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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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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>
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href="http://www.economist.com/world/asia/displaystory.cfm?story_id=14505491"><FONT
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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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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>
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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>
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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>
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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">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>
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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><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Aidan</FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal><I
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size=3>Honorary Senior Research Fellow in Sociology & Modern Korea, Leeds
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Constantia; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt"
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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<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
face="Times New Roman">Sincerely,</FONT></P>
<P
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size=4 face="Times New Roman">Christine Brendle<BR>Managing
Director</FONT></P>
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face="Times New Roman">Bruce Gilley's "Elegy for a Colonial
Perspective"</FONT></P>
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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
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href="http://www.feer.com/essays/2009/december51/thaksins-cambodian-gambit"
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</SPAN></STRONG></SPAN><STRONG>[<SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: #ff0000">
</SPAN><A
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"
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</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
style="COLOR: #ff0000"><SPAN style="COLOR: #000000"><FONT
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"
target=_blank><SPAN style="COLOR: #ff0000"><STRONG><FONT size=4
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
style="COLOR: #000000"><STRONG><BR><FONT size=4
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"
target=_blank><SPAN style="COLOR: #e42e1a"><STRONG><FONT size=4
face="Times New Roman">read this
article</FONT></STRONG></SPAN></A><STRONG><FONT size=4
face="Times New Roman">
]<BR></FONT></STRONG></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN><BR><STRONG><FONT size=4
face="Times New Roman">Education</FONT></STRONG></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><STRONG><BR><FONT
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"
target=_blank><STRONG><SPAN style="COLOR: #ff0000">read this
article</SPAN></STRONG></A></SPAN><STRONG><SPAN
style="COLOR: #ff0000"> </SPAN>]<SPAN style="COLOR: #ff0000">
</SPAN></STRONG></FONT></FONT>
<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
style="COLOR: #ff0000"> </SPAN></STRONG><SPAN
style="COLOR: #ff0000"><A
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"
target=_blank><STRONG><SPAN style="COLOR: #ff0000">read this
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
face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=4><STRONG>[<SPAN
style="COLOR: #ff0000"> </SPAN></STRONG><SPAN
style="COLOR: #ff0000"><A
title=http://www.feer.com/essays/2009/december51/the-paradox-of-japans-human-rights
href="http://www.feer.com/essays/2009/december51/the-paradox-of-japans-human-rights"
target=_blank><STRONG><SPAN style="COLOR: #ff0000">read this
article</SPAN></STRONG></A></SPAN><STRONG><SPAN
style="COLOR: #ff0000">
</SPAN>]</STRONG></FONT></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><FONT
size=4 face="Times New Roman"> </FONT>
<P><SPAN><FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=4><SPAN><SPAN
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"
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> ]</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
title=http://www.feer.com/reviews/2009/december51/chinas-african-challenges
href="http://www.feer.com/reviews/2009/december51/chinas-african-challenges"
target=_blank><SPAN style="COLOR: #ff0000"><STRONG><FONT size=4
face="Times New Roman">read this
review</FONT></STRONG></SPAN></A><FONT size=4
face="Times New Roman">
<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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