Asian Studies

This book focuses on the globalization of the strategic semiconductor industry and the security ramifications of this process. It examines in particular the migration of the Taiwanese chip industry to China as part of the globalization of production processes, and the extent to which such a globaliz..

This book focuses on the globalization of the strategic semiconductor industry and the security ramifications of this process. It examines in particular the migration of the Taiwanese chip industry to China as part of the globalization of production processes, and the extent to which such a globaliz..

First Published in 2000. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company...

First Published in 2000. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company...

At the core of Daoism are ancient ideas concerning the Way, the fundamental process of existence (the Dao). Humans, as individuals and as a society, should be aligned with the Dao in order to attain the fullness of life and its potential. This book presents the history of early Daoism, tracing the d..

This text explores Japan through the topic of cuisine, it reflects on the social and cultural side of Japanese cuisine and examines how Japanese culture has been effected by food...

A wide range of topics relating to Chinese oral literature are lavishly illustrated in word and picture from performances & storytellers.The world of Chinese story telling is not just described and analysed - it is also brought to life...

This book looks at ethnographic discourses concerning the indigenous population of Vietnam's Central Highlands during periods of christianization, colonization, war and socialist transformation...

This book traces China’s banking system through the first twenty five years of China’s socialist market economy to the present. It examines how China’s leaders chose their own path for reforming and regulating the banking sector and how this differed from the neoliberal approach promoted by the West..

This book analyzes Chinese society and evaluates the achievements and failures of the Maoist ideology. The central theme is the urban and rural balance in China's development from the Revolution to the late twentieth century...

First Published in 2000. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company...

First Published in 2000. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company...