable development. • Constructs a cyclic model for the development of art, based on original cosmological and philosophical views Readership: Academics, professionals, policymakers and students. Readership: Academics, policy-makers, professionals, undergraduate 360pp May 2019 and graduate students. 978-981-120-361-9 US$88 £75 540pp Jan 2019 978-981-3279-42-1 US$158 £140 Economic Impact of the Internet Plus Era China’s Rise in Mainland A Case Study of Shanghai by Youmei Li (Shanghai University, China), ASEAN et al. New Dynamics and Changing Landscape The “Internet Plus” action plan was first edited by Suthiphand Chirathivat introduced by Premier Li Keqiang in his (Chulalongkorn University, Thailand), et al. Government Work Report at the Third Plenary Session of the 12th National People’s The rationale for this volume on China’s Rise Congress on March 5, 2015. This book in Mainland ASEAN: New Dynamics and expounds how “Internet Plus” plan transforms and influences traditional Changing Landscapes stems from the rise in economy, impacts technological and economic aspects of industries, recent years of China, ASEAN’s giant neighbor, extends its reach to people’s daily lives and creates more profound and in its wake the significant economic, political, and socio-cultural social implications. In addition, the authors put forward constructive developments in the ASEAN region. This book contributes useful measures and suggestions for Shanghai to promote development of insights, rich discussions, as well as the debates relevant to building the “Internet Plus” era and to enhance the city’s economic impact and a knowledge base about and better understanding of China’s rising service level as a core city. influence in mainland ASEAN.

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Basic Principles of Chinese Philosophy Corporate Governance System Volumes 1 & 2 of Japanese Multinational by Jiaxiang Hu (South-Central University for Nationalities, China) Companies Among world’s three major philosophic A Quantitative Evaluation traditions, Chinese philosophy excels by Dipak Basu (Nagasaki University, Japan) in ethical discourse. Today, Chinese & Victoria Miroshnik (Reitaku University, philosophy per se has often been Japan) reduced to the historical approach The purpose of this book is to study an to it, hence its slower development unexplored area of corporate governance. 28 in comparison with European and The authors examine whether the corporate Indian philosophies. The author of governance system can be affected by organizational culture, leader this book avails himself of Kant’s culture, and the operations management system in general. In addition, model of human psychic structure, they study how a specific corporate governance system can affect the synthesizes the basic elements of organizational culture and operations management system and create Chinese philosophy into a rigorous a different type of leader culture. This is an in-depth study of Japanese theoretical framework, and presents multinational companies and a comparison of their corporate governance a panoptic view of the edifice of traditional Chinese philosophy. system in Japan and in host countries like Britain, India, and Thailand.

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China’s 19th Party Congress Series on Contemporary China - Vol 43 Start of a New Era The South China Sea Disputes edited by Kerry Brown and the US – China Contest (King's College London, UK) International Law and Geopolitics Key Features by James C Hsiung (New York University, USA) • A multi-disciplinary approach, and by The book’s broad sweep provides a careful an international set of authors based examination of two tangles: (i) a legal tangle in China, Europe, and the US bedeviling China’s relations with other competing • Accessible, clearly written and claimant nations, and (ii) a geopolitical tangle at presented, and directed at policy the heart of the US – China contest, arising from makers in government and business and all those seeking to America’s instinctual response to the China-threat scare trumpeted by understand more about contemporary China neorealist analysts and media gurus as well. It also examines the background • Contains fresh research on China's economy, the Belt and Road of the China-threat scare, to see if it has any merit, in light of both the shifts in Initiative, China's land reform and the Taiwan issue the running China debate and the evidence of China’s might and intentions.

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Chinese Firms Going Global Consumption Patterns of the Can They Succeed? Middle Class in Contemporary by Joseph Healy (Judo Capital, Australia & University of Queensland, Australia) China by Di Zhu (Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Key Features China) • Comprehensive and rigorous, but accessible treatment of an important Key Features • This book employs systematic methodology topic that is rarely addressed in a and framework to analyze consumer culture balanced manner in most western of the middle class, which could generate media discourse both academic and marketing significance • Bridges academia and popular treatment in a unique manner • This book draws on a new and distinct conceptualization of the which appeals to both the Chinese and Western readers Chinese middle class as “the orientation toward personal pleasure Readership: General readers interested in China's Economy, and comfort”, to be opposed to the popular depiction of their being China's overseas investment, Chinese firms' international strategies. either conspicuous or frugal

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308pp May 2018 East Asian Studies in the 978-981-3230-32-3 US$108 £95 Perspective of Regional Integration NOTABLE TiTLES edited by Xinbo Wu (Shanghai The Challenge of Making Cities Liveable in East Asia International Studies University, China) edited by Liang Fook Lye & John Wong This book analyzes the cooperation and Is China an Empire? challenges of East Asian countries in the by Han Shih Toh process of integration. The book discusses Land-Use Changes in China the impact of East Asia cooperation and edited by Xuefeng Cui, et al. economic integration; emphasizes the Financial Theory election of political leadership in East Asia; covers the topics of East by Xingyun Peng Asian cultural identity, history and norms; and studies the relationship between East Asia and the World. The China Wave by Weiwei Zhang Readership: Policymakers, academics, professionals, 29 undergraduate and graduate students. Entrepreneurial Management Theory and Practice by Tzong-Ru Lee 316pp Jul 2018 China Studies in South and Southeast Asia 978-1-938134-96-8 US$118 £104 edited by Chih-yu Shih China-ASEAN Relations edited by Jianren Lu, Zuojun Fan International Strategic Relations and China’s National Security edited by Institute for Strategic Studies, National Defense Save the University of People’s Liberation Army China environment China’s Logic Share this catalogue by Lixing Zou Asian Studies Catalogue 2021

Series on Contemporary China – Vol 42 Farewell to China’s GDP Worship The South China Sea by Jinzao Li (China National Tourism Disputes Administration, China) Historical, Geopolitical and Legal Based on the outstanding research findings of Studies many visionaries and the initial practices in some edited by Tsu-Sung Hsieh local areas in recent years, this book proposes (Ming Chuan University, Taiwan) to switch the focus to multi-dimensional and The South China Sea Disputes: Historical, comprehensive indicators from GDP alone and Geopolitical and Legal Studies covers establish a new economic and social evaluation various issues regarding the currently system, that is, abandon the GDP-centred controversial theme of the South China Sea (SCS) disputes. It evaluation system or GDP worship and adopt a contains insights by scholars mostly from Republic of China (Taiwan), comprehensive evaluation system for economic and social development along with ones from Peoples’ Republic of China (mainland China), embodying the scientific outlook on development — the comprehensive the Philippines, Australia, and the United States (US). development index (CDI).

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China Through American Multilateral Approach in Eyes China’s Foreign Policy Early Depictions of the Chinese by Joseph Yu-Shek Cheng People and Culture in the US Print Key Features Media • It is a valuable reference book for by Wenxian Zhang (Rollins College, USA) undergraduate students, postgraduate “This assemblage of historical depictions students and scholars in the fields of is a veritable treasure trove of information. China’s foreign policy and international It amounts to a kind of encyclopedia of relations in the Asia-Pacific late Qing dynasty China and her citizens • It is a most up-to-date account of China’s as viewed by Americans, offered with an impressively ambitious approaches to its most significant multilateral regional organizations collection of illustrations supported by solid, explanatory comments.” and forums Robert L Moore • In view of China’s importance in international politics and economy, it Professor Emeritus in Asian Studies, Rollins College is important to understand its policy

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Series on Contemporary China – Vol 41 EAI Series on East Asia Moralization of China Contemporary South Korean by Xin Liu (UC Berkeley) Economy: Challenges and Key Features Prospects • Conceptual ethnography: what by Min-Hua Chiang (East Asian Institute, social theory needs today NUS, Singapore) • Critical, not only of China but also This book provides an analytical overview of key the means of mass-communication issues in contemporary South Korean economy. in general The timely and in-depth study presented in the book • A new style of thinking which is examines the main reasons behind South Korea’s looking at our own future prospects economic slowdown in recent years, the economic and social impact following Readership: Policymakers, academics, professionals, chaebol’s growing business expansion, free trade agreements with China undergraduate and graduate students. and the United States, the development of income inequality, the ageing demography and the Korean government’s policy response to overcome 220pp Jan 2018 the current economic difficulties. 978-981-3230-22-4 US$98 £86 Readership: Policymakers, academics, professionals, undergraduate and graduate students. Series on Innovation and Operations Management for Chinese Enterprises – Vol 1 168pp Aug 2017 Independent Innovation in 978-981-3207-23-3 US$88 £73 China Theory and Cases The New Silk Road: China Meets by Huibo Zhong (Beijing Institute of Technology, China) & Jiasu Lei Europe in the Baltic Sea Region (Tsinghua University, China) A Business Perspective edited by Jean-Paul Larçon (HEC , France) Using a combination of theoretical analysis and case studies, this book analyses the Key Features theoretical issues — concept and type of independent innovation, • Unique focus on the business and and the practical issues — construction of institutional system which economics dimensions of China-Europe is in favor of independent innovation. It is written for researchers cooperation along the “Silk Road Economic who are engaged in similar fields and readers who are interested Belt” in independent innovation. In this book, a comparison of the • 17 short management case studies of independent innovation modes of China, Japan and South Korea current projects developed along the “Belt and Road” is presented. The ability, mode and track are defined clearly. The • China’s initiative evaluated from different international perspectives: efficient path of Chinese independent innovation is put forward China, Central Asia, European Union and Russia through case studies. Readership: This book is for managers, policy makers, academics and Readership: Researchers, students and the general public who graduate students. are interested in innovation. 288pp Jul 2017 436pp Jan 2018 978-981-3221-80-2 US$108 £90 978-981-3209-89-3 US$148 £123

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Art of Modern Oriental The Power of Ideas Management The Rising Influence of Thinkers and Applying the Chinese, Japanese and Think Tanks in China Korean Management Styles at Work by Cheng Li (Brookings Institution, USA) by Sing Ong Yu (Southern University “The study includes a thorough inventory of College, Malaysia) China’s research institutions (government and This book views Oriental management from private), and it offers compelling case studies a modern perspective as compared to other of four leading public intellectuals. But the best books which attempt to highlight the traditional part is Cheng Li’s own deep insights into this differences between Eastern and Occidental community of thinkers and institutions, their cultures. As such, it is more relevant to today’s business environment relative strengths and weaknesses, and impact on China’s domestic where there is much fusion of Western and Eastern management and foreign policies. This volume should be mandatory reading for all styles. The book illustrates complex philosophical ideologies in a simple China specialists.” form through diagrams. The author has managed to relate the field of David Shambaugh Philosophy to Management. This is important as Oriental philosophical George Washington University and ideas such as harmony, humility, morality and benevolence are highly author of China’s Future applicable to today’s business world. Readership: Students, researchers, and academics.

