Asian Education and Development Studies: Volume 7 Issue 4

Guest editorial

Quansheng Zhao, Zhiqun Zhu

The influence of Confucianism on Chinese politics and foreign policy

Quansheng Zhao

The purpose of this paper is to understand the role Confucianism has in affecting domestic and foreign policy which is accomplished by looking at historical trends and…

Chinese investment in the USA and US–China relations

Zhiqun Zhu

The purpose of this paper is to analyze the rationale, strategies and significance of Chinese investment in the USA and its impact on US–China relations.

China’s role in the new round of restructuring of regional division of labor in East Asia

Hongzhong Liu, Daqian Shi

The purpose of this paper is to explain the reasons and development trend of the new round of restructuring of regional division of labor in East Asia after the global financial…

Emerging countries’ dilemmas in multilateral frameworks: the case of the Japanese “miracle”

Shigeki Shibata

Regardless of economic interdependence, there is possibility that two countries occasionally have severe international stress. This is especially true between rising and ruling…

Nationalism, part of the identity of East Timor

Jean A. Berlie

The purpose of this paper is to study the just and highly praised Timorese nationalism leading to independence, deal, in particular, with the attitude of the East Timorese and…

The development of Hong Kong students’ civic attitudes under Chinese sovereignty

Kerry J. Kennedy, Lijuan Joanna Li, Hoi Yu Ng

The recent mobilization of many Hong Kong youth to engage in what are regarded as radical political activities is not a new area of investigation. Much has been discussed about…

Nationalistic education in the Hong Kong and the Macao SARs of China

Eric King-man Chong

The purpose of this paper is to compare and analyse the role and implementation of nationalistic education in Hong Kong and Macau special administrative regions (SARs) since their…

The politicization of senior civil service in Korea: a human resource management perspective

Chang Kil Lee

The purpose of this paper is to examine the politicization of senior civil service (SCS) in Korea from a human resource perspective. To be specific, it is to explore how much the…

Janus face: the imperial but fragile presidency in South Korea

Jin Seok Bae, Sunkyoung Park

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the paradoxical pattern in which South Korean presidents enjoy imperial power early in their term, but became fragile and impotent as…

Integrated rural development from a historical and global perspective

W. James Jacob

With roots dating back to the early twentieth century, integrated rural development (IRD) is a term that became commonplace in international development circles in the 1960s and…