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09 May 2014-Science
TL;DR: This study tested 1162 Han Chinese participants in six sites and found that rice-growing southern China is more interdependent and holistic-thinking than the wheat-growing north, and it is found that modernization and pathogen prevalence theories do not fit the data.
Abstract: Cross-cultural psychologists have mostly contrasted East Asia with the West. However, this study shows that there are major psychological differences within China. We propose that a history of farming rice makes cultures more interdependent, whereas farming wheat makes cultures more independent, and these agricultural legacies continue to affect people in the modern world. We tested 1162 Han Chinese participants in six sites and found that rice-growing southern China is more interdependent and holistic-thinking than the wheat-growing north. To control for confounds like climate, we tested people from neighboring counties along the rice-wheat border and found differences that were just as large. We also find that modernization and pathogen prevalence theories do not fit the data.

681 citations


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Xuetong Yan1
TL;DR: Wang et al. as discussed by the authors applied the theory of moral realism to explain the role of the SFA strategy and argued that morality can increase both international political strength and the political legitimacy of a rising power.
Abstract: Since 2012, some scholars, both Chinese and foreign, have argued that China’s assertive foreign policy is doomed to fail. Nevertheless, after examining China’s foreign relations in the last two years, this paper finds that China has experienced improved relations rather than deteriorating ones. In comparison with the strategy of keeping a low profile (KLP), the strategy of striving for achievement (SFA) shows more efficiency in shaping a favorable environment for China’s national rejuvenation. The author applies the theory of moral realism to explaining the role of the SFA strategy and argues that morality can increase both international political strength and the political legitimacy of a rising power. The key difference between the KLP and the SFA is that the former focuses on economic gains and the latter seeks to strengthen political support. That is the reason that the SFA values the role of morality and the KLP does not. Due to these different goals, the SFA strategy differs from the KLP strategy in aspects of tenets, general layouts, working approaches, and methods. So far, the SFA has achieved progress beyond people’s expectation from Xi Jinping in 2012. Xi’s strong leadership may become a new case suitable for illustrating the theory of moral realism. The year of 2010 was a turning point for both China’s international status and its relations with some countries related to East Asia. In 2010, China’s GDP surpassed Japan’s to rank only behind the United States. The year of 2010 also witnessed rising tensions between China and the United States, Japan, the Philippines, and Vietnam. These tensions intensified China’s domestic debate over the necessity of

230 citations


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TL;DR: Over the last four decades, the biomass C sequestration by East Asia's forests offset 5.8% of its contemporary fossil-fuel CO2 emissions.
Abstract: Forests play an important role in regional and global carbon (C) cycles. With extensive afforestation and reforestation efforts over the last several decades, forests in East Asia have largely expanded, but the dynamics of their C stocks have not been fully assessed. We estimated biomass C stocks of the forests in all five East Asian countries (China, Japan, North Korea, South Korea, and Mongolia) between the 1970s and the 2000s, using the biomass expansion factor method and forest inventory data. Forest area and biomass C density in the whole region increased from 179.78 × 10(6) ha and 38.6 Mg C ha(-1) in the 1970s to 196.65 × 10(6) ha and 45.5 Mg C ha(-1) in the 2000s, respectively. The C stock increased from 6.9 Pg C to 8.9 Pg C, with an averaged sequestration rate of 66.9 Tg C yr(-1). Among the five countries, China and Japan were two major contributors to the total region's forest C sink, with respective contributions of 71.1% and 32.9%. In China, the areal expansion of forest land was a larger contributor to C sinks than increased biomass density for all forests (60.0% vs. 40.0%) and for planted forests (58.1% vs. 41.9%), while the latter contributed more than the former for natural forests (87.0% vs. 13.0%). In Japan, increased biomass density dominated the C sink for all (101.5%), planted (91.1%), and natural (123.8%) forests. Forests in South Korea also acted as a C sink, contributing 9.4% of the total region's sink because of increased forest growth (98.6%). Compared to these countries, the reduction in forest land in both North Korea and Mongolia caused a C loss at an average rate of 9.0 Tg C yr(-1), equal to 13.4% of the total region's C sink. Over the last four decades, the biomass C sequestration by East Asia's forests offset 5.8% of its contemporary fossil-fuel CO2 emissions.

