Table Of ContentPolitics, Culture and
Identities in East Asia
Integration and Division
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EAI Series on East Asia ISSN: 2529-718X
Series Editors: WANG Gungwu
(East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore)
ZHENG Yongnian
(East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore)
About the Series
EAI Series on East Asia was initiated by the East Asian Institute (EAI)
(http://www.eai.nus.edu.sg). EAI was set up in April 1997 as an autonomous
research organisation under a statute of the National University of Singapore.
The analyses in this series are by scholars who have spent years researching on
their areas of interest in East Asia, primarily, China, Japan and South Korea, and
in the realms of politics, economy, society and international relations.
Published:
The Rise of the Regulatory State in the Chinese Health-care System
by QIAN Jiwei
Contemporary South Korean Economy: Challenges and Prospects
by CHIANG Min-Hua
China’s Economy in Transformation under the New Normal
edited by Sarah Y TONG and WAN Jing
China’s Development: Social Investment and Challenges
by ZHAO Litao
Politics, Culture and Identities in East Asia: Integration and Division
edited by LAM Peng Er and LIM Tai Wei
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EAI Series on
East Asia
Politics, Culture and
Identities in East Asia
Integration and Division
LAM Peng Er
East Asian Institute
National University of Singapore
Singapore
LIM Tai Wei
Singapore University of Social Sciences, Singapore
East Asian Institute
National University of Singapore
Singapore
World Scientific
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Names: Lam, Peng Er, 1959– author, editor. | Lim, Tai-Wei, author, editor.
Title: Politics, culture & identities in East Asia : integration & division /
by Peng Er Lam (East Asian Institute, NUS, Singapore);
Tai Wei Lim (SIM University, Singapore & East Asian Institute, NUS, Singapore).
Description: Hackensack, NJ : World Scientific Publishing Co., 2017. |
Series: EAI series on East Asia
Identifiers: LCCN 2017018212 | ISBN 9789813226227
Subjects: LCSH: East Asia--Politics and government--21st century. | Group identity--
East Asia--History--21st century. | Geopolitics--East Asia--History--21st century. |
Cultural pluralism--East Asia--History--21st century. | East Asia--Foreign relations--21st century. |
East Asians--Ethnic identity--Political aspects.
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Contents
About the Editors and Contributors vii
Introduction
Politics, Culture and Identity in East Asia: Integration 1
and Division
The Editors
East Asia: Geopolitics and Economic Interdependency 7
Chapter 1 Four Geopolitical Vectors in East Asia: China Rising, 9
US Rebalancing, Japan “Normalising” and ASEAN
Community Building
LAM Peng Er
Chapter 2 Hot Spots in the Korean Peninsula and the East 15
and South China Seas: Obstacles to an East Asian
Community
LAM Peng Er
Chapter 3 Economic Ties that Bind East Asia 23
CHIANG Min-Hua
Politics of Identity 33
Chapter 4 “Fishball Revolution” and Hong Kong’s Identity 35
LIM Tai Wei
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Chapter 5 The Taiwanese Identity: Social Construction and 43
Dynamic Changes in Cultural and Political Factors
of Influence
Katherine TSENG Hui-Yi
Chapter 6 ASEAN Identity: An Elusive Dream? 51
LIM Tai Wei
Chapter 7 China, Japan and the Two Koreas: A Clash 59
of Identities
LAM Peng Er
Regionalism, Popular Culture, Food, Media and Tourism 67
Chapter 8 J-Pop and Manga in East Asia 69
LIM Tai Wei
Chapter 9 Interlocking Cultural Relations Between South Korea 77
and Its Neighbouring Countries
LIM Wen Xin
Chapter 10 Chinese-Language Media in East Asia: Connectivity 87
Amid Diversity
SHIH Hui Min
Chapter 11 China’s Media Portrayal of ASEAN: From 95
Antagonism to Euphoria to Circumspection
LYE Liang Fook
Chapter 12 Intra-East Asian Tourism: An Exponential Rise 105
Despite Bilateral Geopolitical Tensions
LIU Bojian
Chapter 13 China: A New Global Education Hub 117
WU Xiaoping
Index 129
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About the Editors and Contributors
(Listing Based on Order of Chapters)
LAM Peng Er is Senior Research Fellow at the East Asian Institute,
National University of Singapore. He obtained his PhD from Columbia
University and is a political scientist. His publications have appeared in
international journals such as the Pacific Affairs, Asian Survey, Asian
Affairs, Japan Forum and Government and Opposition: An International
Journal of Comparative Politics. Lam’s latest single-authored book is
Japan’s Peace-Building Diplomacy in Asia: Seeking a More Active Political
Role (New York and London: Routledge, 2009). Other books include
Japan’s Relations with Southeast Asia: The Fukuda Doctrine and Beyond
(London and New York: Routledge, 2013); Japan’s Relations with
China: Facing a Rising Power (New York and London: Routledge,
2006); and Green Politics in Japan (London: Routledge, 1999). He is an
executive editor of the International Relations of the Asia-Pacific (a
journal of the Japan Association of International Relations published
by Oxford University Press) and Asian Journal of Peacebuilding (journal
of the Institute for Peace and Unification Studies, Seoul National
University). His research interests include Tokyo’s peacebuilding in
Asia and Africa, and Japanese local politics.
