Category: Cross-Currents

ARTICLES

Territoriality and Space Production in China

Editor’s Introduction
Guest Editor You-tien Hsing (University of California, Berkeley), 1

Analyses of the local state in China in the past three decades have made a major contribution to the theorization of the state. … [W]e have learned that the local state can no longer be treated as a passive agent, subordinate to the principality of the central state …. A growing number of studies on the unprecedented pace and scale of urban expansion in China since the 1980s have been undertaken in parallel with the theorization of the local state. … The key role of the local state is made plain in this body of research, as most changes are invariably dominated by the state and its policies. Continue reading “Cross-Currents: East Asian History and Culture Review, vol. 1, no. 1 (2012)”

The University of Hawai‘i Press is pleased to announce the debut of Cross-Currents East Asian History and Culture Review. A collaborative effort of the Institute of East Asian Studies at University of California, Berkeley, and Korea University’s Research Institute of Korean Studies, Cross-Currents is a quarterly e-journal dedicated to facilitating “frequent and open communication between Eastern and Western scholars regarding issues related to East Asian studies.” A selection of works featured in the inaugural issue may be accessed via the links below.

Letter from the Co-Editors: Our Vision for Cross-Currents
Sungtaek Cho, Wen-hsin Yeh

Introduction by the Guest Editor: Territoriality and Space Production in China
You-tien Hsing

Photo Essay: Beijing Besieged by Garbage
Wang Jiuliang