196 citations


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TL;DR: The analysis suggests that in South Korea, patrilineal considerations may begin to lose some of their importance in shaping downward functional solidarity between generations and that instead (grand-)children's actual needs, particularly those related to maternal employment, receive more attention.
Abstract: Discussion. Our analysis suggests that in South Korea, patrilineal considerations may begin to lose some of their importance in shaping downward functional solidarity between generations and that instead (grand-)children’s actual needs, particularly those related to maternal employment, receive more attention. We find no such evidence in our Chinese sample.

149 citations


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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examine how, since the 1990s, the embedded relation between one variant of state institutions, known as the developmental state, and national firms, well integrated into global chains and networks spanning different territories and regions, has evolved.
Abstract: This paper focuses on the changing governance of economic development in a globalizing era in relation to the dynamics of global value chains and global production networks. Based on recent development in such East Asian economies as South Korea, Taiwan and Singapore, I examine how, since the 1990s, the embedded relation between one variant of state institutions, known as the developmental state, and national firms, well integrated into global chains and networks spanning different territories and regions, has evolved. Because of the deepening strategic coupling of these national firms with lead firms in global industries, the developmental state's attempt to govern the market and to steer industrial transformation through direct policy interventions has become increasingly difficult and problematic. Through this process of strategic coupling, national firms have been gradually disembedded from state apparatuses and re-embedded in different global production networks that are governed by competiti...

144 citations


Book
01 Jan 2014
TL;DR: In this article, the authors provide some conceptual tools for thinking about regions and suggest why it makes sense to consider East Asia as potentially constituting a region in the same way we think of Western Europe or Latin America.
Abstract: Identifying ‘East Asia’ is more difficult than it might seem at first glance. One of the problems inherent in describing any region is deciding where to draw the boundaries: who’s in and who’s out? Which countries can be considered ‘authentic’, unambiguous members of a region, and which should be excluded? On what basis should inclusion or exclusion occur? Are there differences in the way political and economic regionalism occur? Even more problematically, is it possible that regionally based ‘security communities’ might even overturn some of the most widely held expectations about regional security and the possibilities for co-operation rather than conflict in East Asia as a consequence? This chapter begins the process of answering these questions by providing some conceptual tools for thinking about regions. It also suggests why it makes sense to consider East Asia as potentially constituting a region in the same way we think of Western Europe or Latin America.

127 citations


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TL;DR: In this article, a mixed-methods study compares the different motivations and experiences of international students within and outside the East Asian region, and suggests the possibility of Korea developing its position as a regional hub for education in East Asia.
Abstract: As the demand for international education increases, middle-income non-English speaking countries, such as South Korea, play an increasing role in hosting the world’s students. This mixed-methods study compares the different motivations and experiences of international students within and outside the East Asian region. Based on findings, this paper suggests the possibility of Korea developing its position as a regional hub for education in East Asia. It also discusses related issues such as English-Medium Instruction in Korean higher education as well as strategies for international student recruitment.

117 citations


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Lihong Wang1
TL;DR: This article examined the integration and causality of interdependencies among six major East Asian stock exchanges, while also considering their interactions with the USA before and during the 2007-2009 global financial crisis.

113 citations


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TL;DR: Based on a synthesis of data, this paper proposed that the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau uplift alone cannot fully explain the formation of monsoon and arid climates in Eastern Asia during the past 22-25 Ma.
Abstract: Climate in Eastern Asia is composed of monsoon climate in the east, arid and semi-arid climate in the north and west, and the cold and dry climate of Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau in the southwest. The underlying causes for the evolution of East Asian climate during late Cenozoic have long been investigated and debated, particularly with regards to the role played by the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau uplift and the global cooling. In this paper, we reviewed major research developments in this area, and summarized the important results. Based on a synthesis of data, we propose that the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau uplift alone cannot fully explain the formation of monsoon and arid climates in Eastern Asia during the past 22-25 Ma. Other factors such as the global ice volume and high-latitude temperature changes have also played a vital role. Moreover, atmospheric CO2 changes may have modulated the monsoon and dry climate changes by affecting the location of the inter-tropical convergence zone (ITCZ), which controls the monsoon precipitation zone and the track of the East Asian winter monsoon during late Cenozoic. The integration of high-resolution geological record and numerical paleoclimate modeling could make new contributions to understanding the climate evolution and variation in eastern Asia in future studies. It could facilitate the investigation of the regional differences in East Asian environmental changes and the asynchronous nature between the uplift of Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau and their climatic effects. These would be the keys to understanding underlying driving forces for the evolution of the East Asian climate.

