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style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB" lang=EN-GB><FONT face="Times New Roman">The <I 
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><STRONG>Far Eastern Economic Review</STRONG> 
</I>(FEER), born in 1946, has just published its final issue. Its passing should 
not go unremarked among Koreanists; especially since this swansong marks a fine 
return to form, by what was once an indispensable weekly news journal of record 
for our entire region.</FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN 
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB" lang=EN-GB><FONT face="Times New Roman">The sad 
tale of FEER’s decline and fall in recent years has been oft rehearsed. See 
eg:<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal><A 
href="http://www.economist.com/world/asia/displaystory.cfm?story_id=14505491"><FONT 
face="Times New Roman">http://www.economist.com/world/asia/displaystory.cfm?story_id=14505491</FONT></A></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal><A 
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Far_Eastern_Economic_Review"><FONT 
face="Times New Roman">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Far_Eastern_Economic_Review</FONT></A></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN 
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB" lang=EN-GB><FONT face="Times New Roman">Nor can 
it be told neutrally. Seen from this side of the pond, the rot set in when Dow 
Jones supplanted the editorial team - a mix of Asians and Brits long resident in 
Asia - with brash right-wing Americans new to the region, forcing the 
idiosyncratic FEER to march in step with the Asian Wall Street Journal. But to 
put it thus may seem British bias. (Le Carré and Graham Greene tend to hover 
over such transatlantic spats...)</FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN 
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB" lang=EN-GB><FONT face="Times New Roman">Harder 
to forgive was Dow Jones’ brutal sacking of FEER’s entire staff in 2004. 
Thereafter it limped on as a monthly: comment rather than news, and of uneven 
quality. Now Rupert Murdoch has killed off even this cheap epigone, which he 
could surely afford to keep going if he cared to.</FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN 
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB" lang=EN-GB><FONT face="Times New Roman">To be 
fair to Dow Jones, they did create a <U>digital archive</U> of the full run of 
FEER: hitherto available to subscribers only. <I 
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">What will happen to that now?</I> I hope AAS 
et al will urge preservation of this unique resource, on an open access basis – 
or perhaps offer to take over hosting of it?<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN 
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB" lang=EN-GB><FONT face="Times New Roman">(I 
declare an interest. FEER sponsored my first trip to North Korea in 1986, 
offering a 10,000 word cover story plus several more articles in later issues. 
Who today would be so generous to an untried writer? I suppose nowadays you’d 
blog; but who reads you? And who pays?)<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN 
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB" lang=EN-GB><FONT face="Times New Roman">In 
South Korea, FEER’s longtime correspondent was the redoubtable Shim Jae Hoon, 
who had his share of run-ins with the former military dictatorships: another 
noble FEER tradition. (Singapore's thin-skinned rulers are still suing the 
FEER for the umpteenth time, even on its death-bed! See: </FONT></SPAN><A 
href="http://www.asiasentinel.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2148&Itemid=164"><FONT 
face="Times New Roman">www.asiasentinel.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2148&Itemid=164</FONT></A><FONT 
face="Times New Roman"> )<SPAN style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB" 
lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN 
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB" lang=EN-GB><FONT face="Times New Roman">Anyway, 
this final issue has much to interest Koreanists. I append the contents list 
below. </FONT></SPAN><SPAN style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB" lang=EN-GB><FONT 
face="Times New Roman">This I can’t find on feer.com as such, but </FONT><A 
href="http://feer.com/essays"><FONT 
face="Times New Roman">http://feer.com/essays</FONT></A><FONT 
face="Times New Roman"> and </FONT><A href="http://feer.com/reviews"><FONT 
face="Times New Roman">http://feer.com/reviews</FONT></A><FONT 
face="Times New Roman"> seem to have most if not all of it. </FONT></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN 
