Contributor(s): Dai Jinhua, Elaine Yee Lin Ho, Wendy Larson, Ping-Hui Liao, Pei-yin Lin, Kwai-Cheung Lo, Tai-lok Lui, Laikwan Pang, Lisa Rofel, David Der-wei Wang, Erebus Wong, Robert J. C. Young

Contributor(s): Dai Jinhua, Elaine Yee Lin Ho, Wendy Larson, Ping-Hui Liao, Pei-yin Lin, Kwai-Cheung Lo, Tai-lok Lui, Laikwan Pang, Lisa Rofel, David Der-wei Wang, Erebus Wong, Robert J. C. Young

From the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists and authors of China Wakes comes this insightful and comprehensive look at Asia on the rise. The recent economic crisis in Asia heaped devastation upon millions. Yet Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn argue that it was the best thing that could have happened to Asia. It destroyed the cronyism, protectionism, and government regulati...(展开全部)

紀思道與伍潔芳是《紐約時報》的記者，曾獲得普立茲獎的殊榮，《東方驚雷》一書收錄了他們對亞洲各國的廣泛觀察。 這對夫妻檔曾住過香港、台灣、中國與日本，他們自嘲對於亞洲的認識是「蜻蜓點水」，但他們的敘述可一點也不膚淺。 書中沒有放諸四海皆準的理論，因為「這樣的理論就像天氣一樣多變，難以形成」。反之，他們逐章介紹新興亞洲國家遭逢的議題，例如女權、污染、金融危機等等，以親身觀察所得，直指問題的核心與困境。 例如：中國甘肅的劉家峽肥料廠將廢水直接排入黃河，污染的水源造成八堆村居民壽命減短、嬰兒發育遲緩。然而，相較於八堆村一百五十條人命來說，肥料廠創造的工作機會與上繳的稅金，恐怕養活了更多的人。如果要斥資興建污水處理設備，工廠可能會倒閉，影響更多人的生計。八堆村在先進國家是無法漠視的事實，對於發展中的中國卻成了必要之惡；然而破壞環境的代價，恐怕是地方當局無法想像...(展开全部)

This book provides a definitive overview of contemporary developments in our understanding of urban life in China. Multidisciplinary perspectives outline the most significant critical, theoretical, methodological and empirical developments in our appreciation of Chinese cities in the context of an increasingly globalized world. Each chapter includes reviews and appraisals of pa...(展开全部)

The International group of contributors of this volume provides, collectively, a multi-layered analysis of the emerging East Asian media culture, using the Korean TV drama as its analytic vehicle. By closely examining the political economy of TV industry, audiences of the regional media flows in terms of gender subjectivity constructions, perceptions of colonial-postcolonial re...(展开全部)