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Digest 26.9.2025 {:en}CfP: Critical Studies of the Hindu Far-RightCall for Papers | Deadline: 2026-01-30 Editors: Neha Chaudhary, Saarang Narayan, and Felix Pal Call for Abstracts Deadline for abstract submission: 30th January 2026 Email: nc526[at]cantab.ac.uk (Neha Chaudhary); saarangnarayan[at]yahoo.co.in (Saarang Narayan) We seek chapter contributions to a new edited volume on critical studies of the Hindu far-right. When we discuss the Hindu nationalist movement, or …
Nr. 166/167 (2023) Rezensionen 207–209 {:de}Mattheis, Philipp: Ein Volk verschwindet: China und die Uiguren. + Bölinger, Mathias: Der Hightech Gulag: Chinas Verbrechen an den Uiguren.Bonn: Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung, 2022. 205 S., ISBN: 978-3-74250-862-1 München: C. H. Beck, 2023. 256 S., ISBN: 978-3-74250-862-1 Weder Tibeter noch Uiguren stellen zahlenmäßig den Hanchinesen folgend die nächstgrößte Ethnie Chinas dar. Die Uiguren belegen nämlich erst Platz 5, die Tibeter Platz 9, doch geraten jene beiden Volksgruppen unter dem Topos der Menschenrechtsverletzungen regelmäßig … von by Thomas Weyrauch
Nr. 166/167 (2023) Rezensionen 210–14 {:de}Bu, Yuanshi (Hg.): Chinese Civil Code — The Specific Parts.München – Chicago – Baden Baden: C. H. Beck – Hart – Nomos, 2023. Gebundene Ausgabe, 437 S., 210 EUR. ISBN 978-3-406-79000-3 Das bereits vom Verfasser in Asien Heft 160/161, S. 235ff. rezensierte Lehrbuch „Chinese Civil Code — The General Part“ aus dem Jahr 2019 machte die Leser mit der wichtigsten zivilrechtlichen Kodifikation der Volksrepublik … von by Thomas Weyrauch
Nr. 166/167 (2023) Rezensionen 223–25 {:en}Chu Yu-hsün: The Testimonies will be deniedChu Yu-hsün 朱宥勳: The Testimonies will be denied 以下證言將被全面否認 Taipei: Ta-k’uai wen-hua, 2022. 269 pp. (illus.), 380 TWD (pb). ISBN: 978-6-26-711895-5 The increasing number and the large extent of China’s military manoeuvres demonstrate the great danger Taiwan is presently facing. The threat against the island republic has recently gained more and more attention in … von by Thilo Diefenbach
Nr. 164/165 (2022) Asien Aktuell 197–209 {:de}Reaktionen auf Russlands Angriffskrieg gegen die Ukraine und Südkoreas Außenpolitik auf AbwegenDer russische Überfall auf die Ukraine im Februar 2022 hat neben den verheerenden Folgen vor allem für die ukrainische Bevölkerung auch zu globalen Verwerfungen geführt. Die Rivalität zwischen den Großmächten USA und China, die sich im letzten Jahrzehnt sukzessive aufgebaut hat, scheint sich durch den Ukraine-Konflikt zu einer Konfliktkonstellation zwischen den USA, der NATO, der … von by Hannes B. Mosler
Nr. 160/161 (2021) Asien Aktuell 185–200 {:de}Die Gründe für die Rückkehr der Taliban an die MachtOn 15 August 2021, the Afghan government, supported by the international community, collapsed: President Ashraf Ghani fled to the United Arab Emirates and the Islamist Taliban militias seized Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan - without resistance. Throughout Afghanistan, helplessness and fear of an unpredictable future prevailed. Thousands of Afghans tried to leave the country in … von by Ratbil Shamel
Nr. 156/157 (2020) Rezensionen 222–25 {:en}The Uyghurs, China’s Terrorist Narrative and CounterterrorismMichael Clarke (ed.): Terrorism and Counterterrorism in China: Domestic and Foreign Dimensions Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2018. ISBN 978-0190922610 Sean S. Roberts: The War on the Uyghurs: China’s Internal Campaign against a Muslim Minority Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2020. ISBN 978-0-69120218-1 What is terrorism? What constitutes a terrorist act? And who, then, can legitimately be … von by Björn Alpermann
Nr. 154/155 (2020) Artikel Article 129–49 {:en}On the Institutional Quality of the Belt and Road Initiative as a Hybrid International Public GoodIn the emerging world of multipolarity, which is characterized by political and economic oligopolistic spheres of influence, the creation of international public goods (IPGs) involves different sets of hybrid regimes. The term "hybridity" refers to the need for balanced and virtuous cross-fertilization between the newly emerging and the established systemic considerations such as openness versus … von by Ibrahim Öztürk