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB" lang=EN-GB><FONT 
face="Times New Roman"></FONT></SPAN> </P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN 
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB" lang=EN-GB><FONT 
face="Times New Roman">Moreover, loth though I am to trust Murdoch, it all seems 
now to be free access. </FONT></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN 
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB" lang=EN-GB><FONT face="Times New Roman">(If I 
am wrong please let me know, and I can post the choicer pieces in 
full.)<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN 
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB" lang=EN-GB><o:p><FONT 
face="Times New Roman"> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN 
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB" lang=EN-GB><FONT 
face="Times New Roman">Specifically, may I recommend the 
following:<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN 
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB" lang=EN-GB><o:p><FONT 
face="Times New Roman"> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN 
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB" lang=EN-GB><FONT face="Times New Roman">1. For 
the postcolonially minded, Bruce Gilley’s “elegy” is fascinating and 
provocative:<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN 
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB" lang=EN-GB><A 
href="http://www.feer.com/essays/2009/december51/elegy-for-a-colonial-perspective"><FONT 
color=#800080 
face="Times New Roman">http://www.feer.com/essays/2009/december51/elegy-for-a-colonial-perspective</FONT></A><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN 
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB" lang=EN-GB><o:p><FONT 
face="Times New Roman"> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN 
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB" lang=EN-GB><FONT face="Times New Roman">2. Joe 
Studwell’s essay, while mainly on the Chinese economy, has much to say about 
South Korea’s development model and related issues. His book should be 
interesting: <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN 
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB" lang=EN-GB><A 
href="http://www.feer.com/essays/2009/december51/nurturing-the-chinese-economy"><FONT 
color=#800080 
face="Times New Roman">http://www.feer.com/essays/2009/december51/nurturing-the-chinese-economy</FONT></A><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN 
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB" lang=EN-GB><o:p><FONT 
face="Times New Roman"> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN 
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB" lang=EN-GB><FONT face="Times New Roman">3. 
Andrei Lankov reviews Brian Myers’ new book on the DPRK’s internal 
worldview:<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN 
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB" lang=EN-GB><A 
href="http://feer.com/reviews/2009/december51/the-cleanest-race-how-north-koreans-see-themselves-and-why-it-matters"><FONT 
face="Times New Roman">http://feer.com/reviews/2009/december51/the-cleanest-race-how-north-koreans-see-themselves-and-why-it-matters</FONT></A><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN 
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB" lang=EN-GB><o:p><FONT 
face="Times New Roman"> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN 
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB" lang=EN-GB><FONT face="Times New Roman">Enjoy! 
And shed a tear.</FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB" lang=EN-GB><o:p><FONT 
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<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN 
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB" lang=EN-GB><FONT face="Times New Roman">Best 
wishes</FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 14pt" lang=EN-GB>Aidan 
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size=3>Honorary Senior Research Fellow in Sociology & Modern Korea, Leeds 
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lang=EN-GB><FONT size=3>Merry Christmas, and here's hoping (malgré 
tout)<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></I></STRONG></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Constantia; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt" 
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peaceful, healthy and prosperous New Year!</FONT></SPAN></I></STRONG><SPAN 
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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                  style="MARGIN-TOP: 15px; MARGIN-LEFT: 15px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 15px"><FONT 