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The Anthropology of China Asia-Pacific Business Series - Vol 8 China as Ethnographic and Theoretical Catalyst for Change Critique Chinese Business in Asia by Charlotte Bruckermann & edited by Thomas Menkhoff (Singapore Stephan Feuchtwang (London School of Management University, Singapore), et al. Economics, UK) “The book provides a good understanding of The Anthropology of China covers both long ethnic Chinese entrepreneurs in South-East historical perspectives and ethnographies Asia, how they struggled, from generation to of the twenty-first century. For the first time, generation, and became a force that to be ethnographic perspectives on China are reckoned with in the business world in Asia.” contextualised in comparison with general anthropological debates. Southern University College Academic Journal Readers are invited to engage in and rethink China’s place within the Readership: Undergraduate students, researchers, managers and wider world, making it perfect for professional researchers and teachers professionals who are interested in Asian business and management. of anthropology and Chinese history and society, and for advanced undergraduate and graduate study. 508pp Oct 2013 978-981-3224-86-5(pbk) US$58 £51 Readership: Professional researchers and teachers, and for advanced 978-981-4452-41-0 US$138 £121 undergraduate and graduate study.

292pp Sep 2016 978-1-78326-983-9(pbk) US$45 £37 China’s Belt and Road 978-1-78326-982-2 US$95 £79 Initiatives and Its Neighboring Diplomacy The China Horizon edited by Jie Zhang (Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, China) Glory and Dream of a Civilizational State This book studies China’s Belt and Road by Weiwei Zhang (Fudan University, China Initiatives and the country’s neighboring & Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences, diplomacy. The Belt and Road Initiatives China) proposed by Chinese President Xi Jinping in “The China Horizon is the clearest, sharpest, 2013 consist of two main components, the most muscular, most internally consistent land-based “Silk Road Economic Belt” and ocean-going “Maritime Silk challenge to Western assumptions about Road”. China has implemented the initiatives by establishing Asian democracy and universal values. Controversial Infrastructure Investment Bank and Silk Road Fund. This book focuses even in China, Zhang Weiwei articulates a maximalist though nuanced on analysis of the initiatives and the responses from the major powers, view of China’s rise that demands attention from all who think they know neighboring countries and regions. China. Disagree with The China Horizon, argue with it, but, please, do Readership: Academics, policy-makers, undergraduate and graduate not ignore it.” students. Robert Lawrence Kuhn author of How China’s Leaders Think 316pp Dec 2016 978-981-3140-20-2 US$118 £98 Readership: Researchers, policy-makers, general readers.

196pp Jun 2016 978-1-938134-73-9(pbk) US$24 £20 NOTABLE TiTLES 978-1-938134-72-2 US$55 £46 Song Dynasty Tales by Zhenjun Zhang, Jing Wang China’s One Belt One Road Formal Aspects of Chinese Grammar Initiative by Jie Globalization, Consumption and Popular Culture in East Asia by Tai Wei Lim (East Asian Institute, NUS, Singapore), et al. by Tai Wei Lim, Wen Xin Lim, Xiaojuan Ping & Hui-Yi Tseng Ethnicities, Personalities and Politics in the Ethnic Chinese “The book captures a comprehensive Worlds historical background to OBOR, with a by Ching-hwang Yen careful documentation of voyages by Cheng Tang Dynasty Tales Ho (1405 to 1433) from China across Asia 33 toward Europe, to as far as North Africa. What by William H Nienhauser, Jr. is eminently clear is that the book makes a Essays of Lim Boon Keng on Confucianism good starting point, especially from the historical beginnings as equally by ChunBao Yan originating from China’s point of view.” China Under Western Gaze Associate Professor Linda Low by Qing Cao Singapore University of Social Sciences I Ching Readership: Academics, undergraduate and graduates students, by Kerson Huang professionals and policy makers. The Great Equal Society by & 356pp Sep 2016 Young-oak Kim Jung-kyu Kim 978-1-78326-929-7 US$115 £95 Confucianism, Chinese History and Society edited by Wong Sin Kiong Asian Studies Catalogue 2021 SINGAPORE COLLECTION A Ray of Hope Kiasunomics© 2 Inspiring Stories of 50 Singapore Sports Icons Economic Insights for Everyday Life by Jose Raymond (SPIN Worldwide Pte Ltd, Singapore) by Sumit Agarwal (National University of Singapore, Singapore), et al. Featuring the likes of Oon Jin Teik, Joscelin Yeo, Ang Peng Siong, Hariss Harun, Fandi Ahmad and Yip Pin Xiu, A Ray of Hope captures “The authors have mastered the knack of the thoughts and ideas of these Singapore sports icons. They tell their explaining complex behavioural economics stories through their personal and professional lenses and also offer concepts in language that is easy for a layman ideas on improving the local sports industry. This book is a tribute to to understand. They contextualise these those who helped shape the sports scene in Singapore. insights to Singapore, which make them even more relevant. Their research is first-rate, and Readership: Sports enthusiasts as well as stakeholders who are involved the insights interesting. A great follow-up to in Singapore’s sports industry. Kiasunomics !” 250pp Apr 2021 Mr Piyush Gupta 978-981-120-405-0(pbk) US$30 £25 Chief Executive Officer and Director, DBS Group 978-981-120-516-3 US$58 £50 Readership: General readers. Special Needs Education 200pp Oct 2020 978-981-121-839-2(pbk) US$28 £25 Trends and Issues in Singapore 978-981-121-709-8 US$58 £50 by Meng Ee Wong & Levan Lim (National Institute of Education, Singapore) Key Features Together We Prosper • The book goes beyond the current A Memoir of Daniel Teo teaching-oriented repertoire of books on by Bak Lim Kua (Singapore Federation of Chinese Clan special needs education in Singapore, Associations, Singapore) & How Seng Lim to address issues and trends of Key Features significant disability-related areas • Daniel Teo was born in a large, traditional large family, which has • The coverage of topics in the book makes it a reference since childhood taught him the art of living with others. The focus handbook for students, especially graduate level students, local of this memoir is to share his life experiences and the impact his and international public members who are interested in learning forefathers’ teachings had on him about Singapore’s past and present developments and issues in • Daniel Teo is also a staunch art lover and supporter. In his eyes, the field of special needs education wealth is not the end but a means to give and share with others. Readership: Students, researchers and the public. This spirit of caring and sharing shows strongly throughout the Memoir 200pp May 2021 978-981-4667-13-5(pbk) US$38 £32 Readership: General Readers. 978-981-4678-54-4 US$78 £65 250pp Oct 2020 978-981-121-906-1 US$38 £35 Liberalism Unveiled Forging a New Third Way in Singapore by Bryan Cheang (Adam Smith Centre, Abdullah bin Abdul Kadir Munshi Singapore) & Donovan Choy (Adam Smith (In 2 Volumes) Centre, Singapore) by Hadijah Rahmat (National Institute of Education, Singapore)

“Singapore has long shown the rest of the This book, Abdullah bin Abdul Kadir world how a country with few natural resources Munshi, is the most comprehensive, other than its people can become innovative, multi-disciplinary studies on Abdullah prosperous and functional. Singapore stands bin Abdul Kadir, widely known as at a junction, with increasing pressure to head Munshi Abdullah (1796 – 1854). down a ‘progressive liberal’ path. The authors convincingly demonstrate This book provides new insight the dangers of this route and how classical liberalism provides a into Abdullah’s life, backgrounds, 34 convincing alternative.” writings, his influences and legacies Philip Stevens and the reactions and thought Executive Director, Geneva Network provoking views of the western and eastern scholars on Abdullah. The Readership: Graduate students and reasonably informed, non-academic book is indeed the key reference for audience, government officials, and civil servants. studies on Munshi Abdullah, Malay 200pp Jan 2021 literature, and the history of Singapore, Malaysia, and colonialism in 978-981-122-074-6 US$45 £40 Southeast Asia. Readership: Students and researchers.

