...Alfred Kuo-liang Ho Abstract The Grand Council, Chün-chi-ch'u, which functioned mainly as a secretarial and consultative agency to the Emperor, was the most important institution of the Ch'ing Dynasty. The Grand Councilors, Chün-chi Ta-chen, had daily audience with the Emperor to assist him...

... that they establish a new organization, a University Council [ ta-hsüeh yüan ], in place of a Ministry of Education to direct educational affairs. A month later they appointed Ts'ai to the post of Chancellor of the University Council. In the first issue of the Bulletin of the University Council, Ts'ai accounted...

...Ravee Raghavan Poverty and Social Change in Southeast Asia (Selections from the Proceedings, Canadian Council for Southeast Asian Studies, 1978.) . Edited by Ozay Mehmet . Ottawa : University of Ottawa Press , 1979 . 283 pp. Tables, Maps. N.p.l. (paper). Copyright © The Association...

...Immanuel C. Y. Hsu NOTES AND COMMENTS ALLIED COUNCIL FOR JAPAN* The termination of World War II saw the creation of a number of international organizations covering different phases of international life, of which the Allied Council for Japan is one of the two relevant to the occupation of Japan...

...R. Kent Guy Monarchs and Ministers: The Grand Council in Mid-Ch'ing China, 1723–1820 . By Beatrice S. Bartlett . Berkeley, Calif. : University of California Press , 1991 . xxi, 409 pp. $45.00. Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1991 1991 BOOK REVIEWS CHINA...

...Aurelia George Mulgan Japan's Quest for a Permanent Security Council Seat: A Matter of Pride or Justice? . By Reinhard Drifte . New York : St. Martin's Press , 2000 . xiii, 269 pp. $79.95. Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 2001 2001 550 THE JOURNAL OF ASIAN...

...Gordon Mathews Out of the Shadow of 1997? The 2000 Legislative Council Election in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region . Edited by Kuan Hsin-chi , Lau Siukai , and Timothy Ka-ying Wong . Hong Kong : Chinese University Press , 2002 . xviii, 364 pp. $26.00 (paper). Copyright...

... of the Philippines, Diliman, Quezon City.) Agrarian Reform: A Bibliography . Compiled under the direction of Enrique T. Virata with the assistance of Mary H. Rocamora and Catalina A. Nemenzo. Quezon City : Community Development Research Council . University of the Philippines (PACD-NEC-AID-UP Project...

...Alan K. Manchester Portuguese Society in the Tropics: The Municipal Councils of Goa, Macao, Bahia, and Luanda, 1510–1800 . By C. R. Boxer . Madison : University of Wisconsin Press , 1965 . 240 pp. $6.00. Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1966 1966 BOOK REVIEWS...

...Michael Schaller China Policy and National Security . By Frederick Tse-shyang Chen . New York : Transnational Publishers , 1984 . xii, 253 pp. $35. China Policy for the Next Decade: Report of the Atlantic Council's Committee on China Policy . Edited by George R. Packard and Alfred...

...Charles S. Prebish Abstract The problem of Buddhist councils has haunted western Buddhological research through almost all of its last one hundred years. At once, we see that a twopronged approach is necessary if we are to ever have any hope of arriving at a resolution. The first of these involves...

... of other difficult problems such as neutralism and the overseas Chinese. But the many significant omissions weaken an introductory volume which in other respects it is a pleasure to recommend. Council on Foreign Relations, New York WILLIAM HENDERSON A History of Communism in East Asia. By CAPTAIN MALCOLM...

.... Council on Foreign Relations, New York WILLIAM HENDERSON A History of Communism in East Asia. By CAPTAIN MALCOLM KENNEDY. New York: Praeger, 1957. ix, 556. Bibliography, Indices. $8.50. Systematic analysis of the most significant political phenomena of contemporary Asia is still in its early stages...

... states and their racial and ideological content; both papers are thought-provoking and are of great relevance to students of contemporary affairs. Council on Foreign Relations MELVIN CONANT Japanese-Sponsored Governments in China 1937-1945: An Annotated Bibliography Compiled from Materials in the Chinese...

... of suggested readings. Council on Foreign Relations, New York WILLIAM HENDERSON Burma in the Family of Nations. By MATING MATING. Amsterdam: Djambatan Ltd., 1956. xi, 236 (paper). Maung Maung is a distinguished young Burmese lawyer and editor of the independent Rangoon monthly The Guardian. Some time ago...

... it may have value to others. MELVIN CONANT Council on Foreign Relations New Yorl{ An Anthropological Reconnaissance in West Pakistan, 1955. By HENRY FIELD. (Pea- body Museum Papers, Vol. LII). Cambridge, Mass.: The Peabody Museum, 1959. xii, 177. Appendices A-Q, Abbreviations, References, Index, 99...

.... KAUFFMAN Council on Foreign Relations Marriage and Family in India. BY K. M. KAPADIA. Bombay: Oxford University Press, 1966. Third Edition, xxx, 395 pp. Notes and References, Bibliography, Index. $4.00. Professor Kapadia's study of family organization and marriage patterns in India is, to say the least...

... conversations held by the author with many of the Asians present. Council on Foreign Relations MELVIN CONANT ...

... of the vast resources for research in the Japanese language. Langer and Swearingen's careful work demonstrates that critical evaluation can best be done by those who have learned to really know the books by using them. Council on Foreign Relations New York City ROBERT S. SCHWANTES Tibet and the Tibetans...

... a major contribution to existing literature on the economic history of Southeast Asian countries. WILLIAM HENDERSON Council on Foreign Relations ...