East Asia

About: East Asia is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 17591 publications have been published within this topic receiving 274073 citations. The topic is also known as: Eastern Asia.

Y-Chromosome Evidence for a Northward Migration of Modern Humans into Eastern Asia during the Last Ice Age

Abstract: Summary The timing and nature of the arrival and the subsequent expansion of modern humans into eastern Asia remains controversial. Using Y-chromosome biallelic markers, we investigated the ancient human-migration patterns in eastern Asia. Our data indicate that southern populations in eastern Asia are much more polymorphic than northern populations, which have only a subset of the southern haplotypes. This pattern indicates that the first settlement of modern humans in eastern Asia occurred in mainland Southeast Asia during the last Ice Age, coinciding with the absence of human fossils in eastern Asia, 50,000–100,000 years ago. After the initial peopling, a great northward migration extended into northern China and Siberia.

Ancient China and its enemies : the rise of nomadic power in East Asian history

Abstract: Introduction Part I: 1. The Steppe Highway: the rise of pastoral nomadism as a Eurasian phenomenon 2. Bronze, iron and gold: the evolution of nomadic cultures on the northern frontier of China Part II: 3. Beasts and birds: the historical context of early Chinese perceptions of northern peoples 4. Walls and horses: the beginning of historical contacts between horse-riding Nomads and Chinese states Part III: 5. Those who draw the bow: the rise of the Hsiung-nu Nomadic Empire and the political unification of the Nomads 6. From peace to war: China's shift from appeasement to military engagement Part IV: 7. In search of grass and water: ethnography and history of the North in the Historian's Records 8. Taming the North: the rationalization of the nomads in Ssu-ma Ch'ien's historical thought Conclusion.

China, Corporatism, and the East Asian Model

Abstract: The social-science paradigms that China scholars employed in former decades do not adequately fit China as of the 1990s. Western scholars today find themselves struggling to reconceptualize the workings of a Party-state that no longer directly dominates society and of an economy that no longer can be classified as 'Leninist command'. Observers of China find themselves faced with a system in free-fall transition to some system as yet unknown, to the point that it often becomes difficult to analytically frame what is occurring at present, let alone attempt analyses of China's probable future. A concept that is of considerable assistance in making sense of the ongoing shifts is 'corporatism'. It does not provide an all-encompassing framework for everything occurring in China today, but it does seem to hold strong explanatory value for some of the more important trends. The concept has already been aired (almost entirely in the pages of this journal) in relation to a few specific types of organization in China,' but the multifaceted nature of corporatism's spread in the PRC has not yet been analysed. Nor has the emergence of corporatist associations in China been viewed in comparative

Tiger Technology: The Creation of a Semiconductor Industry in East Asia

Abstract: List of figures List of tables Preface Abbreviations Introduction Part I. The 'Real' East Asian Miracle: 1. Tiger chips: the rise of East Asia in the global semiconductor industry 2. Technology leverage as latecomer strategy Part II. National Institutional Pathways: 3. The Tangbun boom and the chaebol: how Korea did it 4. A cat can look at a king: how Taiwan did it 5. Jack and the beanstalk: how Singapore and Malaysia are doing it Part III. The Technology Leverage Strategy: 6. East Asian semiconductor industries: national strategies and sustainability 7. Limits to technology leverage strategies 8. National systems of economic learning: lessons from East Asia Appendix I. Exchange rates: 1975-97 Appendix II. Chronology Glossary Bibliography Index.

The Separation of Ownership and Control in East Asian Corporations

Abstract: We examine the separation of ownership and control for 2,980 corporations in nine East Asian countries. In all countries, voting rights frequently exceed cash-flow rights via pyramid structures and cross-holdings. The separation of ownership and control is most pronounced among family-controlled firms and small firms. More than two-thirds of firms are controlled by a single shareholder. Managers of closely held firms tend to be relatives of the controlling shareholder's family. Older firms are generally family-controlled, dispelling the notion that ownership becomes dispersed over time. Finally, significant corporate wealth in East Asia is concentrated among a few families.