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Asia-Pacific Magazine
Table of Contents for 1998

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The Asia Pacific Magazine No. 9-10 Mar 1998



• Cambodia Prepares for National Elections by Tony Kevin

  [After the recent turbulence in Cambodia, the country is preparing for national elections]

  
  
• Towards Peace for Bougainville? by Anthony Regan

  [With the recent Bougainville peace agreement reached at Lincoln, New Zealand, the divisions still remain among Bougainvilleans]

  
  
• Keeping Up With the Wangs: Consuming Desires in Post-Mao China by Beverley Hooper

  [The development of consumerism in PRC since the end of the Cultural Revolution]

  
  
• Building Bridges in Vietnam by Peter Mares

  [Questions regarding the benefit that Vietnamese rice farmers will derive from the construction of the My Thuan bridge in southern Mekong Delta]

  
  
• Asia's Crisis by Michael Vatikiotis

  [An overview of Asia's financial crisis - accompanied by a selection of country studies by ANU economists]

  
  
• The Markets and the Media: Southeast Asia's New Nationalism by Glen Davis

  [The relationship between new media developments and recent economic and political changes in Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore]

  
  
• El Nino and the Drought in Papua New Guinea by Bryant Allen

  [The effect of PNG's most recent drought on the lives of Papua New Guineans]

  
  
• Asia after Kyoto: Implications of the Climate Change Treaty by Clive Hamilton

  [The implications of global warming and the outcomes of the 1997 Kyoto agreement for developing countries in the region]

  
  
• Dams and Water in East and Southeast Asia by Gavan McCormack

  [Asia's rush for hydro-power and the consequences this could have for the environment]

  
  
• Tourism and Laos: a Faustian Bargain? by Milton Osborne

  [There may be benefits for the environment of southern Laos resulting from the curtailing of some of development projects planned for that region]

  
  
• Lo-Globalisation: J.League's Soccer Strategy by Peter Rimmer

  [How careful packaging of the J.League's domestic local-globalisation strategy led to its successful export to other Asian countries]

  
  
• Who Made Southeast Asia? by Anthony Reid

  [What is it about Southeast sia that has convinced some ASEAN leaders that it has some natural predestined unity]

  
  
• Book Reviews
  
• Regional Commentary: Lessons for ASEAN by Greg Sheridan

  [Greg Sheridan is Foreign Editor of the Sydney-based newspaper, The Australian]

  The Asia Pacific Magazine No. 11 Jun 1998

  
  
• The Magic Monk in Boom Time Thailand by Peter Jackson

  [The diverse media, political and economic influence that have transformed a monastery monk into a nationally important cult figure]

  
  
• Booms, Busts and the Poor by Peter Warr

  [The claim that growth benefits only the rich and harms the poor is discussed, using Thailand's experience to illustrate the issues]

  
  
• Southeast Asia's Götterdämmerung? by Patric Jory

  [The pattern of political evolution in Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, and Thailand, and their leaders as they approach their twilight years]

  
  
• Indonesia's Old Order, the New Order' by Merle Ricklefs

  [The history of Soeharto's New Order and the consequences it has had for Indonesia and the Indonesians]

  
  
• Indonesia's Profiles - B.J. Habibie by David Bouchier
  
• Indonesia's Profiles - General Wiranto by Alan Dupont
  
  
• Indonesia Beyond Soeharto
  • Nationalism and Modernity by Robert Cribb
    
  • The Financial Crisis by Ann Booth
    
  • Will Labour Organise? by Vedi Hadiz
    
  • Will Business Professionalise? by Derry Habir
    
  
  
• The Political Security Implications of Soeharto's Demise by Alan Dupont

  [What the departure of Soeharto means for Australia and the broader region]

  
  
• Burning Down Indonesia by Peter Dauvergne

  [The causes of the 1997 and 1998 fires in Indonesia, their consequences for the economy and the environment, and some possible future preventive measures]

  
  
• Japan's New Role in Indochina by Ronald Bruce St John

  [The significance of Japanese foreign policy during and after the Vietnam War]

  
  
• Landmines: A Humanitarian Demining Approach by James Trevelyn

  [Some current research on landmine clearance in the region]

  
  
• India's Nuclear Tests: Targeting Transparency? by Richard Leaver

  [The other side to India's nuclear 'game']

  
  
• Profile: Portrait of an Indonesian Publisher: From Revolution to 'Reformasi' by George Miller

  [Ahmad Jayusman is owner of one of Indonesia's oldest family publishing firms, Bhratara. The article looks at how the firm and the publisher has fared from the period from revolution to the present era of 'Reformasi']

  
  
• Book Reviews
  
• Regional Commentary: North Korea and the ARF's future by Kavi Chongkittavorn

  [Kavi Chongkittavorn is Executive Editor of the Bangkok-based English-language newspaper, The Nation]

  The Asia Pacific Magazine No. 12 Sep 1998

  
  
• Where is China Going? by Godfrey Linge

  [There are many more obstacles than the Asian financial crisis to China's reaching its planned economic growth for the next decade]

  
  
• The Rise of a New Conservatism in Asia by Xueliang Ding

  [How the East Asian financial crisis might impact on Asia's outlook towards its place in the region]

  
  
• What's Wrong with the Japanese Economy? by Peter Drysdale

  [The impact of recent developments in the Japanese economy - on Japan and elsewhere]

  
  
• US-China Relations: Clinton Style by Coral Bell

  [The informality and open style of communication that characterised President Clinton's visit to China was a surprise to many observers]

  
  
• China's Military Potential in the 21st Century by Larry Wortzel

  [Why China's leaders emphasise economic growth and stability over a military build-up]

  
  
• A National Pageant in a Time of Crisis: The Philippines Centennial by Reynaldo Ileto

  [On June 12, the Philippines celebrated the Centennial of its declaration of independence]

  
  
• East Asia: A Casualty of the New Era of Financial Fragility by Ross McLeod

  [The high economic performance characteristic of the East Asian economies affected by the financial crisis concealed a high degree of financial fragility]

  
  
• Political Islam in Indonesia by Marcus Mietzner

  [The departure of Soeharto from Indonesian public life, and the subsequent liberalisation of politics have given - in the view of the May 1999 elections - momentum to the manouvering among the various factions of political Islam in Indonesia]

  
  
• Yunnan's French Connection restored - Along the Yunnan-Vietnam Borderby Brantly Womack

  [After 18 years of hostility and negotiation there is the normalisation of relations, and border trade, between China and Vietnam]

  
  
• Dams, Banks and the Asian Crisis - Lao's Nam Thuen 2 by Andrew Nette

  [On the Asian financial crisis, the hydro power projects and the possible consequences for Laos and for the World Bank]

  
  
• Bungle in the Jungle: Bre-X and the Busang Mining Scam by Chris Ballard

  [The parties, the place and the events surrounding the Busang Mining scam in Indonesia, and the significance the scam may have for future mining exploration]

  
  
• Film Review
  Shangri-la comes to Hollywood by John Powers

  [Holywood and Tibet struck up an intriguing friendship - with some unexpected developments]

  
  
• Book Reviews
  
• Regional Commentary: Testing Times: Singapore and Malaysia by Michael Richardson

  [Michael Richardson is Asia Editor of the International Herald Tribune, Singapore]

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