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Beyond Bicentennial The Singapore Story by the History-makers - Vol 1 Perspectives on Malays Speaking Truth to Power edited by Zainul Abidin Rasheed (Former Singapore’s Pioneer Public Servants Senior Minister of State for Foreign Affairs edited by Hoe Yeong Loke and Community Leader, Singapore), et al. Key Features Beyond Bicentennial: Perspectives on Malays, • The most easily readable book on was is a collection of articles from prominent Singapore’s pioneer public servants individuals and academicians that touch not (because of the conversational style of only on the 200 years since the arrival of the transcripts) Raffles, but goes back much earlier, 720 years • The only book featuring Singapore’s earlier, when Sang Nila Utama first set foot on the island in 1299. This notable public servants person by person (making it easier to book hopes to heighten the readers’sense of history and to reflect upon relate to the personal stories of the public servants) how Singapore has journeyed over the last two centuries, witnessing Readership: General public. the perseverance, trials, challenges, and efforts of Singaporeans, and to see how the nation has gone through a transformation from a feudal 308pp Feb 2020 setting to a cosmopolitan and multi-racial society. 978-981-121-212-3(pbk) US$28 £25 978-981-121-151-5 US$58 £50 Readership: General public, researchers, politicians and students of social science. 820pp Sep 2020 Unlocking Hidden Potential 978-981-121-309-0(pbk) US$78 £70 Strategic Transformation and Value 978-981-121-250-5 US$138 £120 Creation at Mandarin Orchard Singapore and Mandarin Gallery by Harminder C Rajan (Lee Kuan Yew My GP, My Mental Healthcare School of Public Policy, National University Provider of Singapore, Singapore), et al. A Tertiary-Primary Care Collaboration Key Features for Community Mental Healthcare • Case study based on actual interviews edited by Yen-Li Goh & Alvin Lum with key management who were (Institute of Mental Health, Singapore) involved in the transformation. Rich qualitative and quantitative This book documents the journey of the data that provide insights on the transformation of the property Mental Health-General Practitioner (MH- • Detailed literature review of concepts related to the drivers of the GP) Partnership Programme in Singapore’s “Transformation change model”. Discussion of how the model is Institute of Mental Health since its inception in applied to an actual case/company 2003 and how it has developed over the years as a model of successful • Multiple perspectives and insights that can be used to tertiary-primary care partnership in mental health. understand themes related to management, family business, asset enhancement and strategic management etc. Readership: Mental healthcare professionals, policy makers, administrators, educators, community agency counsellors, graduate Readership: Academics, managers and entrepreneurs in the fields of and post-graduate students. hospitality, food and beverages.

148pp Aug 2020 164pp Feb 2020 978-981-3273-82-5 US$58 £50 978-981-121-453-0 US$148 £130

One Hundred Years’History of Beating the Odds Together the Chinese in Singapore 50 Years of Singapore – Israel Ties edited by Mattia Tomba (Middle East The Annotated Edition Institute, National University of Singapore, by Ong Siang Song Singapore) Since its publication in 1923, Sir Song Ong Key Features Siang’s One Hundred Years’ History of • Uniquely addresses the 50 years of the Chinese in Singapore has become the bilateral relations and history between standard biographical reference of prominent Singapore and Israel Chinese in early Singapore, at least in the • Has many high-profile contributors from English language. This annotation by the both Singapore and Israel 35 Singapore Heritage Society takes Song’s classic text and updates it with • Covers broad areas of interest, ranging from innovation to detailed annotations of sources that Song himself might have consulted, defence collaborations between the two countries and includes more recent scholarship on the lives and times of various personalities who are mentioned in the original book. Readership: General readers, industry practitioners, government members, businessmen. Readership: Historians, scholars, researchers and general interest readers. 160pp Jan 2020 978-981-121-468-4 US$48 £40 872pp Apr 2020 978-981-121-768-5(pbk) US$98 £85 978-981-121-762-3 US$188 £165 Asian Studies Catalogue 2021

Memoirs of a Flying Tiger Collected Readings on The Story of a WWII Veteran and Community Development in SIA Pioneer Pilot Singapore by Weng Toh Ho edited by S Vasoo (National University of This book is a poignant story of a small-town Singapore, Singapore) boy, who stumbled into a lifelong flying career Organised around seven themes that can spanning 38 years as a pilot. Now at 99, be or are being addressed by community Captain Ho Weng Toh, one of the last few development, the articles illustrate how remaining Flying Tigers, recalls the many community development intervention has events that shaped his life. It takes the readers been applied on social issues like juvenile through his journey of good and bad years, the trials and tribulations deliquency, ageing population, family values, and urban dwelling. encountered, his journey from being a refugee student to becoming a Topics on volunteer management and grassroots participation are also Chinese Air Force B-25 bomber pilot, his will to live, the burning desire discussed. This volume concludes by sketching the future of community to contribute towards the WWII effort and his endurance of all the trials development in Singapore. and hardships all alone and often in silent solitude. Readership: Students, social workers, community leaders and policy Readership: Readers interested in knowing about the last surviving makers. flying tiger of Singapore. 684pp Nov 2019 328pp Jan 2020 978-981-120-382-4 US$148 £130 978-981-120-643-6(pbk) US$28 £25 978-981-120-543-9 US$58 £50

Serving Singapore My Journey by V K Rajan (Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Kingdom of Bahrain)

This book by a pioneer generation civil servant is a fascinating and an engaging account of Singapore’s spectacular development from a sleepy backwater village to a first world State within a single generation and defying, in the process, all odds against its survival. The story The New Mrs Lee’s Cookbook is very well illustrated with compelling and illuminating insights and richly Volume 1: Peranakan Cuisine complemented by the author’s anecdotal observations throughout. by Shermay Lee

Readership: General readers. 192pp Dec 2019 500pp Jan 2020 978-981-121-262-8 US$60 £55 978-981-120-557-6 US$58 £50 978-981-121-406-6(Set) US$99 £85 The New Mrs Lee’s Cookbook Community Development Volume 2: Straits Heritage Cuisine Arenas in Singapore by Shermay Lee edited by S Vasoo (National University of 200pp Dec 2019 Singapore, Singapore), et al. 978-981-121-263-5 US$60 £55 Covering a broad range of arenas including Since the original version remains out of print, Mrs Lee’s health, housing, ageing, community integration granddaughter Shermay Lee has faithfully reworked these well- and bonding, among others, this book will open loved heirloom recipes into two fully illustrated cookbooks, The up a wider horizon for community development New Mrs Lee’s Cookbook: Volume 1 and Volume 2, launched in efforts and provide a reservoir of ideas and 2003 and 2004 respectively. These revised editions have become strategies to build a stronger and resilient well-loved classics in their own right, showcasing the richness and community for more effective community problem-solving. This is the diversity of modern Peranakan cooking, while staying true to its first publication to cover different arenas of community development in traditional roots. The first volume won the prestigious Gourmand 36 Singapore’s context, and is contributed by experienced professionsals World Cookbook Awards in 2003. This second cookbook, The New practising community development in different organisations. Mrs Lee’s Cookbook Vol. 2: Straits Heritage Cuisine, features a Readership: Students, social workers, community leaders and policy mix of Chinese, Malay and Eurasian dishes, and also includes makers interested in community development issues, in particular to anecdotes explaining their origins. New sections have also been the Singapore context. added, including:

208pp Nov 2019 • A list of key ingredients to start a Peranakan kitchen 978-981-120-411-1 US$88 £75 • Tips and advice on how to entertain the Peranakan way • Tips on healthier versions of Peranakan dishes and Peranakan secrets revealed!

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Kapal Haji The Sound of Memories Singapore and the Hajj Journey by Sea Recordings from the Oral History by Anthony Green & Mohd Raman Daud Centre, Singapore by Suk-Wai Cheong The hajj calls Muslims to journey to Mecca from wherever they are across the world. Hajj The Sound of Memories: Recordings from pilgrims then might take a lifetime to save for the Oral History Centre, Singapore features the journey, so a great many were old and the happy, funny, poignant and bittersweet — frail, yet no real records remain and very few but always heartwarming and unforgettable personal accounts exist of the experience, the — stories, memories and anecdotes of tests, or fears along the way, of the time spent Singaporeans from all walks of life. Distilled under sail or by “steam.” This book sets out to describe the development from almost 5, 000 interviews that the National Archives of Singapore’s of hajj shipping and the historical place of Singapore in this network. Oral History Centre has collected since 1979, these recordings describe And, through anecdotes and comparisons, images and maps, to paint the experiences of everyman, from tycoons and tailors to chief executive a picture of what this hajj journey by sea entailed and, in that sense, to officers and chief cooks. offer a kind of “human face” to the journey. Readership: Historians, students and the general public. Readership: General public, researchers, politicians and students of 244pp Oct 2019 social science. 978-981-120-601-6(pbk) US$28 £25 264pp Nov 2019 978-981-120-600-9 US$56 £50 978-981-121-253-6 US$45 £40 A General History of the Is the People’s Action Party Chinese in Singapore Here to Stay? edited by Chong Guan Kwa (Nanyang Analysing the Resilience of the One- Technological University, Singapore) & Party Dominant State in Singapore Bak Lim Kua (Singapore Federation of by Bilveer Singh (National University of Chinese Clan Associations, Singapore) Singapore, Singapore) A General History of the Chinese in Singapore “The book includes appendices on what other documents over 700 years of Chinese history political luminaries have said about the PAP’s in Singapore, from Chinese presence in the future and electoral results over the years, is a region through the millennium-old good text-book for students. It sets Singapore’s trading world to the waves of mass migration that came after the political history in chronological order right up to this year when two establishment of a British settlement, and through to the development new parties, People’s Voice Party and Progress Singapore Party got and birth of the nation. Therefore, the book aims to serve as a themselves registered and Mr was appointed Deputy comprehensive guide for Singaporeans, new immigrants and foreigners Prime Minister.” to have an epitome of the Singapore society. YAHOO! News sg Readership: Researchers, students, historians and the general public. Readership: Researchers, students, policymakers and those interested 1004pp Aug 2019 in the politics and governance of Singapore. 978-981-3278-32-5(pbk) US$88 £75 332pp Sep 2019 978-981-120-145-5(pbk) US$38 £35 Singapore Perspectives 978-981-120-009-0 US$78 £70 Singapore Perspectives Singapore. World The TENG Guide to the Chinese edited by Ariel Tan (Institute of Policy Orchestra Studies, Singapore), et al. by Chenwei Wang, Junyi Chow & Key Features Samuel Wong (The TENG Company, • The book features speeches by Singapore) prominent personalities such as Singapore Minister for Foreign Affairs Dr “This outstanding book on the instrumentation Vivian Balakrishnan; former Singapore and orchestration of Chinese instruments Foreign Minister ; former Indonesian Foreign Minister has been long awaited by composers and Dr Marty Natalegawa; Managing Director of the Economic practitioners within and beyond China. It 37 Development Board of Singapore Chng Kai Fong, Professor bridges the music world to the Chinese Wang Gungwu, and former Singapore Permanent Secretary for orchestra and could well become a reference guide on every Foreign Affairs composer’s desk.” • Each speaker presents a fresh take on important developments Guo Wenjing in the world today, in particular the strategic and economic Head of Composition, Central Conservatory of Music, China challenges and opportunities facing Singapore and Southeast Readership: Composers, conductors, music educators, music scholars Asia and players of Chinese instruments. It is suitable for both professionals Readership: Students, academics, policy makers, corporate sector and amateurs. officials and civil society activists, and general public. 624pp Aug 2019 108pp May 2019 978-981-3235-17-5(pbk) US$58 £50 978-981-120-478-4(pbk) US$38 £35 978-981-3233-64-5 US$98 £85 978-981-120-742-6 US$68 £60 Asian Studies Catalogue 2021