                  size=4 face="Times New Roman">Dear Reader,</FONT></P>
                  <P 
                  style="MARGIN-TOP: 15px; MARGIN-LEFT: 15px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 15px"><FONT 
                  size=4 face="Times New Roman">Welcome to the final issue of 
                  the Far Eastern Economic Review.</FONT></P>
                  <P 
                  style="MARGIN-TOP: 15px; MARGIN-LEFT: 15px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 15px" 
                  dir=ltr><FONT size=4 face="Times New Roman">This month you can 
                  enjoy free access to Bruce Gilley's "Elegy for a Colonial 
                  Perspective." Please note that all REVIEW subscribers can 
                  access all articles for free.</FONT></P>
                  <P 
                  style="MARGIN-TOP: 15px; MARGIN-LEFT: 15px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 15px" 
                  dir=ltr><FONT size=4 
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            <P><STRONG><FONT size=4 face="Times New Roman">Asia's Rise<BR>Elegy 
            for a Colonial Perspective</FONT></STRONG><STRONG><BR><FONT size=4 
            face="Times New Roman">Bruce Gilley,</FONT></STRONG><FONT 
            face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=4> a former contributing editor at 
            the REVIEW, bemoans the end of an era in Asia when the region’s 
            elites shared a common set of values and aspirations. <BR><STRONG>[ 
            </STRONG></FONT></FONT><A 
            title=http://www.feer.com/essays/2009/december51/elegy-for-a-colonial-perspective 
            href="http://www.feer.com/essays/2009/december51/elegy-for-a-colonial-perspective" 
            target=_blank><SPAN style="COLOR: #ff0000"><STRONG><FONT size=4 
            face="Times New Roman">read this 
            article</FONT></STRONG></SPAN></A><FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT 
            size=4><STRONG> ]<BR><BR>Development<BR>Nurturing the Chinese 
            Economy<BR>Joe Studwell</STRONG>, a British free-lance journalist, 
            analyzes how China’s economic development model draws on those of 
            Northeast and Southeast Asia, but the risky elements are 
            growing.<BR><STRONG>[ </STRONG></FONT></FONT><A 
            title=http://www.feer.com/essays/2009/december51/nurturing-the-chinese-economy 
            href="http://www.feer.com/essays/2009/december51/nurturing-the-chinese-economy" 
            target=_blank><STRONG><SPAN style="COLOR: #ff0000"><FONT size=4 
            face="Times New Roman">read this 
            article</FONT></SPAN></STRONG></A><FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT 
            size=4><STRONG> ]</STRONG><BR></FONT></FONT><SPAN 
            style="COLOR: #9e1b34"><BR><FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT 
            size=4><STRONG><SPAN style="COLOR: #000000">Thailand<BR>Thaksin's 
            Deal with the Khmer 'Enemy'<BR>Pasuk Phongpaichit 
            </SPAN></STRONG><SPAN style="COLOR: #000000">and 
            </SPAN><STRONG><SPAN style="COLOR: #000000">Chris 
            Baker</SPAN></STRONG><SPAN 
            style="COLOR: #000000">,</SPAN><STRONG><SPAN style="COLOR: #000000"> 
            </SPAN></STRONG><SPAN style="COLOR: #000000">Bangkok-based 
            auth</SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: #000000">ors,</SPAN><SPAN 
            style="COLOR: #000000"> and</SPAN><STRONG><SPAN 
            style="COLOR: #000000"> Bertil Lintner</SPAN></STRONG><SPAN 
            style="COLOR: #000000">, a freelance writer based in Thailand, 
            survey recent developments in Thai-Khmer 
            relations.</SPAN></FONT></FONT><SPAN 
            style="COLOR: #000000"><BR></SPAN></SPAN><FONT 
            face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=4><STRONG>[<SPAN><SPAN 
            style="COLOR: #ff0000"> </SPAN><A 
            title=http://www.feer.com/essays/2009/december51/thaksins-cambodian-gambit 
            href="http://www.feer.com/essays/2009/december51/thaksins-cambodian-gambit" 
            target=_blank><SPAN style="COLOR: #ff0000">read this 
            article</SPAN></A></SPAN> ]</STRONG><SPAN><STRONG><SPAN 
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            </SPAN></STRONG></SPAN><STRONG>[<SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: #ff0000"> 
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            title=http://www.feer.com/essays/2009/december51/no-love-lost-among-khmers-and-thais 
            href="http://www.feer.com/essays/2009/december51/no-love-lost-among-khmers-and-thais" 