Nr. 152/153 (2019) Artikel Article 24–48 {:de}Anpassung, Einhegung, Aneignung: Chinesische Strategien im Umgang mit internationalen Normen und Akteuren der ZivilgesellschaftTaking China as an example, this article demonstrates the increasingly active role of nondemocratic governments in negotiating the international status of civil society actors. Thus, China’s evolving civil society policy is re-examined in light of theories of international norm diffusion and localization drawn from the field of International Relations. Based on an analysis of the … von by Bertram Lang
Nr. 152/153 (2019) Artikel Article 49–71 {:de}Konstitutionalisierungsprozesse in der chinesischen Staatstheorie: Top-Down- Orchestrierung institutioneller ReformenSince taking office, China’s fifth generation of political leaders with Xi Jinping at the center has made significant efforts to rebuild the party-state. While phenomena such as (oscillating) processes of centralization and personalization have been ever present in Chinese reform politics, governance reforms under Xi Jinping display distinct features that mark a significant departure from … von by Nele Noesselt, Ulrike Gansen, Martin Miller und and Jonas Seyferth
Nr. 152/153 (2019) Artikel Article 72–93 {:de}Westdeutsche technische Hilfe in Südkorea während der 1960/70er-Jahre – am Beispiel der Berufsschulen in Incheon und NajuThis research gives insight into the technical assistance provided by West Germany to South Korea during the 1960s and early 1970s, focusing on the vocational schools in Incheon and Naju. Both schools were run as partner projects: While the German side dispatched experts and sent technical equipment, the Koreans provided the school buildings and counterpart … von by Max Altenhofen
Nr. 150/151 (2019) Artikel Article 52–71 {:de}Intermediäre Akteure hinter den Kulissen demokratischer Wahlen. Der Fall SüdkoreaThe aim of this study is to understand the effects of traditional and long-term group relations on elections in modern society. It focuses on intermediary actors who exert a great influence on the formation of political opinions in everyday life as well as in election campaigns. Based on the case of South Korea, the functions … von by Sang-hui Nam
Nr. 150/151 (2019) Asien Aktuell 72–86 {:de}40 Years of the “Message to Compatriots in Taiwan” — A Game Changer for the Taiwan Question?In 2019 the Chinese leadership is preparing to celebrate a number of anniversaries: a hundred years of the May Fourth Movement, 40 years of reform and opening-up, the 40th anniversary of the Sino-Japanese Peace and Friendship Treaty, and, not to be forgotten, the 70th birthday of the People’s Republic of China. Among these, the 1979 … von by Tobias Adam
Nr. 150/151 (2019) Asien Aktuell 87–107 {:en}All Roads Lead to Beijing? — The Belt and Road Initiative as a Set of Bilateral Agreements or a Network of EqualsThe reception of President Xi Jinping’s 2013 Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) in Western Europe was at first positive. Germany, France, and the United Kingdom indicated their readiness to participate. Over time, however, and in tandem with China’s pursuit of bilateral policies to promote the initiative, criticism grew: it was described as insufficiently clear, and … von by Wolfgang Röhr
Nr. 150/151 (2019) Stimmen aus Asien 108–16 {:de}Wang Dan: Zehn Vorschläge für TaiwanEinleitung und Übersetzung von Peter Busch Wang Dan 王丹, geboren 1969 in Beijing, war eine der bekanntesten Führungsper- sönlichkeiten der Proteste auf dem Tian’anmen-Platz 1989, die eine weitgehende politische Liberalisierung und Demokratisierung forderten. Nach der blutigen Niederschlagung der Demonstrationen musste Wang untertauchen, stellte sich den Behörden aber nach etwa einem Monat. Er wurde zu vier … von by Peter Busch
Nr. 148 (2018) Artikel Article 5–25 {:en}Protest Geographies and Cross-Modal Icons in Hong Kong’s Umbrella MovementIn September 2014, thousands of people occupied the heart of Hong Kong’s state and corporate power, the central business district. This paper provides a snapshot of the first days of the events that resulted in what would ultimately become a 79-day- long occupation, which eventually came to be known as the “Umbrella Movement.” The paper … von by Sandra Kurfürst