Sir Stamford Raffles and Over 25,000 copies sold. Some of His Friends and Tall Order Contemporaries The Story Volume 1 A Memoir of the Founder of Singapore by Shing Huei Peh (The Nutgraf, Singapore) by John Bastin “Goh Chok Tong is a friend whom I cherish. This book — written by Dr John Bastin, a But, more important than that, he has been leading authority on the study of Sir Stamford instrumental in building a Singapore that is Raffles — offers an alternative biographical confident of its future at home, and respected account of Raffles, as seen through his widely overseas. Chok Tong views the world relationship with some of his closest friends not only through the prism of what events mean for Singapore, but also and contemporaries. what they presage for the wider world. In short, he is a true Statesman.” Readership: Academics, historians and the general public. Sir John Major former Prime Minister of the 488pp May 2019 978-981-3278-33-2(pbk) US$88 £75 Readership: General readers. 978-981-3277-66-3 US$148 £130 344pp Oct 2018 978-981-3276-13-0(pbk) US$37 £35 Insights on Singapore’s 978-981-3276-04-8 US$56 £50 Economy and Society from Leading Thinkers Critical Issues in Asset From the Institute of Policy Building in Singapore’s Studies’Singapore Perspectives Development by Institute of Policy Studies, Singapore edited by S Vasoo & Bilveer Singh Key Features (National University of Singapore, Singapore) • Coverage of important issues on This book reveals how Singapore’s governance Singapore’s economy and society from grounded on the principle of asset building economic transformation to ageing facilitates the country’s growth and develop- • Contributed by the who’s who of Singapore’s government, ment. Policies being discussed in this volume business and academia circles: Brenda S A Yeoh, Inderjit Singh, include multi-culturalism, accessible housing, Laurence Lien, Tan Ern Ser, Manu Bhaskaran, Daniel P S Goh, social mobility for low-income families, water resource management, and Derek da Cunha, , , Woffles Wu, Janadas national conscription. This unique piece of work not only gives readers Devan, , , , David Chan, a documentary account of what has been undertaken to empower and Linda Lim, Ravi Menon, , Laurence Lien, Teo assist citizens in the last 50 years or so, but also prompts them to reflect Chee Hean & Kanwaljit Soin. on Singapore’s future trajectory.

Readership: Students, academics, policy makers, corporate sector Readership: Students, policy makers and the officials and civil society activists, and general public. general public.

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NOTABLE TiTLES Insights on Singapore’s The State and the Arts in Singapore Politics and Governance from edited by Terence Chong Leading Thinkers Inequality in Singapore From the Institute of Policy edited by Faizal Bin Yahya Studies’Singapore Perspectives Behavioural Economics and Policy Design by Institute of Policy Studies, Singapore edited by Donald Low

Key Features Dynamic Governance • Coverage of important issues on by Boon Siong Neo & Geraldine Chen Singapore’s politics and governance Battle for Hearts and Minds 38 from state – society relations to foreign edited by Tarn How Tan, et al. policy The Little Red Dot • Contributed by the who’s who of Singapore’s government, Reflections of Foreign Ambassadors on Singapore Volume III business and academia circles, including: Cherian George, edited by Tommy Koh, et al. Peter Ong, , Peter Ho, Chan Heng Chee, The Little Red Dot , , Donald Low, Gillian Koh, Reflections by Singapore’s Diplomats Volume II Sylvia Lim, Chua Beng Huat, Bilahari Kausikan, Tong Yee, edited by Tommy Koh, Li Lin Chang Vikram Khanna, Eugene K B Tan, Wang Gungwu, Joseph Liow, The Little Red Dot , Ho Kwon Ping & Heng Swee Keat Reflections by Singapore’s Diplomats Volume I Readership: Students, academics, policy makers, corporate sector edited by Tommy Koh, Li Lin Chang officials and civil society activists, and general public. The Leader, The Teacher & You by Siong Guan Lim, Joanne H Lim 204pp May 2019 978-981-120-502-6(pbk) US$28 £25 The United States-Singapore Free Trade Agreement 978-981-120-484-5 US$58 £50 edited by Tommy Koh, Li Lin Chang For more information, visit: www.worldscientific.com WORLD SCIENTIFIC

IPS-Nathan Lecture Series The IPS-Nathan Lectures series was launched by the Institute of Policy Studies (IPS) in 2014. It is part of the S R Nathan Fellowship for the Study of Singapore. The Fellowship was set up to fund further research into public policy, with the S R Nathan Fellow, who is appointed annually, delivering between four and six lectures each year. These lectures aim to advance public understanding and discussion of issues of critical national interest. Readership: General public, professionals, students, researchers, diplomats, and foreign visitors interested in knowing more about Singapore and what lies ahead for the city-state.