LIM Tai Wei is Senior Lecturer at Singapore University of Social
Sciences and an Adjunct Research Fellow at the East Asian Institute,
National University of Singapore. He holds a PhD in History from
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Cornell University, specialising in modern China and Japan. He
teaches world history, courses in Japanese studies, history of the Silk
Road and the “One Belt One Road” topics. At the East Asian Institute,
he researches on wide-ranging topics that include Sino–Japanese
relations, Hong Kong social movements, Hong Kong studies, contem-
porary Chinese studies and Japanese studies.
CHIANG Min-Hua is Research Fellow at the East Asian Institute,
National University of Singapore. She obtained her PhD in Economics
from Université Pierre-Mendès-France, now part of Université
Grenoble Alpes, in 2008 (avec la mention: Très honorable avec félicita-
tions du jury). Prior to her current appointment in Singapore, she held
research positions at the Institute of International Relations, National
Chengchi University (2009), Taiwan External Trade Development
Council (2009–2010) and Commerce Development Research Institute
(2010–2011) in Taipei. Her research interests include Asia-Pacific
regionalism, trade and investment, issues related to economic growth
and development in East Asia. She is the author of China-Taiwan
Rapprochement: the Political economy of cross-straits relations (London:
Routledge, 2016) and Contemporary South Korean economy: Challenges
and Prospects (Singapore: World Scientific, 2017).
Katherine TSENG Hui-Yi joined East Asian Institute, National
University of Singapore in late 2010 as Research Associate. She holds a
doctorate in Juridical Science from the University of Wisconsin–Madison.
Her research interests range from international trade dispute resolutions
in World Trade Organization to maritime conflict management and dis-
putes resolution in the East Asian region. Her current research focuses on
maritime territorial issues involving China, ASEAN countries and
Taiwan. Recognising the rapidly changing political landscapes worldwide,
she authors a forthcoming book, which will shed light on the new direc-
tions of the evolutionary legal orders established by international law.
LIM Wen Xin is a Research Associate at IPP Review. She was a
Research Assistant at the East Asian Institute, National University of
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ABOUT THE EDITORS AND CONTRIBUTORS ix
Singapore from 2014 to 2015. She graduated from the National
University of Singapore with a Bachelor of Social Science degree
(Honours) in Economics and Chinese Studies.
SHIH Hui Min is an Adjunct Research Fellow at the East Asian
Institute, National University of Singapore. She has over 30 years of
experience in both broadcast and print media business in Singapore
and other Asian countries. She received her MBA from the National
University of Singapore and obtained her PhD in Journalism and Mass
Communications from Tsinghua University. Her research focuses on
media management, journalism and mass communications. She pub-
lishes widely in Singapore and international newspapers, journals and
on the internet covering topics on media industry and social media.
LYE Liang Fook is Research Fellow and Assistant Director at the East
Asian Institute, National University of Singapore. His research interests
cover China’s foreign policy, China’s “One Road, One Belt” initiative,
China–ASEAN relations and China–Singapore relations. He was part of
a government-sanctioned team that completed a review of the Suzhou
Industrial Park, the first flagship project between China and Singapore.
His research extends into other government-to-government projects
between the two countries such as the Sino-Singapore Tianjin Eco-city
and the China–Singapore (Chongqing) Demonstration Initiative on
Strategic Connectivity. His publications have appeared in International
Relations of the Asia Pacific, Journal of Chinese Political Science,
Copenhagen Journal of Asian Studies and China: An International Journal
and were published by Routledge, Eastern Universities Press, Institute of
Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS) Publishing, Konrad Adenauer Stiftung
Publishing and World Scientific Publishing. He also manages the
Singapore Secretariat of the Network of East Asian Think Tanks (NEAT)
and the Network of ASEAN–China Think Tanks (NACT), two Track II
bodies that aim to promote regional cooperation.
LIU Bojian is Research Assistant at the East Asian Institute, National
University of Singapore. He holds a Master of Science (Asian Studies)
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