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Pacific Affairs is a peer-reviewed, independent, and interdisciplinary scholarly journal focusing on important current political, economic and social issues throughout Asia and the Pacific. Each issue contains approximately five new articles and 40-50 book reviews. Published continuously as a quarterly since 1928 under the same name, it is the oldest English-language journal with a focus on Asia and the Pacific. It enjoys an international reputation based on the high quality of articles, and its extensive book reviews section.

Publisher: Pacific Affairs, a division of the University of British Columbia

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Volume 81, Number 1, Spring 2008

Articles

The Forest for the Trees: Trade, Investment and the China-in-Africa Discourse
pp. 9-29(21)
Authors: Sautman, Barry; Hairong, Yan

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Jathika Hela Urumaya and Ethno-Religious Politics in Sri Lanka
pp. 31-51(21)
Authors: DeVotta, Neil; Stone, Jason

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Book Reviews

Procyclicality of Financial Systems in Asia
pp. 95-96(2)
Author: Wade, Robert

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Reshaping the Asia Pacific Economic Order
pp. 96-97(2)
Author: Ravenhill, John

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China Stands Up: The PRC and the International System
pp. 102-103(2)
Author: Zhang, Yongjin

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Challenges and Policy Programmes of China's New Leadership
pp. 103-104(2)
Author: Baum, Richard

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Political Rights in Post-Mao China
pp. 106-107(2)
Author: Seymour, James D.

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Reporting the Chinese Revolution: The Letters of Rayna Prohme
pp. 107-109(3)
Author: Mackinnon, Stephen R.

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Revolution, Resistance, and Reform in Village China
pp. 109-111(3)
Author: Shu-Min, Huang

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China's Future Nuclear Submarine Force
pp. 111-113(3)
Author: Green, Colin

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The Nanking Atrocity 1937-38: Complicating the Picture
pp. 113-114(2)
Author: Smith, Norman

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The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region in Its First Decade
pp. 119-120(2)
Author: Johnson, Graham E.

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Governance of Biodiversity Conservation in China and Taiwan
pp. 122-124(3)
Author: Hayes, Jack Patrick

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Foreign Policy Making in Taiwan: From Principle to Pragmatism
pp. 124-125(2)
Author: Copper, John F.

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Political Reform in Japan: Leadership Looming Large
pp. 125-126(2)
Author: Nyblade, Benjamin

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War Memory and Social Politics in Japan, 1945-2005
pp. 129-130(2)
Author: Cook, Theodore F.

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Bipolar Orders: The Two Koreas Since 1989
pp. 133-135(3)
Author: Levkowitz, Alon

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Participatory Citizenship: Identity, Exclusion, Inclusion
pp. 137-138(2)
Author: Swain, Ashwini K.

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Warrior Ascetics and Indian Empires
pp. 140-142(3)
Author: Curley, David L.

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Brick by Brick: The Building of an ASEAN Economic Community
pp. 142-144(3)
Author: Curry, Jr., Robert L.

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Whither the Philippines in the 21st Century?
pp. 146-147(2)
Author: Laquian, Aprodicio

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Realpolitik Ideology: Indonesia's Use of Military Force
pp. 154-156(3)
Author: Joshua Barter, Shane

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