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✔ Title Page ✔ Title Page ✔ Title Page 21ST-CENTURY MARITIME SILK ROAD INITIATIVE: 15 CHINA’S BELT AND ROAD INITIATIVE AND BUILDING 15 DARE TO BE DIFFERENT: THE ALBERT HONG STORY 40 AIMS AND OBJECTIVES, IMPLEMENTATION THE COMMUNITY OF COMMON DESTINY STRATEGIES AND POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS DEALING WITH AN AMBIGUOUS WORLD 39 CHINA’S BELT AND ROAD INITIATIVE AND RMB 15, 24 50 YEARS OF ASEAN AND SINGAPORE 40 INTERNATIONALIZATION DECIPHERING CHINA’S MICROCHIP INDUSTRY 16 ABDULLAH BIN ABDUL KADIR MUNSHI (IN 2 VOLS) 34 CHINA’S BELT AND ROAD INITIATIVE, THE 15 DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES OF OPEN 4 EURASIAN LANDBRIDGE, AND THE NEW MEGA- ECONOMIES: CASES FROM EMERGING EAST AND ACHIEVING ENERGY SECURITY IN ASIA: 6 REGIONALISM SOUTHEAST ASIA DIVERSIFICATION, INTEGRATION AND POLICY IMPLICATIONS CHINA’S BELT AND ROAD INITIATIVE: GOING 15 DIGITAL ENABLEMENT AND INNOVATION IN CHINA: 27 A CASEBOOK GLOBAL AND TRANSFORMATION IN THE GLOBAL AGEING IN ASIA: CONTEMPORARY TRENDS AND 6 ARENA POLICY ISSUES DIVIDED CITY, THE: IDEOLOGICAL AND POLICY 13 CONTESTATIONS IN CONTEMPORARY URBAN INDIA CHINA’S BELT AND ROAD INITIATIVE: 15 ANNUAL COMPETITIVENESS ANALYSIS AND 12 UNDERSTANDING THE DYNAMICS OF A GREAT IMPACT ESTIMATION OF EXCHANGE RATES ON DOMESTIC DYNAMICS OF CHINA’S ENERGY 32 TRANSFORMATION EXPORTS FROM SUB-NATIONAL ECONOMIES DIPLOMACY, THE OF INDIA CHINA’S BELT AND ROAD INITIATIVES AND ITS 33 DYNAMIC GOVERNANCE: EMBEDDING CULTURE, 38 NEIGHBORING DIPLOMACY ANNUAL COMPETITIVENESS ANALYSIS AND 10 CAPABILITIES AND CHANGE IN SINGAPORE (ENGLISH VERSION) IMPACT ESTIMATION OF EXCHANGE RATES ON CHINA’S BELT AND ROAD: THE INITIATIVE AND ITS 15 EXPORTS FROM SUB-NATIONAL ECONOMIES OF FINANCIAL FOCUS EAST ASIAN STUDIES IN THE PERSPECTIVE OF 29 INDONESIA REGIONAL INTEGRATION CHINA’S CHANGE: THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH 30 ANNUAL COMPETITIVENESS ANALYSIS AND 10 EASTERN MANAGEMENT 17 IMPACT ESTIMATION OF EXCHANGE RATES ON CHINA’S CONTINUED REFORMS IN A NEW ERA: 21 TRADE IN VALUE-ADDED OF ASEAN ECONOMIES THEIR IMPACT ON CHINESE FOREIGN DIRECT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF KOREA 27 INVESTMENTS AND RMB INTERNATIONALIZATION ANOTHER CHINA CYCLE: COMMITTING TO REFORM 31 ECONOMIC IMPACT OF THE INTERNET PLUS ERA: 28 CHINA’S DEVELOPMENT: SOCIAL INVESTMENT 30 A CASE STUDY OF SHANGHAI ANTHOLOGY OF TANG AND SONG TALES: THE 21 AND CHALLENGES TANG SONG CHUANQI JI OF LU XUN ECONOMIES OF CHINA AND INDIA, THE: 30 CHINA’S ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL PROBLEMS 32 COOPERATION AND CONFLICT (IN 3 VOLUMES) ANTHROPOLOGY OF CHINA, THE: CHINA AS 33 ETHNOGRAPHIC AND THEORETICAL CRITIQUE CHINA’S ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES: 20 EMERGENCY HOSPITALS FOR COVID-19: 19 TRANSFORMATION AND INNOVATION CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATION MANUAL APEC AND THE RISE OF CHINA 31 CHINA’S ECONOMIC MODERNISATION AND 28 ENSURING A SQUARE MEAL: WOMEN AND FOOD 11 ART OF MODERN ORIENTAL MANAGEMENT: 32 STRUCTURAL CHANGES: ESSAYS IN HONOUR OF SECURITY IN SOUTHEAST ASIA APPLYING THE CHINESE, JAPANESE AND KOREAN JOHN WONG MANAGEMENT STYLES AT WORK ENTREPRENEURIAL MANAGEMENT THEORY 29 CHINA’S ECONOMIC STATECRAFT: CO-OPTATION, 30 AND PRACTICE: WITH CASES OF TAIWANESE ASEAN-EU PARTNERSHIP: THE UNTOLD STORY 9 COOPERATION AND COERCION BUSINESS ASIAN AGRIBUSINESS MANAGEMENT: CASE STUD- 8 CHINA’S LOGIC: THE BALANCE DEVELOPMENT 29 ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS RESEARCH AND 22 IES IN GROWTH, MARKETING, AND UPGRADING CHINA’S GREEN DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY STRATEGIES CHINA’S MILLENNIUM TRANSFORMATION: THE 19 BELT AND ROAD INITIATIVE ENVIRONMENTAL POLICIES IN ASIA: 8 BASIC PRINCIPLES OF CHINESE PHILOSOPHY 28 PERSPECTIVES FROM SEVEN ASIAN COUNTRIES (VOLUMES 1 & 2) CHINA’S OMNIDIRECTIONAL PERIPHERAL 27 DIPLOMACY ESSAYS OF LIM BOON KENG ON CONFUCIANISM 33 BATTLE FOR HEARTS AND MINDS: NEW MEDIA 38 (WITH CHINESE TRANSLATIONS) AND ELECTIONS IN SINGAPORE CHINA’S ONE BELT ONE ROAD INITIATIVE 33 ETHNICITIES, PERSONALITIES AND POLITICS IN 33 BEATING THE ODDS TOGETHER: 50 YEARS OF 35 CHINA’S POLITICAL DYNAMICS UNDER XI JINPING 31 THE ETHNIC CHINESE WORLDS SINGAPORE-ISRAEL TIES CHINA’S REGIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT: 20 FANGCANG SHELTER HOSPITALS FOR COVID-19: 19 BEHAVIOURAL ECONOMICS AND POLICY DESIGN: 38 A CASE STUDY OF WENZHOU CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATION MANUAL EXAMPLES FROM SINGAPORE CHINA’S RISE AND INTERNATIONALIZATION: 21 FAREWELL TO CHINA’S GDP WORSHIP 30 BELT AND ROAD INITIATIVE IN THE GLOBAL 15 REGIONAL AND GLOBAL CHALLENGES AND CONTEXT, THE IMPACTS FINANCIAL THEORY: PERSPECTIVES FROM CHINA 29 BELT AND ROAD INITIATIVE, THE: ASEAN 10, 15 CHINA’S RISE IN MAINLAND ASEAN: NEW 28 FORMAL ASPECTS OF CHINESE GRAMMAR 33 COUNTRIES’ PERSPECTIVES DYNAMICS AND CHANGING LANDSCAPE FROM THE GLOBAL FINANCIAL TSUNAMI TO 6 BELT AND ROAD INITIATIVE: CHINESE VERSION OF 15 CHINA’S RISE IN MAINLAND ASEAN: REGIONAL 9 THE PROPERTY BUBBLES IN ASIA: THE NEED “MARSHALL PLAN”? EVIDENCE AND LOCAL RESPONSES FOR A