109 citations


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01 Jan 2014
TL;DR: This paper found that during the 19th century, average height in Western Offshoots was much higher than elsewhere, and this changed after about 1870, when people's height began to increase in Western Europe, whereas this lagged behind elsewhere.
Abstract: Average height is an important indicator of people’s well-being. It is also a relatively undistorted and easy-to-measure indicator, which makes it particularly suitable for comparisons across time and space. Drawing upon an extensive body of research, the chapter describes the strengths and weaknesses of this indicator. It finds that during the 19th century, average height in Western Offshoots was much higher than elsewhere. Differences between Western Europe and the rest of the world (Eastern Europe, East Asia) were marginal, in spite of the much higher real incomes in the former region. This changed after about 1870, when people’s height began to increase in Western Europe, whereas this lagged behind elsewhere. Africans were relatively tall during much of the period studied, but experienced declining height in many countries after the 1960s. People in Southeast Asia stayed relatively short throughout the period.

99 citations


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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigated spatial and temporal changes in precipitation over the Coordinated Regional Climate Downscaling Experiment (CORDEX) East Asia domain, for present (1986-2005) and future (2031-2050) periods using the Regional Climate Model version 4 (RegCM4).
Abstract: In this study, we investigated spatial and temporal changes in precipitation over the Coordinated Regional Climate Downscaling Experiment (CORDEX) East Asia domain, for present (1986–2005) and future (2031–2050) periods using the Regional Climate Model version 4 (RegCM4). Future meteorology produced by the Hadley Center Global Environmental Model version 2 coupled with the Atmosphere–Ocean (HadGEM2-AO) following global climate change scenarios (Representative Concentration Pathways (RCP) 4.5 and 8.5) was used as meteorological boundary conditions for the RegCM4. Six subregions (South Korea, North China, South China, Japan, Mongolia, and India) in the CORDEX East Asia domain were considered for analysis. The RegCM4 simulated spatial distributions of precipitation over East Asia with a correlation coefficient of 0.7 against Climate Research Unit data. The simulation skills of its temporal variability varied based on geographical regions and seasons, showing relatively poorer performance (underestimation in rainfall amount) in summer than in winter, in general. The future climate simulations by the RegCM4 presented that the East Asian continental regions will be warmer and more humid, leading to increased precipitation amounts, especially in the summer. The summer precipitation amount was projected to increase by about 5%, on average, over the East Asian domain, 5−15% in most subregions, and even higher (44% and 24%) in the South Korean region for the RCP 4.5 and 8.5 scenarios, respectively. It was also expected that heavy rainfall (> 50 mm/d) events may occur more frequently in the future possibly owing to meteorological changes that are favorable to convective heavy precipitation.

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TL;DR: In this article, the authors analyzed five available TC data sets for the period 1977-2010 and found that the growing threat of TCs primarily results from the significant shift that the spatial positions of the maximum intensity of TC's moved closer to East Asian coastlines from Vietnam to Japan.
Abstract: The threat of intense tropical cyclones (TCs) to East Asia has increased in recent decades. Integrated analyses of five available TC data sets for the period 1977‐2010 revealed that the growing threat of TCs primarily results from the significant shift that the spatial positions of the maximum intensity of TCs moved closer to East Asian coastlines from Vietnam to Japan. This shift incurs a robust increase in landfall intensity over east China, Korea and Japan. In contrast, an increase of TC genesis frequency over the northern part of the South China Sea leads to a reduction in the maximum TC intensity before landfall, because of their short lifetime; thus, there are no clear tendencies in the landfall intensity across Vietnam, south China and Taiwan. All changes are related to the strengthening of the Pacific Walker circulation, closely linked with the recent manifestation that the warming trend of sea surface temperature in the tropical western Pacific is much higher than that in the central to eastern Pacific.

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TL;DR: The impact of a 1-m sea-level rise on coastal wetlands in 86 developing countries and territories is found to be approximately 68 % and the loss is likely to exceed $703 million per year in 2000 US dollars.
Abstract: This paper seeks to quantify the impact of a 1-m sea-level rise on coastal wetlands in 86 developing countries and territories. It is found that approximately 68 % of coastal wetlands in these countries are at risk. A large percentage of this estimated loss is found in Europe and Central Asia, East Asia, and the Pacific, as well as in the Middle East and North Africa. A small number of countries will be severely affected. China and Vietnam (in East Asia and the Pacific), Libya and Egypt (in the Middle East and North Africa), and Romania and Ukraine (in Europe and Central Asia) will bear most losses. In economic terms, the loss of coastal wetlands is likely to exceed $703 million per year in 2000 US dollars.

