I am delighted to pass along the announcement of the publication of the Annual China and East Asia Issue of Current History (Volume 124, Issue 863).
Current History publishes nine times per year. Each month’s issue focuses on a single region or topic—including annual issues on Africa, China and East Asia, Russia and Eurasia, the Middle East, Latin America, South Asia, Europe, and Global Trends, plus special issues on topics such as Changing Faiths, Human–Nonhuman Relations, Learning from the Pandemic, and Climate Transformations.The Table of contents with brief summaries and links to the essays follow below.
China’s Perilously Imbalanced Economic Success Available to Purchase
(As a real estate slump drags on, Chinese households and public finances are under strain, even as the government pushes for global leadership in advanced technologies.)
Revisiting the Environmental Legacies of the Vietnam War Available to Purchase
The US military’s efforts to reshape the Vietnamese battlefield with herbicides and other methods left lasting damage. The consequences of ecocide remain largely unaddressed.
Fukushima and the Politics of Nuclear Disaster Recovery Available to Purchase
(Mistrustful of government narratives concerning radiation risk, practitioners of “citizen science” emerged to monitor the effects of contamination in their communities.)
Brunei Faces Generational Change Available to Purchase
(Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah has proved that absolute monarchy is no anachronism, but his successors may struggle to duplicate his popularity and image of stability.)
How Singapore Manages Labor Migration and Diversity Available to Purchase
(Categories related to skills govern who is eligible for long-term residency and citizenship, making life precarious for the legions of laborers who keep the city-state running.)
Perspective
South Korea’s Martial Law Crisis: Democratic Retreat or Resilience? Free
(President Yoon Suk-yeol’s abortive declaration of martial law met with robust pro-democracy protests and impeachment, but his reactionary strain of politics remains potent.)
Books
The Politics of Ethnography at a Tibetan Nunnery Available to Purchase
(Gender hierarchies and other power relations shape the lives of women living in massive Buddhist monastic communities in the shadow of state repression)
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