NEW DISCIPLINE ON MACROECONOMIC MANAGEMENT BELT AND ROAD INITIATIVE: INTERREGIONAL 15 CHINA’S RURAL LABOR MIGRATION AND ITS 20 COOPERATION BETWEEN ASIA AND EUROPE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT GANGA REJUVENATION: GOVERNANCE 8 CHALLENGES AND POLICY OPTIONS BELT AND ROAD INITIATIVE: INTERREGIONAL 15 CHINA’S TRADE, EXCHANGE RATE AND 31 COOPERATION BETWEEN ASIA AND EUROPE INDUSTRIAL POLICY STRUCTURE GENERAL HISTORY OF THE CHINESE IN 37 SINGAPORE, A BEYOND BICENTENNIAL: PERSPECTIVES ON 35 CHINESE ASTROLOGY AND ASTRONOMY: 16 MALAYS AN OUTSIDE HISTORY GEORGE YEO ON BONSAI, BANYAN AND THE TAO 40 BUILDING INCLUSIVE DEMOCRACIES IN ASEAN 11 CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY IN 16 GLOBALIZATION, CONSUMPTION AND POPULAR 33 TRANSFORMATION, THE: THE CRISIS OF IDENTITY CULTURE IN EAST ASIA BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT, MERGER AND CRISIS 32 AND POSSIBILITY FOR RENEWAL MANAGEMENT OF INTERNATIONAL FIRMS GOH KENG SWEE ON CHINA: SELECTED ESSAYS 31 IN JAPAN: FEATURING CASE STUDIES FROM CHINESE CULTURE: A CRITICAL INTRODUCTION 16 FORTUNE 500 COMPANIES GOH KENG SWEE: A PUBLIC CAREER REMEMBERED 40 CHINESE FIRMS GOING GLOBAL: CAN THEY 29 GREAT EQUAL SOCIETY, THE: CONFUCIANISM, 33 CAN SINGAPORE FALL?: MAKING THE FUTURE 39 SUCCEED? FOR SINGAPORE CHINA AND THE 21ST CENTURY CHINESE HISTORY AND CIVILISATION: AN URBAN 14 GREAT TRANSFORMATION, THE: SUPPLY-SIDE 18 CARNIVAL CHINA: CHINA IN THE ERA OF HU 31 PERSPECTIVE JINTAO AND XI JINPING STRUCTURAL REFORM CHINESE MIGRANTS WRITE HOME: A DUAL- 23 GREAT TRANSITION IN INDIA: CRITICAL 12 CASE STUDIES ON PREVENTIVE DIPLOMACY IN 4 LANGUAGE ANTHOLOGY OF TWENTIETH- EXPLORATIONS THE ASIA-PACIFIC CENTURY FAMILY LETTERS GREEN DEVELOPMENT OF ASIA-PACIFIC CITIES: 8 CATALYST FOR CHANGE: CHINESE BUSINESS 33 CHINESE POLITICS ILLUSTRATED: THE CULTURAL, 32 BUILDING BETTER CITIES TOWARDS 2030 IN ASIA SOCIAL, AND HISTORICAL CONTEXT GUANGDONG-HONG KONG-MACAO GREATER BAY 18 CHALLENGE OF MAKING CITIES LIVEABLE IN EAST 29 CHINESE SOCIETY IN THE XI JINPING ERA 23 ASIA, THE AREA: PLANNING AND GLOBAL POSITIONING CHINESE URBANISM: URBAN FORM AND LIFE IN 22 GUANXI AND BUSINESS (THIRD EDITION) 20 CHALLENGES OF GOVERNANCE IN A COMPLEX 39 THE TANG-SONG DYNASTIES WORLD, THE HANDBOOK OF TERRORISM IN THE ASIA-PACIFIC 8 CHINESENESS AND MODERNITY IN A CHANGING 22 CHANGE OF CHINA’S RURAL COMMUNITY: A CASE 24 CHINA: ESSAYS IN HONOUR OF PROFESSOR HEALTH CARE POLICY IN EAST ASIA: A WORLD 24 STUDY OF ZHEJIANG’S JIANSHANXIA VILLAGE WANG GUNGWU SCIENTIFIC REFERENCE (IN 4 VOLUMES) CHINA AND EAST ASIAN ECONOMIC INTEGRATION 22 COLLECTED READINGS ON COMMUNITY 36 HEART TO HEART WITH ASIAN LEADERS: 40 CHINA AND LATIN AMERICA: ECONOMIC AND 30 DEVELOPMENT IN SINGAPORE EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEWS ON CRISIS, COMEBACKS & CHARACTER TRADE COOPERATION IN THE NEXT TEN YEARS COLONIAL LEGACIES AND CONTEMPORARY 23 CHINA HORIZON, THE: GLORY AND DREAM OF 33 STUDIES OF CHINA AND CHINESENESS: HISTORY OF CHINA’S FINANCIAL THOUGHT, A 14 A CIVILIZATIONAL STATE UNLEARNING BINARIES, STRATEGIZING SELF (IN 2 VOLUMES) 43 CHINA IN COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE 32 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ARENAS IN 36 HISTORY OF MEDICINE IN CHINESE CULTURE, A 22 SINGAPORE (IN 2 VOLUMES) CHINA RECONNECTS: JOINING A DEEP-ROOTED 26 PAST TO A NEW WORLD ORDER CONFUCIANISM, CHINESE HISTORY AND SOCIETY 33 HOW TO BECOME A MODERNIZED COUNTRY: CHINA 18 MODERNIZATION REPORT OUTLOOK (2001-2016) CHINA STUDIES IN SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST ASIA: 29 CONSTRUCTION OF DEMOCRACY, THE: CHINA’S 14 BETWEEN PRO-CHINA AND OBJECTIVISM THEORY, STRATEGY AND AGENDA HUAWEI CONDENSED 17 CHINA THROUGH AMERICAN EYES: EARLY DEPIC- 30 CONSUMPTION PATTERNS OF THE MIDDLE CLASS 29 I CHING: THE ORACLE (REVISED EDITION) 33 IN CONTEMPORARY CHINA TIONS OF THE CHINESE PEOPLE AND CULTURE IN IDEA OF SINGAPORE, THE: SMALLNESS 39 THE US PRINT MEDIA CONTEMPORARY SOUTH KOREAN ECONOMY: 31 UNCONSTRAINED CHALLENGES AND PROSPECTS CHINA UNDER WESTERN GAZE: REPRESENTING 33 IMPACT ESTIMATION OF EXCHANGE RATES 24 CHINA IN THE BRITISH TELEVISION DOCUMENTA- COORDINATION OF BRICS DEVELOPMENT 6 ON EXPORTS AND ANNUAL UPDATE OF RIES 1980-2000 STRATEGIES TOWARDS SHARED PROSPERITY, THE COMPETITIVENESS ANALYSIS FOR 34 GREATER CHINA ECONOMIES CHINA VERSUS THE US: WHO WILL PREVAIL? 19 CORPORATE GOVERNANCE SYSTEM OF 28 CHINA WAVE, THE: RISE OF A CIVILIZATIONAL STATE 29 JAPANESE MULTINATIONAL COMPANIES: A IMPOSSIBILITY OF MAPPING (URBAN ASIA), THE 4 QUANTITATIVE EVALUATION CHINA: DEVELOPMENT AND GOVERNANCE 31 INCOME DISTRIBUTION AND CHINA’S ECONOMIC 26 COVID-19 EPIDEMIC IN CHINA, THE 17 “NEW NORMAL” CHINA-ASEAN RELATIONS: COOPERATION AND 29 DEVELOPMENT (VOLUME 1) CRITICAL DECADE, A: CHINA’S FOREIGN POLICY 26 INDEPENDENT INNOVATION IN CHINA: THEORY 31 (2008-2018) AND CASES CHINA-ASEAN RELATIONS: COOPERATION AND 10 DEVELOPMENT (VOLUME 2) CRITICAL ISSUES IN ASSET BUILDING IN 38 INDIA ON OUR MINDS 12 SINGAPORE’S DEVELOPMENT CHINA’S 19TH PARTY CONGRESS: START OF 29 INDONESIA MATTERS: ASIA’S EMERGING 8 A NEW ERA CYBER POLITICS IN US-CHINA RELATIONS 14 DEMOCRATIC POWER Asian Studies Catalogue 2021