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TL;DR: A review of the major research progress in the variability of East Asian, Indochina and Western North Pacific Summer Monsoon is provided in this paper, where the reviewed phenomena range from diurnal to interannual and interdecadal.
Abstract: This review provides a summary of the major research progress in the variability of East Asian, Indochina and Western North Pacific Summer Monsoon. Time scales of the reviewed phenomena range from diurnal to interannual and interdecadal. Research results published in the past decades are the major sources for this review.

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02 Oct 2014-Minerva
TL;DR: In this paper, a negative binominal regression analysis showed that foreign degree holders are not more research productive than their colleagues with domestic degrees, and even slightly less productive than domestic degree holders in soft disciplines (arts, humanities, and social sciences) in Korea unless they had further foreign post-doc experience after their PhD.
Abstract: This study analyzes whether academics with advanced degrees from foreign universities are more research productive than their domestic counterparts in the three selected East Asian higher education systems – Korea, Hong Kong, and Malaysia. The three systems have relatively large proportions of foreign degree holders among their professoriates. The data for this study is drawn from the Changing Academic Profession survey. In our negative binominal regression analysis, we found that foreign degree holders are not more research productive than their colleagues with domestic degrees, and even slightly less productive than domestic degree holders in soft disciplines (arts, humanities, and social sciences) in Korea unless they have further foreign post-doc experience after their PhD. Furthermore, foreign degree holders are less productive in hard disciplines (natural sciences, engineering, and bio-medical sciences) in Malaysia. Finally, we discuss the findings and attribute them to contextual differences between the three localities.

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TL;DR: Based on the hypothesis of ecologically unequal exchange that low and middle income countries export natural resources and high impact commodities thus allowing richer countries to reduce ecologically harmful industries domestically, the authors assess the unequal exchange between China and the rest of world (186 countries) using value added, and four environmental indicators: SO 2 emissions, GHG emissions, water, and land, associated with China's trade relations with the outside world.

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TL;DR: In this paper, the impact of corruption on FDI inflows in East Asia and South Asia was analyzed using GLS methodology with 1995-2011 panel data, and the authors found that the negative and robust effect of corruption in FDI is significantly negative and consistent with the "grabbing hand" hypothesis.
Abstract: Many recent FDI studies have focused on the effects of corruption on FDI inflows. Theoretically, corruption can act as either a grabbing hand by raising uncertainty and transaction costs, which should impede FDI, or a helping hand by “greasing” the wheels of commerce in the presence of weak regulatory framework, which should facilitate FDI. This study analyzes the impact of corruption on FDI inflows in East Asia and South Asia – two regions that have recently received huge FDI inflows. Using GLS methodology with 1995-2011 panel data, this study finds that the impact of corruption on FDI is significantly negative and robust, which validates the “grabbing hand” hypothesis. It is also found that, even after accounting for the economic fundamentals, East Asia seems to enjoy a locational advantage in attracting FDI vis-a-vis South Asia. These results further our knowledge of the FDI dynamics, which policymakers should find helpful in devising pro-FDI strategies.

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TL;DR: In this paper, Park Chung Hee regime's participation in the Vietnam War, and the attendant development of Korean industrial chaebol such as Hyundai, were examined, in particular, the Korean developmental state and chaebols were enabled by their enrollment in the US military offshore procurement (OSP) via OSP.
Abstract: Among scholars of East Asia, the role of US military offshore procurement (OSP) and the military-industrial complex (MIC) has been underplayed in explanations of rapid industrial transformation. Yet the foundations of industrialization in places such as South Korea, when analyzed in strongly 'national-territorial' and state-centric terms of the predominant, so-called 'neo-Weberian' accounts, remain inadequately illuminated. We argue that a geopolitical economy approach focusing on the roles of OSP and relations within the US MIC brings to light crucial sociospatial dimensions of the Korean developmental state's industrial success during the Vietnam War era, dimensions that are largely absent from the neo-Weberian accounts. We examine, in particular, the Park Chung Hee regime's participation in the Vietnam War, and the attendant development of Korean industrial chaebol such as Hyundai, arguing that the successes of the south Korean developmental state and chaebol were enabled by their enrolment in the US MIC, via OSP.

