ASIEN – Nr. 133 Oktober 2014 Deutsche Zeitschrift für Politik, Wirtschaft und KulturIssue Editor Günter Schucher
Editorial Manager Benedikt Skowasch

• Nr. 133 (2014) Artikel Article 5–23 {:de}Japans Abfall: Zwei Fallstudien zu Entsorgung und Verwertung aus Shibushi und KamikatsuJapan’s “3R Initiative” was implemented in 2004. The program aims at reducing, reusing, and recycling waste and is part of a larger package of laws and regulations under the umbrella of waste management and sustainable development. Although “3R” is a national-level initiative, it is up to each municipality to design and implement a specific agenda … von by Agathe T. Okumura und and Gabriele Vogt
• Nr. 133 (2014) Artikel Article 24–51 {:en}China’s New Energy Geopolitics: The Shanghai Cooperation Organization and Central AsiaAs China is dependent on oil and gas imports to maintain its high growth rates, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) and Central Asia have become increasingly important for the country’s economic development. In May 2014, China and Russia signed a new gas deal, for example, and in recent years China has been able to improve … von by Ralph M. Wrobel
• Nr. 133 (2014) Research Note 52–71 {:en}Climate Protection Governance and Participation in the People’s Republic of ChinaIn the last five years China has passed new laws and regulations and has formulated new policies and targets for climate protection. The country’s private sector is also making contributions to this new focus, in terms of technology development, green investments, public–private partnerships, and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) reporting. Civil society organizations, meanwhile, have built … von by Berthold M. Kuhn
• Nr. 133 (2014) Research Note 72–88 {:en}The Cosmopolitization of Remembrance — The Kwangju Uprising and the UNESCO “Memory of the World” RegisterThe Kwangju Uprising of May 1980 represents an important turning point in South Korea’s contemporary history, as it played a decisive role in the subsequent democratization of the country. Despite the numerous studies done on the uprising, however, there has nonetheless rarely been any research conducted either on how it has been commemorated or on … von by Hannes B. Mosler
• Nr. 133 (2014) Asien Aktuell 89–100 {:de}Verdruss statt Feierlaune: Japan und Südkorea am Vorabend des 50. Jahrestags der Aufnahme diplomatischer BeziehungenEven though Japan and South Korea share the same interests in a number of areas, their record of political cooperation has been repeatedly marred by conflicts. Controversial subjects concerning the legacy of Japanese colonialism in Korea in particular obstruct significant progress in their otherwise fruitful relations; these historical issues range from territorial disputes to conflicts … von by Nadia Galati
• Nr. 133 (2014) Asien Aktuell 101–108 {:de}Südkorea und die EU: Die europäische Finanzkrise aus asiatischer SichtEurope has long been a role model in Asia as far as political and economic integration is concerned. Most countries envy the European Union’s success in this respect. The interest in European integration is particularly keen in South Korea where the media make detailed reports on every development in Europe. This is understandable, because South … von by Sang-tu Ko und and Olaf Leiße
• Nr. 133 (2014) Neuere Literatur 140–46 {:de}Neuere Literatur über AsienDie Mitglieder der DGA sind herzlich aufgefordert, ihre neuesten Veröffentlichungen der Redaktion zu melden. von by Uwe Kotzel

Konferenzberichte

• Managing Empires: Cooperation, Competition, Conflict, Heidelberg, 09.–11. October 2013 (Rudolph Ng, Anil Paralkar, Daniela Gerner and Chih-Wen Kuo)
• Treffen des DoktorandInnennetzwerks Vietnam, Kambodscha, Laos, Bonn, 25.–26. Januar 2014 (Elin Yang-Romberg)
• Rethinking Business History in Modern China, Workshop der FU Berlin, Hannover, 12.–14. Juni 2014 (Emmelie Korell)
• Exploring the Role of Informal Institutions for Economic Coordination in East Asia, Seoul, 16.–17. Juni 2014 (Sven Horak und Markus Taube)
• Situated Practices on China’s Changing Internets: From the Users of Mobile ICTs and Apps to Weibo Posters and Social Networkers, Hong Kong, 18.–21. June 2014 (Gabriele de Seta)
• The Impact of World War I on China’s Modern History, Vienna, 03.–05. July 2014 (Astrid Lipinsky)
• Manoeuvering Through Physical and Virtual Spaces: Mobility and New Media in Asian Cities, Singapore, 04.–05. August 2014 (Tabea Bork-Hüffer, Sun Sun Lim, Brenda Yeoh, Cheng Kwan Yee Queenie)

Rezensionen

• Claudia Derichs, Mark R. Thompson (Hgg.): Dynasties and Female Political Leaders in Asia. Gender, Power and Pedigree (Carmen Schmidt)
• Pankaj Mishra: From the Ruins of Empire. The Revolt against the West and the Remaking of Asia (Oul Han)
• Janet Kursawe, Verena Brenner (Hgg.): Konfliktfaktor Religion? Die Rolle von Religionen in den Konflikten Südasiens (Ines Budarick)
• Cornelia Mallebrein: Die vertauschten Götter. Religionswechsel in Indien (Thomas K. Gugler)
• Raphael Susewind: Being Muslim and Working for Peace. Ambivalence and Ambiguity in Gujarat (Nadja-Christina Schneider)
• Rolf Jordan, Gunnar Stange (Hgg.): Aktuelle Herausforderungen der internationalen (Entwicklungs-)Zusammenarbeit in Südostasien. Nothilfe, Wiederaufbau und Entwicklung im Diskurs (Daniel Bultmann)
• Georg Noack: Local Traditions, Global Modernities. Dress, Identity and the Creation of Public Self-Images in Contemporary Urban Myanmar (Dagmar Hellmann-Rajanayagam)
• Lena Henningsen, Martin Hofmann (Hg.): Tradition? Variation? Imitation? (Christian Schmidkonz)
• Sigfrido Burgos Cáceres: China’s Strategic Interests in the South China Sea. Power and Resources (Jann Christoph von der Pütten)
• Peter J. Katzenstein (ed.): Sinicization and the Rise of China. Civilizational Processes beyond East and West (Hang Lin)
• Einhard Schmidt-Kallert, Peter Franke (Hgg.): Livelihood Strategies of Multilocational Households in the People’s Republic of China (Nora Sausmikat)
• Benjamin Nixdorf: Japanische Freihandelsabkommen und ostasiatische Wirtschaftsintegration. Zugleich ein Beitrag zu den normativen Voraussetzungen wirtschaftlicher Integration und den Anforderungen der Art. XXIV GATT und Art. V GATS (Albrecht Rothacher)

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