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✔ Title Page ✔ Title Page ✔ Title Page INDUSTRIAL OVERCAPACITY AND DUPLICATE 26 ORIGINS OF JAPANESE-CHINESE TERRITORIAL 30 SPEAKING TRUTH TO POWER: SINGAPORE’S 35 CONSTRUCTION IN CHINA: REASONS AND DISPUTE, THE: USING HISTORICAL RECORDS TO PIONEER PUBLIC SERVANTS SOLUTIONS STUDY THE DIAOYU/SENKAKU ISLANDS ISSUE SPECIAL NEEDS EDUCATION: TRENDS AND 34 INEQUALITY IN SINGAPORE 38 PIONEERS OF MODERN CHINA: UNDERSTANDING 32 ISSUES IN SINGAPORE THE INSCRUTABLE CHINESE INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCING IN ASIA 6 SPILLOVER EFFECTS OF CHINA GOING GLOBAL 30 POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT IN HONG KONG 22 INSIGHTS ON SINGAPORE’S ECONOMY AND 38 SRI LANKA AT CROSSROADS: GEOPOLITICAL 13 SOCIETY FROM LEADING THINKERS: FROM THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF AGRICULTURAL TRADE- 17 CHALLENGES AND NATIONAL INTERESTS INSTITUTE OF POLICY STUDIES’ SINGAPORE RELATED POLICIES IN CHINA START-UP THAILAND: THE ENTREPRENEURS’ 9 PERSPECTIVES POLITICAL ECONOMY OF CHINA’S BELT AND ROAD 15 JOURNEY INTERNATIONAL STRATEGIC RELATIONS AND 29 INITIATIVE, THE STATE AND THE ARTS IN SINGAPORE, THE: 38 CHINA’S NATIONAL SECURITY: VOLUME 3 POLITICAL ECONOMY OF THE BRICS COUNTRIES, 4 POLICIES AND INSTITUTIONS INTERNATIONALIZATION OF TECHNOLOGICAL 25 THE (IN 3 VOLUMES) STATE CAPITALISM IN EURASIA 8 INNOVATION FOR CHINESE ENTERPRISES, THE POLITICAL PARTICIPATION AND INSTITUTIONAL 21 STRATEGIC RELATIONS BETWEEN INDIA, THE 4 INTERPRETING CHINA’S ECONOMY 32 INNOVATION: A CASE STUDY OF ZHEJIANG UNITED STATES AND JAPAN IN THE INDO-PACIFIC, INTERPRETING ZHEJIANG’S DEVELOPMENT: 26 POLITICAL PARTICIPATION IN ASIA: 32 THE: WHEN THREE IS NOT A CROWD CULTURAL AND SOCIAL PERSPECTIVES TYPOLOGIES OF POLITICAL BEHAVIOR ACROSS STRONG PATRONAGE, WEAK PARTIES: THE CASE 9 DEMOCRATIZING STATES IS CHINA AN EMPIRE? 29 FOR ELECTORAL SYSTEM REDESIGN IN THE POLITICAL STABILITY IN CHINA’S CHANGING 17 PHILIPPINES IS THE PEOPLE’S ACTION PARTY HERE TO STAY?: 37 ANALYSING THE RESILIENCE OF THE ONE-PARTY SOCIAL LANDSCAPE STUDY ON CHINESE TRADITIONAL THEORY OF 28 DOMINANT STATE IN SINGAPORE POLITICS AND GOVERNANCE IN INDIAN STATES: 13 ARTISTIC STYLE IS THIS THE ASIAN CENTURY? 8 BIHAR, WEST BENGAL AND TRIPURA STUDY ON INTERNATIONAL POLITICS IN 18 CONTEMPORARY CHINA JAPAN’S DEMOGRAPHIC REVIVAL: RETHINKING MI- 31 POWER BROKING IN THE SHADE: PARTY FINANCES 11 GRATION, IDENTITY AND SOCIOCULTURAL NORMS AND MONEY POLITICS IN SOUTHEAST ASIA SUPERPOWER, CHINA? HISTORICIZING BEIJING’S 32 NEW NARRATIVES OF LEADERSHIP AND EAST JOKOWI’S INDONESIA AND THE WORLD 9 POWER OF IDEAS, THE: THE RISING INFLUENCE 32 OF THINKERS AND THINK TANKS IN CHINA ASIA’S RESPONSE THERETO KAPAL HAJI: SINGAPORE AND THE HAJJ JOURNEY 37 SUSTAINABILITY MANAGEMENT AND BUSINESS 6 BY SEA POWER TALK: INSIGHTS FROM ASIA’S LEADING 8 ENTREPRENEURS STRATEGY IN ASIA KIASUNOMICS©: STORIES OF SINGAPOREAN ECO- 38 PREVENTIVE DIPLOMACY IN THE ASIA-PACIFIC 4 SUSTAINABILITY MATTERS: ENVIRONMENTAL AND 8 NOMIC BEHAVIOURS CLIMATE CHANGES IN THE ASIA-PACIFIC KIASUNOMICS©2: ECONOMIC INSIGHTS FOR 34 R&D INVESTMENT OF MULTINATIONAL 17 CORPORATIONS AND CHINA’S INDEPENDENT SUSTAINABLE ENERGY TRANSITION IN SOUTH 13 EVERYDAY LIFE ASIA: CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES INNOVATION KOREA: A CENTURY OF CHANGE 32 SUZHOU INDUSTRIAL PARK: ACHIEVEMENTS, 23 RACE FOR 5G SUPREMACY, THE: WHY CHINA IS 19 CHALLENGES AND PROSPECTS LAND-USE CHANGES IN CHINA: HISTORICAL 29 SURGING, WHERE MILLENNIALS STRUGGLE, & RECONSTRUCTION OVER THE PAST 300 YEARS HOW AMERICA CAN PREVAIL TALL ORDER: THE GOH CHOK TONG STORY 38 AND FUTURE PROJECTION VOLUME 1 RAY OF HOPE, A: INSPIRING STORIES OF 50 34 LEADERSHIP STYLE: BUSINESS AND LEADERSHIP 18 SINGAPORE SPORTS ICONS TAN SIAK KEW: GOING AGAINST THE GRAIN 40 IN CHINA REBEL CITY: HONG KONG’S YEAR OF WATER AND FIRE 19 TANG DYNASTY TALES: A GUIDED READER - 33 LEADERSHIP: POLITICAL-ECONOMIC, REGIONAL 21 VOLUME 2 BUSINESS AND SOCIO-COMMUNITY CONTEXTS REFLECTIONS: THE LEGACY OF LEE KUAN YEW 40 TECHNICAL HISTORY OF CHINA’S GRAND CANAL, 25 REFORM AND DEVELOPMENT IN CHINA: AFTER 27 LEADING ENTREPRENEURS AND HOW THEY 8 THE SUCCEED 40 YEARS TENG GUIDE TO THE CHINESE ORCHESTRA, THE 37 LEGEND OF CHINA, THE: THE HISTORY OF 14 REFORM OF THE INTERNATIONAL MONETARY 16 PUDONG DEVELOPMENT SYSTEM: CHINESE PERSPECTIVES AND THE LEADER, THE TEACHER & YOU: LEADERSHIP 38 STRATEGIES THROUGH THE THIRD GENERATION LIBERALISM UNVEILED: FORGING A NEW THIRD 34 WAY IN SINGAPORE REIMAGINING INDIA-THAILAND RELATIONS: 12 THEORY AND POLICIES OF MUTUAL BENEFIT 24 A MULTILATERAL AND BILATERAL PERSPECTIVE AND WIN-WIN STRATEGY, THE: RESEARCH ON LITTLE RED DOT, THE: REFLECTIONS BY 38 SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF CHINA’S OPEN SINGAPORE’S DIPLOMATS REINVENTING INDONESIA 11 ECONOMY LITTLE RED DOT, THE: REFLECTIONS BY 38 REMEMBERING S R NATHAN: A MENTOR FOR ALL 40 TIMOR-LESTE/AUSTRALIA CONCILIATION, 10 SINGAPORE’S DIPLOMATS - VOLUME II SEASONS THE: A VICTORY FOR UNCLOS AND PEACEFUL LITTLE RED DOT, THE: REFLECTIONS OF FOREIGN 38 RESEARCH ON COMMUNITY CONSTRUCTION IN 16 SETTLEMENT OF DISPUTES AMBASSADORS ON SINGAPORE - VOLUME III RURAL CHINA TOGETHER WE PROSPER: A MEMOIR OF DANIEL TEO 34 MAKING OF AN ECONOMIC SUPERPOWER, 30 RESEARCH ON EFFICIENCY AND FAIRNESS 26 TOKKATSU: THE JAPANESE EDUCATIONAL MODEL 25 THE: UNLOCKING CHINA’S SECRET OF RAPID OF RESOURCES ALLOCATION BY CHINA’S OF HOLISTIC EDUCATION INDUSTRIALIZATION GOVERNMENTAL ADMINISTRATION TOMMY KOH READER, THE: FAVOURITE ESSAYS 40 MANAGING DIVERSITY IN SINGAPORE: POLICIES 40 RISE OF THE REGULATORY STATE IN THE 30 AND LECTURES AND PROSPECTS CHINESE HEALTH-CARE SYSTEM, THE TOMMY KOH: SERVING SINGAPORE AND THE WORLD 40 MANAGING INDONESIA’S TRANSFORMATION: AN 8 RISING FROM THE ASHES: UN PEACEBUILDING IN 10 ORAL HISTORY TIMOR-LESTE TRADE AND INVESTMENT IN SOUTH ASIA: AN 13 ANALYSIS MAPPING CHINA’S GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT 32 RIVALRY AND COOPERATION IN THE ASIA-PACIFIC: 7 IN THE LONG RUN, 221 BC TO 2020 THE DYNAMICS OF A REGION IN TRANSITION TRANSFORMATION OF CHINA’S ECONOMIC 23 (IN 2 VOLUMES) DEVELOPMENT, THE: PERSPECTIVES OF SINO-US MARITIME SRI LANKA: HISTORICAL AND 12 ECONOMISTS CONTEMPORARY PERSPECTIVES RULE OF LAW IN CHINA: PROGRESS AND PROBLEMS 20 TRANSFORMATION OF SHUNDE CITY: PIONEER OF 23 MARKETING FOR COMPETITIVENESS: ASIA TO THE 8 RURAL ELECTIONS IN CHINA: INSTITUTIONALIZA- 20 CHINA’S GREATER BAY AREA WORLD - IN THE AGE OF DIGITAL CONSUMERS TION, STATE INTRUSION AND DEMOCRATIZATION UNDERSTANDING SINGAPORE POLITICS 40 MEMOIRS OF A FLYING TIGER: THE STORY OF A 36 RURAL REFORM AND DEVELOPMENT: A CASE 25 WWII VETERAN AND SIA PIONEER PILOT STUDY OF CHINA’S ZHEJIANG PROVINCE UNITED STATES-SINGAPORE FREE TRADE AGREE- 38 MENT, THE: HIGHLIGHTS AND INSIGHTS MINDANAO: THE LONG JOURNEY TO PEACE AND 11 SCIENCE IN CHINA, 1600-1900: ESSAYS BY 32 PROSPERITY BENJAMIN A ELMAN UNLOCKING HIDDEN POTENTIAL: STRATEGIC 35 TRANSFORMATION AND VALUE CREATION AT MODI AND THE WORLD: (RE) CONSTRUCTING 13 SEEKING A BETTER URBAN FUTURE 39 MANDARIN ORCHARD SINGAPORE AND MANDA- INDIAN FOREIGN POLICY RIN GALLERY SERVING SINGAPORE: MY JOURNEY 36 MORALIZATION OF CHINA 31 UNRAVELLING MODERN CHINA 27 SHADOWS ACROSS THE GOLDEN LAND: 9 MUCH TROUBLED ALLIANCE, THE: US-CHINA 31 MYANMAR’S OPENING, FOREIGN INFLUENCE AND US VS CHINA: FROM TRADE WAR TO RECIPROCAL 25 MILITARY COOPERATION DURING THE PACIFIC INVESTMENT DEAL WAR, 1941-1945 SILK ROAD: THE STUDY OF DRAMA CULTURE 15 VALUE CHANGES AND REGIME STABILITY IN 14 MULTILATERAL APPROACH IN CHINA’S FOREIGN 30 CONTEMPORARY CHINA POLICY SINGAPORE AND HONG KONG: COMPARATIVE 27 PERSPECTIVES ON THE 20TH ANNIVERSARY OF VOICES ON SOUTH ASIA: INTERDISCIPLINARY 12 44 MY GP, MY MENTAL HEALTHCARE PROVIDER: 35 HONG KONG’S HANDOVER TO CHINA PERSPECTIVES ON WOMEN’S STATUS, A TERTIARY-PRIMARY CARE COLLABORATION FOR CHALLENGES AND FUTURES COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTHCARE SINGAPORE PERSPECTIVES: SINGAPORE, WORLD 37 WEAPONS OF THE RICH. STRATEGIC ACTION OF 21 MY JOURNEY IN POLITICS: PRACTICAL LESSONS 40 SIR STAMFORD RAFFLES AND SOME OF HIS 38 PRIVATE ENTREPRENEURS IN CONTEMPORARY IN LEADERSHIP FRIENDS AND CONTEMPORARIES: A MEMOIR OF CHINA THE FOUNDER OF SINGAPORE MYANMAR: REINTEGRATING INTO THE 11 WHEN TREES FALL, MONKEYS SCATTER: 31 INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION IN CONTEMPORARY CHINA 30 RETHINKING DEMOCRACY IN CHINA NEW MRS LEE’S COOKBOOK, THE - VOLUME 1: 36 SONG DYNASTY TALES: A GUIDED READER 33 WHOSE COMFORT?: BODY, SEXUALITY AND 25 PERANAKAN CUISINE SOUND OF MEMORIES, THE: RECORDINGS FROM 37 IDENTITY OF KOREAN ‘COMFORT WOMEN’ AND JAPANESE SOLDIERS DURING WWII NEW MRS LEE’S COOKBOOK, THE - VOLUME 2: 36 THE ORAL HISTORY CENTRE, SINGAPORE STRAITS HERITAGE CUISINE SOUTH CHINA SEA DISPUTES AND THE US-CHINA 29 WHY IS THE CHINA MODEL LOSING ITS POWER? 18 CONTEST, THE: INTERNATIONAL LAW AND - CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES OF THE NEW SILK ROAD: CHINA MEETS EUROPE IN 31 SECOND GLOBAL COMPETITION THE BALTIC SEA REGION, THE - A BUSINESS GEOPOLITICS PERSPECTIVE WINNING WITH HONOUR: IN RELATIONSHIPS, FAM- 40 SOUTH CHINA SEA DISPUTES, THE: HISTORICAL, 30 ILY, ORGANISATIONS, LEADERSHIP, AND LIFE NORTH KOREAN NUCLEAR WEAPON AND 24 GEOPOLITICAL AND LEGAL STUDIES REUNIFICATION OF THE KOREAN PENINSULA WORLD SCIENTIFIC REFERENCE ON ASIA AND 8 SOUTH KOREA IN THE UNITED NATIONS: GLOBAL 30 THE WORLD ECONOMY (IN 3 VOLUMES) OCEAN IN A DROP, THE - SINGAPORE: THE NEXT 39 GOVERNANCE, INTER-KOREAN RELATIONS AND FIFTY YEARS PEACE BUILDING WORLD SCIENTIFIC REFERENCE ON ASIA-PACIFIC 5 TRADE POLICIES (IN 2 VOLUMES) ONE HUNDRED YEARS’ HISTORY OF THE CHINESE 35 SOUTHEAST ASIA AND CHINA: A CONTEST IN 32 IN SINGAPORE: THE ANNOTATED EDITION MUTUAL SOCIALIZATION ZHU RONGJI AND CHINA’S ECONOMIC TAKE-OFF 31 For more information, visit: www.worldscientific.com WORLD SCIENTIFIC Author Index Author Page Author Page Author Page Author Page