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TL;DR: In this article, the authors evaluate three prominent hypotheses for the introduction of wheat, a Near Eastern domesticate, to East Asia, specifically northern China, c. 4600-4200 years ago.
Abstract: Recent emphasis on the recovery of plant remains from archaeological sites in East Asia permits an analysis of prehistoric cultural contact between East and West. Here we evaluate three prominent hypotheses for the introduction of wheat, a Near Eastern domesticate, to East Asia, specifically northern China. Existing evidence points to a nearly synchronous appearance of the plant, from the Inner Asian Mountains to the Yellow Sea, c. 4600–4200 years ago. Archaeological data, including the spatial distribution of directly dated wheat grains, argue against a wave of wheat-farming colonists, but point to the gradual in situ adoption of novel exotics by a diverse array of pre-existing agricultural peoples. Logic borrowed from the diffusion of innovations literature accounts for the near synchronous appearance of wheat over an enormous area, and allows for the occasional observation of anomalously older evidence without having to imagine such evidence as the origin of the diffusion.

Book
02 Apr 2014
TL;DR: The authors summarizes U.S. assistance to the Democratic People's Republic of North Korea (DPRK), also known as North Korea, and provides an overview of the aid provided by the United States.
Abstract: This report summarizes U.S. assistance to the Democratic People's Republic of North Korea (DPRK, also known as North Korea). It will be updated periodically to track changes in U.S. provision of aid to North Korea.

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TL;DR: A systematic review of the studies related to psychological well-being among East Asian international students is presented in this paper, where a total of 18 quantitative studies published in peer-reviewed journals from 2000 to 2011 were reviewed.
Abstract: The present article reports a systematic review of the studies related to psychological well-being among East Asian international students. A total of 18 quantitative studies published in peer-reviewed journals from 2000 to 2011 were reviewed. Our review revealed three major results: (1) a majority of researchers (n=13, 72.2%) tend to choose Chinese international students as a representative of East Asian and Asian international students in their studies; (2) studies on psychological well-being of East Asian international students are closely associated with the following variables: length of stay in host country, English proficiency, attitudes toward seeking help, depression, and acculturation; (3) depression was the most frequently reported variable (n=6, 33.3%), followed by acculturation (n=5, 27.8%). Recommendations for further research in psychological well-being were provided.Keywords: psychological well-being, East Asian international students.Over the past six years, the growth in numbers of international students enrolled in U.S universities has been remarkable. Between 2006 and 2012, enrollment of international students has increased from 157,178 to 228,467, with an average rate of 8.2% per year (Institute of International Education, 2012a). Recent data show that in the 2011-2012 academic year, there were 764,495 international students studying on campuses in the United States (Institute of International Education, 2012a). Nearly 65% of international students are drawn from Asian countries such as China (25.4% of the total international student population), India (13.1%), South Korea (9.5%), Saudi Arabia (4.5%), Taiwan (3.0%), Japan (2.6%), and Vietnam (2.0%) (Institute of International Education, 2012a). Of Asian international students, 63% are from countries in East Asia (China, Japan, South Korea, Mongolia, and Taiwan).As the number of East Asian international students grows, the need for more ethnically sensitive and thorough study of this population becomes increasingly important. However, little scholarly literature provides a systematic review of the population, especially on their psychological well-being. Factors associated with a relative lack of research are multiple and complex. In terms of diversity and mobility, East Asian international students can be described as a group of people that consist of many different racial and ethnic groups (Chinese, Japanese, Taiwanese, and Korean). They usually stay in the host country for a short period of time to finish their degrees and then return to their country of origin (Bochner, 2006). Other factors, such as their perception of health and well-being, attitudes toward seeking professional psychological help, English proficiency, levels of acculturation, and racial and ethnic identity, have also been associated with psychological well-being in the literature but are less well studied. Accordingly, these factors have a negative impact on investigating psychological well-being among East Asian international students.Numerous published studies have described factors related to psychological well-being among East Asian international students, but many have been small, with a monolithic sample, or purely qualitative in nature. Moreover, a majority of these studies focused on a small number of variables, such as acculturative stress (Nilsson, Butler, Shouse, & Joshi, 2008), depression (Wei, Heppner, Mallen, Ku, Liao, & Wu, 2007), cultural adjustments (Camalcilar & Falbo, 2008; Nilsson et al., 2008; Wang & Mallinckrodt, 2006), health and well-being (Rosenthal, Russell, & Thomson, 2008), racial/ethnic identity and Asian value (Iwamoto & Liu, 2010). Our research of relevant databases (e.g., Academic Search Complete and Psychological & Behavioral Sciences Collection) revealed that no systematic reviews have been published on how these factors, alone or in combination, can differentially affect psychological well-being among East Asian international students, nor have systematic reviews been conducted seeking to summarize what is known about psychological well-being associated with the group. …

