From Japan Focus, an essay on Japan’s future as an international, multicultural society: From migrants to immigrants; and philosophy as activism in neo-liberal, neo-nationalist Japan: An interview with Takahashi Tetsuya. Enter the dragon: There is no end of theories about the ideological basis for China’s rise as an economic superpower. From The Economist, a special report on technology in India and China: China and India have much to offer the world of technology, but more still to gain from it. A review of Asian Godfathers: Money and Power in Hong Kong and Southeast Asia by Joe Studwell. Deconstructing Cambodia's modernist heritage: A review of Building Cambodia by Helen Grant Ross and Darryl Leon Collins. Understanding SPDC tyranny: An article on the geopolitics and economics of Burma’s military regime, 1962-2007. The revolution that never was: Burma's pro-democracy protesters are learning the hard way that in international politics, attention spans are short.