            target=_blank><SPAN style="COLOR: #ff0000">read this 
            article</SPAN></A></SPAN> ]</STRONG><SPAN><STRONG><SPAN 
            style="COLOR: #ff0000; FONT-SIZE: xx-small"> 
            </SPAN></STRONG></SPAN><BR></FONT></FONT><SPAN 
            style="COLOR: #9e1b34"><BR></SPAN><SPAN><FONT 
            face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=4><STRONG>Demographics<BR>China's 
            Family Planning Gone Awry<BR>Nicholas Eberstadt,</STRONG> of the 
            American Enterprise Institute, contends that China’s “One Child 
            Policy” is starting to have serious negative consequences for the 
            economy.  <BR><STRONG>[<SPAN style="COLOR: #ff0000"> <A 
            title=http://www.feer.com/essays/2009/december51/chinas-family-planning-goes-awry 
            href="http://www.feer.com/essays/2009/december51/chinas-family-planning-goes-awry" 
            target=_blank><SPAN style="COLOR: #ff0000">read this 
            article</SPAN></A> </SPAN>]</STRONG></FONT></FONT><SPAN><FONT 
            face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=4><SPAN 
            style="COLOR: #ff0000"><STRONG> <BR></STRONG></SPAN><BR></FONT></FONT></SPAN><FONT 
            face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=4><STRONG>Singapore<BR>Human 
            Rights, Singaporean Style<BR>Garry Rodan,</STRONG> director of the 
            Asia Research Centre and professor at Murdoch University, examines 
            the obstacles standing in the way of human rights progress for 
            Singapore.<BR><STRONG>[<SPAN style="COLOR: #ff0000"> <A 
            title=http://www.feer.com/essays/2009/december51/human-rights-singaporean-style 
            href="http://www.feer.com/essays/2009/december51/human-rights-singaporean-style" 
            target=_blank><SPAN style="COLOR: #ff0000">read this 
            article</SPAN></A> </SPAN>]</STRONG></FONT></FONT><FONT 
            face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=4><SPAN><SPAN 
            style="COLOR: #ff0000"> </SPAN><BR></SPAN><BR></FONT></FONT><FONT 
            face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=4><STRONG>Indonesia<BR>Bullets to 
            Ballots: Aceh in 2009<BR>Ben Hillman, </STRONG>an advisor on 
            elections and local governance in Indonesia, cautiously judges 
            Aceh’s elections a success, although the jury is still out on the 
            local political parties.<BR><STRONG>[<SPAN style="COLOR: #ff0000"> 
            <A style="COLOR: #ff0000" 
            title=http://www.feer.com/essays/2009/december51/bullets-to-ballots-aceh-in-2009 
            href="http://www.feer.com/essays/2009/december51/bullets-to-ballots-aceh-in-2009" 
            target=_blank>read this article</A> </SPAN>]</STRONG> 
            </FONT></FONT></SPAN><SPAN><SPAN><SPAN><SPAN>
            <P><FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT 
            size=4><STRONG>Censorship<BR>Why China's Charm Offensive Will 
            Stall<BR>David Bandurski,</STRONG> a free-lance journalist, argues 
            that China won’t be able to counter the West’s “monopoly” on news 
            until the government ditches its own monopoly on news.<BR><STRONG>[ 
            </STRONG></FONT></FONT><A 
            title=http://www.feer.com/essays/2009/december51/why-chinas-charm-offensive-will-stall 
            href="http://www.feer.com/essays/2009/december51/why-chinas-charm-offensive-will-stall" 
            target=_blank><SPAN style="COLOR: #ff0000"><STRONG><FONT size=4 
            face="Times New Roman">read this 
            article</FONT></STRONG></SPAN></A><FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT 
            size=4><STRONG> ] <BR><BR>Diplomacy<BR>China in Obama's World<BR>Dan 
            Blumenthal,</STRONG> resident fellow in Asian Studies at the 
            American Enterprise Institute, asserts the Obama administration’s 
            emphasis on engagement means abdicating leadership.<BR><STRONG>[ 
            </STRONG></FONT></FONT><A style="COLOR: #ff0000" 
            title=http://www.feer.com/essays/2009/december51/china-in-obamas-world 
            href="http://www.feer.com/essays/2009/december51/china-in-obamas-world" 
            target=_blank><STRONG><FONT size=4 face="Times New Roman">read this 
            article</FONT></STRONG></A><STRONG><FONT size=4 
            face="Times New Roman"> ] 
            </FONT></STRONG></P></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN><SPAN><FONT 
            face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=4><STRONG>Human Rights<BR>The Fate 
            of China's Rights Lawyers<BR>Jerome Cohen and Eva Pils, </STRONG>law 