Journal Article
TL;DR: In this article, the mean levels of work engagement and workaholism across two cultures (East Asia and Western Europe) using a latent variable approach were compared using data collected in Western Europe and East Asia.

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TL;DR: The necessity of de-westernising knowledge production has been widely advocated as mentioned in this paper and this is especially pertinent with media and cultural studies, due to the rise of East Asian media cultures and their...
Abstract: The necessity of de-westernising knowledge production has been widely advocated. This is especially pertinent with media and cultural studies, due to the rise of East Asian media cultures and their...

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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors demonstrate the transport of NO2 emitted in East Asia using satellite and surface in situ measurements and Lagrangian particle dispersion model simulations and demonstrate the importance of NOx transport in understanding the local NOx budget.
Abstract: Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) columns observed from space have been useful in detecting the increase of nitrogen oxides (NOx) emissions in East Asia, particularly China, coinciding with rapid economic growth during the past several decades. NO2 columns retrieved above a particular location reflect a combination of local NOx emissions and transported NOx from upwind sources. In this study, we demonstrate the transport of NOx emitted in East Asia using satellite and surface in situ measurements and Lagrangian particle dispersion model simulations. Enhanced satellite NO2 columns in the Yellow Sea (between China and South Korea) and the East Sea (between South Korea and Japan), and different seasonal variations of NO2 in China, North and South Korea, and Japan, suggest the importance of NOx transport in understanding the local NOx budget. Lagrangian transport model simulations with tracers of different chemical lifetimes identify source-receptor relationships that explain high NO2 over the oceans and springtime peaks in Korea and Japan, with China being the most likely source region. Our results have important implications for studies using satellite NO2 retrievals to derive NOx emissions at local scales in regions adjacent to large sources, such as in East Asia, Europe, and the Eastern U.S.

Book
04 Jul 2014
TL;DR: The authors examines the significance of the relationship from Beijing's perspective and analyzes China's evolving views of North Korea and assesses its activist initiative in 2003 seeking to resolve the nuclear issue.
Abstract: : The relationship between the People's Republic of China (PRC) and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) remains the most enduring, uninterrupted bilateral friendship for both countries. This monograph examines the significance of the relationship from Beijing's perspective. First the author considers the logic of China's ties with North Korea, and then surveys the various dimensions of this multifaceted relationship. Next, he analyzes China's evolving views of North Korea and assesses its activist initiative in 2003 seeking to resolve the nuclear issue. Then he discusses Beijing's preferences for the future of the Korean peninsula, summarizes conclusions, and offers the implications for U.S. national security.

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TL;DR: In this article, the authors proposed an evolutionary framework to shed light on the rising domestic market in China as emerging dynamics of regional transformation in contemporary economic globalization, based on updated investigations of the market rebalancing of transnational corporations in China, and particularly the Pearl River Delta (PRD), in response to the post-crisis global-local interaction.
Abstract: The current global financial crisis has prompted researchers to revisit the export-oriented development models, known as the ‘Washington Consensus’ paradigm, that have prevailed in East Asia during the past few decades. Host domestic markets have been generally neglected in the conceptual construct and empirical analysis of export-oriented development. Drawing upon the global production networks (GPNs) perspective, the study advances an evolutionary framework to shed light on the rising domestic market in China as emerging dynamics of regional transformation in contemporary economic globalization. The study is conducted based on updated investigations of the market rebalancing of transnational corporations (TNCs) in China, and particularly the Pearl River Delta (PRD), in response to the post-crisis global–local interaction. It argues that the institutional and network embeddedness of TNCs in the processing trade regime have hampered their ‘recoupling’ with the domestic market and ‘decoupling’ from...

