<P>1 Discursive power of "Silk Road" in China, Japan and South Korea's foreign policies toward Central Asia; 2 Evolution of the "Silk Road" into a foreign policy discourse; 3 Discourses of rivalry or rivalry of discourses?; 4 Japanese and Chinese infrastructure development strategies in Central Asia;...</p>

The many faces of homelessness : a critical introduction / Carole Zufferey and Nilan Yu -- Homelessness and homeless policies in the context of the residual Japanese welfare state / Johannes Kiener and Toshio Mizuuchi -- Homelessness in China / Della Qiu and Carole Zufferey -- Living homeless in...

Introduction : The Long Peace, New Areas of Competition, and Opportunities for Cooperation in China-India Relations / Kanti Bajpai, HUANG Jing, and Kishore Mahbubani -- Convergence and Divergence in Development : An Indian Perspective / Prem Shankar Jha -- Towards Greater Financial Cooperation :...

"Ever since China and Vietnam resumed diplomatic contacts and reopened the border in 1991, the borderland region has come been part of the vibrant growing economies of both countries and drawn many from the interior provinces to the borderland for new economic adventures. This book examines...

From rebels to governors : "patronage autonomy" and continuing underdevelopment in Muslim Mindanao -- Balancing livelihoods, limited options, and the state : alleviating poverty in critical environments -- The hunter's spirit : autonomy and development in indigenous Taiwan -- Sustainable...

Introduction -- Explaining subregional cooperation : events, concepts and the Mekong basin -- Water cooperation, security and international regimes : an analytical framework for the GMS -- History of Mekong cooperation : from exclusion to inclusion via the China-Vietnam dichotomy -- Mekong basin...

Contestation and exclusion in Asian urban spaces under the impact of globalization : an introduction / Jonathan Rigg and Tai-Chee Wong -- International and intra-national migrations : human mobility in Pacific Asian cities in the globalization age / Tai-Chee Wong -- The migrant as a nexus of...