This paper seeks to answer the question of why anti-Japanese nationalism related to historical memory of World War II has grown at such a rapid pace among Chinese internet-users despite several elements commonly understood ...

The Republic of Korea and Japan are two most important security allies of the United States in East Asia, yet they lack substantial defense cooperation between each other. This thesis looks at the current condition of ...

This paper attempts to explain why China still allow some people to use Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) to bypass China’s heavily guarded Internet content censorship system, despite the assumption that the free flow of ...

Since normalization in 1965, bilateral relations between Japan and South Korea have been perennially mired in historical acrimony. However, in December 2015, the South Korean and Japanese Foreign Ministries consummated ...

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New democracies have significant challenges in their struggle to create a lasting democracy, and Thailand is no exception. Although Thailand has many critical components necessary for a democracy, it has significant ...

Why do market-oriented economic reforms in developing countries succeed or fail? Of the three sets of factors that affect the outcome of the reforms - economic policies, formal and informal institutions, and leadership - ...

In this thesis, I examine the historical memory of the Korean War, and why it is remembered as the victory that it is. Often referred to as "the War to Resist America and Aid Korean" (KangMei-YuanChao) in China, the Korean ...

This paper presents the “double-edged sword model” as a theoretical explanation for China’s puzzling behavior in maritime disputes with its neighbors. This paper argues that two factors are salient in determining a state’s ...

This paper sheds light on developing a hybrid analytical construct by combining Foreign Policy Analysis (FPA) theory and modifications which are based on China. It employs the bureaucratic politics model to China’s ...