Nr. 148 (2018) Artikel Article 26–50 {:de}Deutschlands Politik gegenüber der Belt and Road Initiative der Volksrepublik China 2013– 2018: eine erste BestandsaufnahmeThe article describes and explains Germany’s societal, economic, and political reactions to the “Belt and Road Initiative” (BRI). This is (potentially) China’s global interconnectivity platform, established in 2013 to address development challenges in some of the country’s border provinces, in its export-led growth model, as well as the infrastructure and development gaps in neighboring regions. … von by Sebastian Harnisch
Nr. 148 (2018) Asien Aktuell 51–67 {:de}Regionalwahlen in Südkorea 2018The paper analyzes the 2018 local elections in South Korea. It starts off by explaining the country’s election system, which besides separate presidential and general elections also features local ones too. After discussing the evolution of the local election system since its introduction in 1987, and the political background to its somewhat late fully fledged … von by Hannes B. Mosler
Nr. 148 (2018) Asien Aktuell 68–77 {:en}Förderung der regionalen Identität des ASEAN durch interregionale Gespräche zwischen EU und ASEAN zur Errichtung einer strategischen Partnerschaft: die Perspektive von Thailand als EU–ASEAN-KoordinatorRegional identity-building has been described within the literature on the European Union (EU)–Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) relationship as a function of interregionalism. While this literature has commonly premised regional identity-building as the direct result of interregional interaction in the sense of region- to-region best practice-sharing and capacity-building, it has also recognized that there … von by Naila Maier-Knapp
Nr. 147 (2018) Editorial 5–10 {:en}Beauty in East Asia: IntroductionIn recent years, reports about the new “beauty craze” in China and South Korea have been piling up in Western newspapers and media outlets. They reveal details about the Chinese high-school graduates who get a nose job first thing after graduation, about double eyelid surgery special offers for couples on Valentine’s Day, and about Korean … von by Anett Dippner und and Eun-Jeung Lee
Nr. 147 (2018) Artikel Article 11–37 {:en}Contemporary Body Practices in South Korea: Subjection and Agency in Late ModernityIn this work, many peculiarities of the body practices sensationally advertised in South Korean media and often reported on in the West and other countries too are claimed to be largely the results of the drastic neoliberal restructuring of the whole society, which young women and men have had to undergo ever since the Asian … von by Joo-hyun Cho
Nr. 147 (2018) Asien Aktuell 105–20 {:de}Sri Lanka: Rekonfiguration des Singhalesischen Nationalismus?Sinhala nationalism is the constitutive political ideology for the majority of Sri Lanka’s Buddhist, Sinhalese-speaking majority. This article argues that since the end of the Sri Lankan Civil War (2009), this political ideology has undergone a reconfiguration — now oscillating between competing interpretations. Current president Maithripala Sirisena, elected in 2015 and governing in a unity … von by Sören Köpke
Nr. 146 (2018) Artikel Article 31–55 {:de}Über die Herausforderung(en) des Dialogs mit NordkoreaThis study first tests whether the national and East Asian regional-based particularity of employment patterns in South Korea and Japan — the M-shaped labor force participation rate of women by age and the low labor market participation rate of educated women — is diminished in globalized cities that are closely entangled with diverse nations and … von by Eric J. Ballbach
Nr. 146 (2018) Research Note 96–109 {:de}Taiwans UN-Kampagne 2017: Kleine Schritte statt großer SprungAs a result of its defeat in the Chinese civil war, the Guomindang government of the Republic of China, under the leadership of Chiang Kai-shek, was forced to retreat to Taiwan in 1949. Although the Republic of China was a founding member of the United Nations, occupying indeed a seat on the Security Council, the … von by Tobias Adam

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