Book
22 May 2014
TL;DR: The contribution of the ASEAN/Chinese way to the long peace of East Asia Developmentalism and the prevention of the onset of conflicts is discussed in this article. But the main argument is not the long-term stability of the region.
Abstract: Contents: Preface Aim and concepts Theoretical premises of the argument The phenomenon to be explained: the long peace of East Asia The main argument: the contribution of the ASEAN/Chinese way to the long peace of East Asia Developmentalism and the prevention of the onset of conflicts Non-intervention and the prevention of the escalation of conflicts into wars Face saving and the termination of conflicts Generation of the successful ASEAN/Chinese approach Will the long peace survive? How could it be made broader, positive and more sustainable? What can the East Asian experience offer to theories of international relations, peace and conflicts? Bibliography Index

BookDOI
01 Jan 2014
TL;DR: Yonezawa et al. as mentioned in this paper discussed the emergence of international dimensions in East Asian higher education and the importance of cross-border higher education for East Asian regional integration. But they did not consider the impact of inter-University exchange and cooperation on Doctoral programs in Southeast Asia.
Abstract: Preface: Akiyoshi Yonezawa, Yuto Kitamura, Arthur Meerman and Kazuo Kuroda.- Chapter 1: The Emergence of International Dimensions in East Asian Higher Education: Pursuing Regional and Global Development: Akiyoshi Yonezawa, Yuto Kitamura, Arthur Meerman and Kazuo Kuroda.- Chapter 2: Higher Education as a Public Good in a Marketized East Asian Environment: Simon Marginson.- Chapter 3: Asian Research: The Role of Universities: William K. Cummings.- Chapter 4: The Institutional Prospects of Cross-Border Higher Education for East Asian Regional Integration: An Analysis of the JICA Survey of Leading Universities in East Asia: Kazuo Kuroda, Takako Yuki and Kyuwon Kang.- Chapter 5: The Harmonization of Higher Education in Southeast Asia: Supachai Yavaprabhas.- Chapter 6: China-ASEAN Relations in Higher Education: An Analytical Framework: Anthony Welch: Chapter 7: The Regionalization of Higher Education in Northeast Asia: Kiyong Byun and Sangheon Um.- Chapter 8: Subregional Collaboration in Higher Education: Harmonization and Networking in the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS): Yasushi Hirosato.- Chapter 9: The Impact of Inter-University Exchange and Cooperation on Doctoral Programs in Southeast Asia: Naoki Umemiya, Akiyoshi Yonezawa, Toyohiko Yogo and Kazuo Tsutsumi.- Chapter 10: Tied to the Family and Bound to the Labor Market: Understanding Chinese Student Mobility in Japan: Gracia Liu-Farrer.- Chapter 11: Education for Sustainable Development at Universities in Japan: Yuto Kitamura and Naoko Hoshii.- Chapter 12: Japanese Universities' Strategic Approach to Internationalization: Accomplishments and Challenges: Hiroshi Ota.- Conclusion.- Akiyoshi Yonezawa, Yuto Kitamura, Arthur Meerman and Kazuo Kuroda.- List of Contributors.

Book
14 Jul 2014
TL;DR: The authors in this article discuss how Confucian values spread throughout the region in premodern times and how these values were transformed in an age of modernization, and compare types of Confucians in nineteenth-century China and Japan and their adaptability in the twentieth century.
Abstract: The contributors to this volume range over 2,000 years of history as they show how Confucian values spread throughout the region in premodern times and how these values were transformed in an age of modernization. The introduction by Gilbert Rozman discusses the special character of East Asia. In Part I Patricia Ebrey analyzes the Confucianization of China; JaHyun Kim Haboush, that of Korea; and Martin Collcutt, the much later diffusion of Confucianism in Japan. In Part II Rozman compares types of Confucianism in nineteenth-century China and Japan and their adaptability in the twentieth century, while Michael Robinson adds an overview of modern Korean perceptions of Confucianism.The contributors to this volume range over 2,000 years of history as they show how Confucian values spread throughout the region in premodern times and how these values were transformed in an age of modernization. The introduction by Gilbert Rozman discusses the special character of East Asia. In Part I Patricia Ebrey analyzes the Confucianization of China; JaHyun Kim Haboush, that of Korea; and Martin Collcutt, the much later diffusion of Confucianism in Japan. In Part II Rozman compares types of Confucianism in nineteenth-century China and Japan and their adaptability in the twentieth century, while Michael Robinson adds an overview of modern Korean perceptions of Confucianism.