Abeyagoonasekera, Asanga...... 13 Hu, Teh-wei...... 24 Meng, Gang...... 15 Teehankee, Julio C...... 11 Abraham, Biju Paul...... 4 Huang, Shudong...... 23 Menkhoff, Thomas...... 15 Tettamanti, Mario...... 15,21 Abraham, Filip...... 21 Hutchcroft, Paul...... 9,11 Menon, Vijayalakshmi...... 10 Tian, Shu...... 6 Agarwal, Manmohan...... 8 Ibrahim, Zuraidah...... 19 Mitra, Subrata Kumar...... 13 Tieri, Silvia...... 12 Ahrens, Joachim...... 8 Itthiopassagul, Pannapachr...... 9 Murali, Vani Swarupa...... 12 Tong, Sarah Yueting...... 22 Almuttaqi, Ahmad Ibrahim...... 9 Ji, Jie...... 18 Nagasaka, Yoshiyuki...... 6 Villamejor-mendoza, Maria Fe...... 11 Anderson, Kym...... 5 Jiang, Xiaoyuan...... 16 Nakawiroj, Wasutadon...... 9 Wang, Lin...... 20 Attanayake, Chulanee...... 12 Jin, Xiangrong...... 20 Nam, Sung-wook...... 24 Wang, Linggui...... 6,15 Au Yong, Hui Nee...... 15 Joshi, Havovi...... 9 Narayan, S...... 13 Whalley, John...... 8 Bauer, Ute Meta...... 4 Kapur, Roshni...... 13 Nayak, Dinkar...... 13 Wong, John...... 23 Beckman, Robert...... 10 Kartasasmita, Ginandjar...... 11 Nelson, Roger...... 4 Wu, Lin...... 4 Beeson, Mark...... 7 Kim, Chanwhan...... 12 Nueno, Pedro...... 18 Wu, Xingzhi...... 21 Beja Jr, Edsel L...... 11 Kim, Soo Yeon...... 4 Ong, Puay Khim...... 4 Wu, Zheneng...... 15 Benton, Gregor...... 23 Koh, Tommy...... 9,12 Pan, Jiadong...... 17 Xiang, Jiquan...... 16 Bernardo, Joselito...... 8 Kokubu, Katsuhiko...... 6 Pan, Jiahua...... 8 Xiao, Wen...... 17 Bhattacharyya, Harihar...... 13 Kondo, Masahide...... 24 Park, Donghyun...... 6 Xie, Guoping...... 14 Binte Ahmad, Nursyahida...... 10 Kong, Tuan Yuen...... 22 Phan, Hao Duy...... 10 Xie, Jing...... 22 Borah, Rupakjyoti...... 4 Kumar, Rajiv...... 12 Phua, Kai Hong...... 6 Xiong, Yanyan...... 17 Cai, Cuihong...... 14 La Vina, Antonio G M...... 11 Phua, Kok Khoo...... 17 Yan, Wenshou...... 17 Chan, Henry Hing Lee...... 23 Lam, Jeffie...... 19 Poh, Melissa Wei Le...... 10 Yan, Zhi...... 19 Chang, Youngho...... 6 Lau, Lawrence Juen-yee...... 17 Pomfret, Richard...... 15 Yang, Bong Min...... 24 Chay, Yue Wah...... 15 Lee, Andrea Noelle...... 9 Qi, Dongtao...... 23 Yang, Wandong...... 23 Chen, Fang...... 16 Lee, Jong-wha...... 8 Qian, Suoqiao...... 16 Yang, Yue...... 10 Chen, Shengyong...... 21 Len, Christopher...... 13 Ray, Partha...... 4 Yao, Sui...... 14 Chen, Wanling...... 24 Li, Cheng...... 18 Rillo, Aladdin...... 6 Yap, Mui Teng...... 6 Cheng, Joseph Yu-shek...... 22 Li, Chenyang...... 11 Rizzi, Cristiano...... 15,21 Yeo, Judy Jade Li...... 17 Cheng, Shou-hsia...... 24 Li, Fujian...... 4,10 Rong, Xinchun...... 15 Yeo, Lay Hwee...... 9 Chiang, Tung-liang...... 24 Li, Lin...... 20 Rudra, Nita...... 4 Yip, Paul Sau Leung...... 6 Chirathivat, Suthiphand...... 9 Li, Qiang...... 15 Rutchatorn, Buddhagarn...... 9 Yip, Winnie Chi-man...... 24 Choudhury, Rahul Nath...... 13 Li, Xiao...... 16 Sachsenroder, Wolfgang...... 11 Yoshino, Naoyuki...... 6 Christy, Ralph D...... 8 Liang, Hai Ming...... 15 Schubert, Gunter...... 21 Yu, Lixin...... 24 Davenport, Tara...... 10 Liang, Ying...... 10 Schulte, Paul...... 19 Yu, Xugang...... 15,21 Devasahayam, Theresa W...... 11 Liew, Doris Wan Yin...... 10 Sein, Daw Chaw Chaw...... 11 Yuan, Xuchuan...... 15 Dong, Ruifeng...... 16 Lim, Tai Wei...... 21 Sethi, Mahendra...... 13 Zerrillo, Philip...... 9 Feng, Da-hsuan...... 15,19 Lin, Gaobang...... 17 Shan, Wei...... 14,17 Zhang, Bingxuan...... 21 Flatt, Emma J...... 12 Lin, Shangli...... 14 Sharma, Jigyasa...... 12 Zhang, Huimei...... 23 Fu, Lin...... 8 Liu, Hong...... 23 Shi, Jinchuan...... 20 Zhang, Jianjun...... 23 Gao, Fen...... 15 Liu, Rui...... 20 Shih, Chih-yu...... 23 Zhang, Xuyao...... 24 Goh, Lee Gan...... 6 Liu, Xiaoguang...... 20 Singh, Binti...... 13 Zhang, Youguo...... 22 Gopalan, Sasidaran...... 12 Lopez-cariboni, Santiago...... 4 Singh, Hernaikh...... 12 Zhang, Yuyan...... 18 Gore, Lance Liangping...... 16 Low, Linda...... 15 Singh, Sinderpal...... 13 Zhang, Zhaoyong...... 21 Groves, Austin...... 19 Luo, Xiangdong...... 20 Singh, Swaran...... 23 Zhang, Zhenjun...... 21 Guo, Li...... 15 Luo, Yadong...... 20 Sit, Victor F S...... 14 Zhao, Genzhong...... 18 Guo, Shiping...... 18 Sivakrishnan, S Shalini...... 10 Zhao, Jianglin...... 6,15 Lye, Liang Fook...... 23 45 Guo, Yanjun...... 4 Ma, Boying...... 22 So, Chungwai...... 17 Zhao, Litao...... 22,23 Hampel-milagrosa, Aimee...... 8 Ma, Carol Hok Ka...... 21 Spechler, Martin C...... 8 Zhao, Wei...... 20 Hardy, Alfredo Toro...... 19 Ma, Xiaohe...... 18 Stern, Joseph J...... 11 Zhao, Zheng...... 8 Hasegawa, Tomonori...... 24 Mair, Victor H...... 21 Su, Dongshui...... 17 Zheng, Yongnian...... 22 Hasegawa, Toshihiko...... 24 Manomaivibool, Prapin...... 23 Susantono, Bambang...... 6 Zhong, Dongsheng...... 21 He, Chuanqi...... 18 Mansfield, Edward D...... 4 Taghizadeh-hesary, Farhad...... 6 Zhou, Jinghao...... 18 Heberer, Thomas...... 21 Mao, Dan...... 24 Tan, Cheryl...... 9 Zhu, Andong...... 23 Hirao, Tomohiro...... 24 Mao, Ke...... 24 Tan, Khee Giap...... 10,12,24 Zhu, Xianghui...... 11 Hoen, Herman W...... 8 Marwah, Reena...... 12 Tan, Kway Guan...... 10 Zhu, Xiaoming...... 18 Hsiao, Frank S T...... 4 Mehra, Sunil...... 24 Tanigaki, Mariko...... 23 Ziccardi, Fabio...... 15 Hsiao, Mei-chu Wang...... 4 Mendoza, Ronald U...... 11 Tay, Simon S C...... 9 Zou, Lei...... 15 Asian Studies Catalogue 2021

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