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China Review International, vol. 16, no. 2 (2009)

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China’s Rising Presence in Africa (reviewing Sarah Raine, China’s African Challenges; Chris Alden, Daniel Large, and Ricardo Soares de Oliveira, editors, China Returns to Africa: A Rising Power and Continent Embrace)
Reviewed by Ian Taylor, 155

Continuing the Reevaluation: Four Studies of the Cultural Revolution (reviewing Roderick MacFarquhar and Michael Schoenhals, Mao’s Last Revolution; Frederick C. Teiwes and Warren Sun, The End of the Maoist Era: Chinese Politics during the Twilight of the Cultural Revolution, 1972–1976; Mobo Gao, The Battle for China’s Past: Mao and the Cultural Revolution; Paul Clark, The Chinese Cultural Revolution: A History)
Reviewed by John A. Rapp, 160

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Asian Perspectives, vol. 48, no. 2 (2009)

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Environment, Ecology, and Interaction in Japan, Korea, and the Russian Far East: the Millennial History of a Japan Sea Oikumene
C. Melvin Aikens, Irina S. Zhushchikhovskaya, and Song Nai Rhee, 207

Encircling the Sea of Japan, or East Sea in Korean terms, is a north-temperate landscape that includes thousands of miles of deeply indented seacoast, mountains, and plains, all covered by variously mixed woodlands. The Japanese archipelago comprises its eastern edge, fronting the Pacific Ocean, while the great Amur-Ussuri-Sungari riverine plain forms its far west. We perceive the region comprised by modern Korea, Japan, and the Russian Far East as a “Japan Sea Oikumene,” and review culture-historical and environmental evidence to show that—contrary to earlier historical and archaeological impressions—the region has a long-lived ecological and technological unity as a distinctive “cultural world” that can be traced continuously from late Pleistocene into recent times.

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Philosophy East and West, vol. 60, no. 4 (2010)

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Cartesian Intuitions, Humean Puzzles, and the Buddhist Conception of the Self
Alan Tomhave, 443

The Cartesian conception of the self is of an essentially thinking thing, a robust “I,” one that wills, feels, et cetera. This Cartesian self is often taken as opposed to the Buddhist conception of the self, which includes the doctrine of anatta, or “no soul.” Continue reading “Philosophy East and West, vol. 60, no. 4 (2010)”

Pacific Science, vol. 64, no. 4 (2010)

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Biology and Impacts of Pacific Island Invasive Species. 6. Prosopis pallida and Prosopis juliflora (Algarroba, Mesquite, Kiawe) (Fabaceae)
Timothy Gallaher and Mark Merlin, 489-526

Prosopis pallida and P. juliflora (commonly referred to as algarroba, mesquite, or kiawe) were introduced from South America to areas in Oceania, Asia, and Africa during the early nineteenth century. In many cases, they naturalized and became widespread. Continue reading “Pacific Science, vol. 64, no. 4 (2010)”

Buddhist-Christian Studies, vol. 30 (2010)

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EDITORIAL by Mahinda Deegalle, v

ARTICLES

The Prospects for a Mahāyāna Theology of Emptiness: A Continuing Debate
John P. Keenan, 3

“Till Death Do Us Part”? Buddhist Insights on Christian Marriage
Wioleta Polinska, 29

AUTHORITY IN BUDDHISM AND CHRISTIANITY.
ENBCS Conference Papers edited by Perry Schmidt-Leukel

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The Contemporary Pacific, vol. 22, no. 2: Flying Fox Excursions

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Albert Wendt’s Creative and Critical Legacy in Oceania

Guest edited by Teresia K Teaiwa and Selina Tusitala Marsh

The Contemporary Pacific 22.2 cover imageThe Pacific Islands, iv

About the Artist: Michel Tuffery, ix

Albert Wendt’s Critical and Creative Legacy in Oceania: An Introduction
Teresia Teaiwa and Selina Tusitala Marsh, 233

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China Review International, vol. 16, no. 1 (2009)

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Doing Business in China: Tips for an Outsider (Lǎowài)
(reviewing Xiaowen Tian, Managing International Business in China; Tim Ambler, Morgen Witzel, and Chao Xi, Doing Business in China; Hong Liu, Chinese Business: Landscapes and Strategies)
Reviewed by Anton Kriz and Byron Keating, 1

What Time Is the “Great Divergence”? And Why Economic Historians Think It Matters
(reviewing Walter Scheidel, editor, Rome and China: Comparative Perspectives on Ancient World Empires; Tommy Bengstsson, Cameron Campbell, and James Z. Lee, Life Under Pressure: Mortality and Living Standards in Europe and Asia, 1700–1900)
Reviewed by Niv Horesh, 18

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