            professors<STRONG> </STRONG>at New York University and the Chinese 
            University of Hong Kong, respectively, sum up the last five years of 
            little progress on legal reform.<BR><STRONG>[ 
            </STRONG></FONT></FONT><A style="COLOR: #ff0000" 
            title=http://www.feer.com/essays/2009/december51/the-fate-of-chinas-rights-lawyers 
            href="http://www.feer.com/essays/2009/december51/the-fate-of-chinas-rights-lawyers" 
            target=_blank><STRONG><FONT size=4 face="Times New Roman">read this 
            article</FONT></STRONG></A><STRONG><FONT size=4 
            face="Times New Roman"> ]</FONT></STRONG><STRONG><SPAN><FONT size=4 
            face="Times New Roman"> <BR></FONT></SPAN></STRONG><SPAN><BR></SPAN><SPAN><SPAN 
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            face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=4><STRONG>Human Rights<BR>The 
            Limits of the Party's Adaptation<BR>Nicholas Bequelin,</STRONG> a 
            senior Asia researcher at Human Rights Watch, examines the question 
            of whether Beijing can stay one step ahead of social demands before 
            they lead to unrest.<BR><STRONG>[ </STRONG></FONT></FONT><A 
            title=http://www.feer.com/essays/2009/december51/the-limits-of-the-partys-adaptation 
            href="http://www.feer.com/essays/2009/december51/the-limits-of-the-partys-adaptation" 
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            face="Times New Roman">read this 
            article</FONT></STRONG></SPAN></A><STRONG><FONT size=4 
            face="Times New Roman"> 
            ] <BR><BR>Authoritarianism</FONT></STRONG><SPAN><SPAN 
            style="COLOR: #ff0000"><SPAN 
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            face="Times New Roman">Pressure Builds on Beijing<BR>Jonathan Fenby, 
            </FONT></STRONG><FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=4>author of 
            <EM>The Penguin History of Modern China</EM>, believes that the 
            Communist Party’s control fetish is rapidly running up against 
            citizens’ rising expectations.<BR><STRONG>[ 
            </STRONG></FONT></FONT><A 
            title=http://www.feer.com/essays/2009/december51/fenby 
            href="http://www.feer.com/essays/2009/december51/fenby" 
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            article</FONT></STRONG></SPAN></A><STRONG><FONT size=4 
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            ]<BR></FONT></STRONG></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN><BR><STRONG><FONT size=4 
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            size=4 face="Times New Roman">Realities of Education Reform in 
            China<BR>Jiang Xueqin,</FONT></STRONG><FONT 
            face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=4> deputy principal of Shenzhen 
            middle school, recounts his experience of the battle against 
            corruption and the culture of cramming for tests in China’s 
            secondary schools.<BR><STRONG>[<SPAN style="COLOR: #ff0000"> 
            </SPAN></STRONG><SPAN style="COLOR: #ff0000"><A 
            title=http://www.feer.com/essays/2009/december51/realities-of-education-reform-in-china 
            href="http://www.feer.com/essays/2009/december51/realities-of-education-reform-in-china" 
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            article</SPAN></STRONG></A></SPAN><STRONG><SPAN 
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            <P><FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=4><STRONG>Land 
            Reform<BR>Land Reform Lessons for Asia's Giants<BR>Roy Prosterman, 
            </STRONG>president of the Rural Development Institute in Seattle, 
            Washington, traces the lessons from Asia’s past land reforms for 
            India and China.</FONT></FONT><STRONG><BR></STRONG><FONT 
            face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=4><STRONG>[<SPAN 
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            title=http://www.feer.com/essays/2009/december51/land-reform-lessons-for-asias-giants 
            href="http://www.feer.com/essays/2009/december51/land-reform-lessons-for-asias-giants" 
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            article</SPAN></STRONG></A></SPAN></FONT></FONT><STRONG><FONT 
            face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=4><SPAN style="COLOR: #ff0000"> 
            </SPAN>]</FONT></FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT 
            size=4><SPAN style="COLOR: #ff0000">  <BR><BR></SPAN>Rule of 
            Law<BR>The Japanese Human Rights Paradox<BR>Colin P.A. 
