Lai Hongyi, Lim Tin Seng (eds.), Harmony and Development: ASEAN-China Relations, Singapore, World Scientific, 2007, 164 pp.&John Wong, Zou Keyuan, Zeng Huaqun (eds.), China-ASEAN Relations:…

Fang-Long Shih, Stuart Thompson, and Paul-François Tremlett (eds.), Re-writing Culture in Taiwan, London-New York, Routledge, 2009, 224 pp. This volume on Taiwanese culture, edited by…

History and Memory: Present Reflections on the Past to Build Our Future, Macau, The Macau Ricci Institute (Macau Ricci Institute Studies no. 5), 2008, 550…

Kenneth E. Hall, John Woo’s The Killer, Hong Kong, HKU Press, 2009, 124 pp. The most recent addition to the New Hong Kong Cinema Series…

Michael Ingham, Johnnie To Kei-Fung’s PTU, Hong Kong University Press, 2009, 149 pp. Michael Ingham, an associate professor at Hong Kong’s Lingnan University, continues the…

Nara Dillon and Jean Oi, (eds.), At the Crossroads of Empires: Middlemen, Social Networks, and State-Building in Republican Shanghai, Stanford, Stanford University Press, 2008, XIII+310…

Lu Weijing, True to Her Word: The Faithful Maiden Cult in Late Imperial China, Stanford University Press, 2008, 348 pp. In True to Her Word:…

Andrew C. Mertha’s book takes us into the world of large-scale dam projects in southwestern Chinese rivers. His research digs into resistance movements against some…

The nature of China‘s intergovernmental relations is a hotly debated topic. While none of the scholars involved in this debate would deny that a significant…

How to explain the evolution of water management policies in Shanghai? This is the question tackled by Seungho Lee (University of Nottingham, UK) in this…