Showing papers on "East Asia published in 1970"

Conclusion: Expanding the Perspective Beyond Political Economy

Abstract: The prospects and value of economic integration and regionalism in Asia are increasingly evident in what could turn out to be ‘the Asian Century’. It is within this context that this important book explores the critical economic issues, security concerns and political themes pertinent to Asia in general, and to East Asia in particular.

Library Education in South Asia

Abstract: The present education systems of Burma, Ceylon, India and Pakistan owe their origin to British rule dating back some 200 years in India and about 60 years in Burma, Even after two decades of independence, the educational structures of these countries have not changed substantially, although various reforms have been introduced. Many of these reforms follow the old pattern of education. Burma, which completely broke away from the British Commonwealth of Nations at the very day of its independence, attempted in 1964 to reconstruct its education system with a view to meet the demands of its political doctrine, \"Burmese Way of Socialism\". Even then, it could not completely shake off the earlier influences. This is apparent from the statement made by the then Education Minister, who said, \"it is not practicable to transform the existing education system abruptly\". The four countries, therefore, inherited systems of education which had common links. Within this common framework, library developments in these countries were simultaneous with the development of education. The libraries which have now become important were established under British rule. Among them are the Imperial Library (now the National Library of India); the Punjab Public Library in Pakistan; the Colombo Museum Library in Ceylon; the Bernard Free Library (now part of the National Library of Burma). The vitality of library developments in all the four countries during British rule was more or less the same. The indigenous leadership in the IndoPakistan sub-continent, however, carried forward the library work initiated by British rulers. Some of the developments emanating from British rule were significantly different from the practice then existing in Great Britain itself. For example, the commission of Asa Don Dickinson in 1915 specifically required him to organise a library training class at Panjab University, Lahore. Such a training did not exist at all in any British university at

The political viability of the us base system in asia after a vietnam settlement

Abstract: : The paper focuses on the political viability and usability on the present US system of military bases and facilities in East Asia and the Western Pacific in order to gain a better understanding of the political environment in which the United States must try to satisfy its future base requirements.

Post-school Employment Choices of East Asian Adolescent Migrants

Abstract: Many immigrant children from Hong Kong, Taiwan and South Korea had general aspirations for the future which were similar to their parents' expectations. A survey of schools in Auckland in 1995 showed that a majority of them wished to complete university education, and aspired to managerial and professional occupations. However, they were more pessimistic than their parents about their employment prospects in this country. Only a small proportion of the young East Asian migrants wanted to work in New Zealand after they completed their education. A language barrier, racial discrimination and potential unemployment were cited as their main concerns.

Numerical Study On The Tropospheric OxidantsBudget In East Asia And Effects Of IntrudingStratospheric Ozone On It

Abstract: Ozone intrusion from stratosphere into troposphere and its effects on the tropospheric oxidants budget in East Asia were investigated. Intense ozone intrusion was found to occur in southwest China and northwest Pacific rims near Japan and northeast China, which contributed to the highest ozone concentration in the world. While, in the lowest troposphere photochemical oxidant formation from anthropogenic pollutants was active and created regional-scale highconcentration ozone in the atmospheric boundary layer. Transboundary photochemical oxidants pollution in eastern China, Korea and Japan was caused by the long range transport of this regional-scale high concentration ozone.

Further Light on the Expansion of Russia in East Asia: 1792–1860

Abstract: T URING the last few years an appreciable amount of new documentary material 1^ has appeared on Sino-Russian relations during the above period, and a few new unpublished items have been discovered. The purpose of this article is to survey this new material, by way of supplement to the writer's recently published book on the subject, The Expansion of Russia in East Asia I857-60 (University of Malaya Press: Kuala Lumpur, I968, with a preliminary chapter on the relations from I792I856).