            Jones,</FONT></FONT></STRONG><FONT size=4 face="Times New Roman"> a 
            professor at Doshisha University Law School, questions why Tokyo is 
            unable to reverse its dismal human-rights 
            record.</FONT><STRONG><BR></STRONG><FONT 
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            style="COLOR: #9e1b34"><STRONG>REVIEWS</STRONG></SPAN></SPAN> </FONT></FONT></SPAN><SPAN><BR></SPAN><SPAN><FONT 
            face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=4><STRONG>Superfusion: How China 
            and America became one economy and why the world's prosperity 
            depends on it <BR></STRONG>by Zachary 
            Karabel</FONT></FONT><STRONG><BR></STRONG><FONT 
            face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=4>Reviewed by <STRONG>Denis 
            McMahon</STRONG>, a reporter with The Wall Street Journal, based in 
            Beijing.<BR><STRONG>[ </STRONG></FONT></FONT><A 
            title=http://www.feer.com/reviews/2009/december51/superfusion-how-china-and-america-became-one-economy-and-why-the-worlds-prosperity-depends-on-it 
            href="http://www.feer.com/reviews/2009/december51/superfusion-how-china-and-america-became-one-economy-and-why-the-worlds-prosperity-depends-on-it" 
            target=_blank><SPAN style="COLOR: #ff0000"><STRONG><FONT size=4 
            face="Times New Roman">read this 
            review</FONT></STRONG></SPAN></A><FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT 
            size=4><STRONG> ]<BR><BR>The Cleanest Race: How North Koreans see 
            themselves—and why it matters</STRONG><BR>by Bryan Myers<BR>Reviewed 
            by <STRONG>Andrei Lankov</STRONG>, author of numerous books on North 
            Korean history and society, is teaching history in Kookmin 
            University, South Korea. </FONT></FONT><STRONG><BR><FONT size=4 
            face="Times New Roman">[ </FONT></STRONG><A style="COLOR: #ff0000" 
            title=http://www.feer.com/reviews/2009/december51/the-cleanest-race-how-north-koreans-see-themselves-and-why-it-matters 
            href="http://www.feer.com/reviews/2009/december51/the-cleanest-race-how-north-koreans-see-themselves-and-why-it-matters" 
            target=_blank><STRONG><FONT size=4 face="Times New Roman">read this 
            review</FONT></STRONG></A><FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT 
            size=4><STRONG> ] <BR><BR>A Shadow Falls: In the heart of 
            Java<BR></STRONG>by Andrew Beatty<BR>Reviewed by <STRONG>Sadanand 
            Dhume</STRONG>, a Washington, D.C. and New Delhi-based writer and 
            the author of <EM>My Friend the Fanatic: Travels with a Radical 
            Islamist</EM> (Text Publishing, 2008)<EM>.</EM><BR><STRONG>[ 
            </STRONG></FONT></FONT><A 
            title=http://www.feer.com/reviews/2009/december51/a-shadow-falls-in-the-heart-of-java 
            href="http://www.feer.com/reviews/2009/december51/a-shadow-falls-in-the-heart-of-java" 
            target=_blank><SPAN style="COLOR: #ff0000"><STRONG><FONT size=4 
            face="Times New Roman">read this 
            review</FONT></STRONG></SPAN></A><STRONG><FONT size=4 
            face="Times New Roman"> ] <BR><BR></FONT></STRONG><FONT 
            face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=4><STRONG>Japan's 
            Remilitarisation<BR></STRONG>by Christopher W. Hughes<BR>Reviewed 
            by<STRONG> Martin Laflamme</STRONG>, a Canadian foreign-service 
            officer who served in Japan and Afghanistan.<BR><STRONG>[ 
            </STRONG></FONT></FONT><A 
            title=http://www.feer.com/reviews/2009/december51/japans-remilitarisation 
            href="http://www.feer.com/reviews/2009/december51/japans-remilitarisation" 
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            face="Times New Roman">read this 
            review</FONT></STRONG></SPAN></A><FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT 
            size=4><STRONG> ]</STRONG>  </FONT></FONT></SPAN><SPAN>
            <P><FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=4><STRONG>China's African 
            Challenges</STRONG><BR>by Sarah Raine<BR>Reviewed by 
            <STRONG>Jonathan Mirsky</STRONG>, a London-based free-lance writer 
            and a former East Asia editor of the Times. <BR><B>[</B> 
            </FONT></FONT><A 
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            href="http://www.feer.com/reviews/2009/december51/chinas-african-challenges" 
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            face="Times New Roman">read this 
            review</FONT></STRONG></SPAN></A><FONT size=4 
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            <B>]</B>  </FONT></P></SPAN><SPAN><FONT 
            face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=4><STRONG>Challenges to Demoracy 
            in India<BR></STRONG>Edited by Rajesh M. Basrur <BR>Reviewed 
            by<STRONG> Abheek Bhattacharya</STRONG>, a Bombay-based assistant 
            editor of the Views pages at Mint.<BR><STRONG>[ 
            </STRONG></FONT></FONT><A style="COLOR: #ff0000" 
            title=http://www.feer.com/reviews/2009/december51/challenges-to-democracy-in-india 
            href="http://www.feer.com/reviews/2009/december51/challenges-to-democracy-in-india" 
            target=_blank><STRONG><FONT size=4 face="Times New Roman">read this 
            review</FONT></STRONG></A><FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT 
            size=4><STRONG> ]<BR><BR>The Last Empress: Madame Chiang Kai-Shek 
            and the birth of modern China<BR></STRONG>by Hannah 
            Pakula<BR>Reviewed by<STRONG> Robert Green</STRONG>, who covers 
            Taiwanese politics for the Economist Intelligence Unit.<BR><STRONG>[ 
            </STRONG></FONT></FONT><A style="COLOR: #ff0000" 
            title=http://www.feer.com/reviews/2009/december51/the-last-empress-madame-chiang-kai-shek-and-the-birth-of-modern-china 
            href="http://www.feer.com/reviews/2009/december51/the-last-empress-madame-chiang-kai-shek-and-the-birth-of-modern-china" 
            target=_blank><STRONG><FONT size=4 face="Times New Roman">read this 
            review</FONT></STRONG></A><STRONG><FONT size=4 
            face="Times New Roman"> ] <BR><BR></FONT></STRONG></SPAN><SPAN><FONT 
            face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=4><STRONG>Ancestors: The story of 
            China told through the lives of an extraordinary 
            family<BR></STRONG>by Frank Ching<BR>Reviewed by<STRONG> Steve 
            Tsang</STRONG>, the Louis Cha fellow in modern Chinese studies at 
            St. Antony’s College, Oxford and head of Oxford University’s Taiwan 
            Studies Program. </FONT></FONT><STRONG><BR><FONT size=4 
            face="Times New Roman">[ </FONT><A style="COLOR: #ff0000" 
            title=http://www.feer.com/reviews/2009/december51/ancestors-the-story-of-china-told-through-the-lives-of-an-extraordinary-family 
            href="http://www.feer.com/reviews/2009/december51/ancestors-the-story-of-china-told-through-the-lives-of-an-extraordinary-family" 
            target=_blank><FONT size=4 face="Times New Roman">read this 
            review</FONT></A><STRONG><FONT size=4 face="Times New Roman"> ] 
            </FONT></STRONG></STRONG></SPAN><BR><SPAN><STRONG><BR><FONT 
            face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=4><SPAN 
            style="COLOR: #9e1b34">JAUNT THROUGH ASIA</SPAN><BR>Nick 
            Frisch,</FONT></FONT></STRONG><FONT size=4 face="Times New Roman"> a 
            2009-10 Fulbright Fellow studying music in China, asks whether the 
            investments in classical music in China are paying off.  
            </FONT><STRONG><STRONG><STRONG><STRONG><STRONG><STRONG><BR></STRONG><STRONG><FONT 
            size=4 face="Times New Roman">[<SPAN style="COLOR: #000000"> <A 
            style="COLOR: #ff0000" 
            title=http://www.feer.com/jaunt-through-asia/2009/december51/the-coming-crescendo-of-china 
            href="http://www.feer.com/jaunt-through-asia/2009/december51/the-coming-crescendo-of-china" 
            target=_blank>read this article</A> 
            </SPAN>]</FONT></STRONG></STRONG></STRONG></STRONG></STRONG></STRONG></SPAN><STRONG><BR><BR><FONT 
            size=4 face="Times New Roman">RETROSPECTIVE</FONT></STRONG><BR><FONT 
            face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=4><STRONG>Alice Lloyd George, 
            </STRONG>a Princeton-in-Asia fellow at the REVIEW, explores some of 
            the more notable  moments in the magazine’s 
            history.<BR><SPAN><STRONG><STRONG><STRONG><STRONG><STRONG><STRONG>[<SPAN 
            style="COLOR: #000000"> <A style="COLOR: #ff0000" 
            title=http://www.feer.com/essays/2009/december51/retrospective-asia-through-the-lens-of-feer 
            href="http://www.feer.com/essays/2009/december51/retrospective-asia-through-the-lens-of-feer" 
            target=_blank>read this article</A> 
            </SPAN>]</STRONG></STRONG></STRONG></STRONG></STRONG></STRONG></SPAN> 
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