...Gary D. Rawnsley Investigative Journalism in China: Eight Cases in Chinese Watchdog Journalism . Edited by David Bandurski and Martin Hala . Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press , 2010 . vi, 184 pp. $50.00 (cloth); $28.00 (paper). Each chapter maps the process of the investigation...

... Shinzo Abe watchdog journalism Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's troubles in 2018 owe much to Japan's resilient liberal media. Between 2011 and 2017, the media was mostly on its back foot, losing credibility over its initial coverage about the Fukushima nuclear accident and withstanding heavy-handed...

... pubic statements call on followers to save souls of others and break with existing tradition. Falun Gong's progressive potential also goes way beyond the initial intentions of the activists, promoting watchdog journalism and spurring the imitation of other movements. Even Minyun activism borrows...

... was a sequel of sorts to one held nine months earlier in Seoul, another example of AAS-in-Asia and JAS synergy. It begins with a brief introduction by J ENNIFER H. M UNGER , followed by the first of five presentations, “Watchdog Journalism in Japan Rebounds but Still Compromised,” a long essay by J eff K...

... tactics to deal with the top-down propaganda control and therefore be able to set their own agenda. This view is shared by Hu Shuli and Zhan Jiang. Their respective chapters (3 and 5) emphasize the watchdog function of business and commercial media and the collaboration of the media and public...

.... 2003 2003 1218 THE JOURNAL OF ASIAN STUDIES against unstable landscapes partly obscured by clouds, smoke, and ominous banks of fog that allows the viewer insight into the fleeting, unstable nature of samsara against the rock-solid, flat calm of the enlightened, gilded Buddha" (p. 174). Such elegant...

...Joel E. Rocamora Marcos and Martial Law in the Philippines . Edited by David A. Rosenberg . Ithaca,.N.Y. : Cornell University Press , 1979 . Appendixes, Index. 315 pp. $17.50 (cloth). Copyright © Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1981 1981 430 JOURNAL OF ASIAN STUDIES...

... Reading, Index. No price. (Available from Cellar Bookshop.) 432 JOURNAL OF ASIAN STUDIES watchdog over the actions of the other departments of government to that of a pliable institution that recognizes the exigencies of a given reality and adapts to it" (p. 97). Surely these points add up to something...

... Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1990 1990 660 THE JOURNAL OF ASIAN STUDIES But even the male-centered stories of this collection are written with exemplary restraint. The two semi-autobiographical stories, "Cigarette" and "Martyrdom," based on Mishima's own experiences at an elite...

... THE JOURNAL OF ASIAN STUDIES as eleven chances. Furthermore, since 1994, the government has implemented the Mandal Commission's recommendations, providing reservation for the backward classes. As a result, "a total of 50 percent reservation has now been made for candidates belonging to the Scheduled Castes...

...H. D. Harootunian Meiji ishinshi (A History of the Meiji Restoration . By Sakata Yoshio . Tokyo : Miraisha , 1960 . 266 . Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1962 1962 394 JOURNAL OF ASIAN STUDIES attention, the former for his penterating essays and influential...

... in a Chinese painting in which he appears in the guise of Vimalakirti, the Indian Buddhist lay hero renowned for his 1216 THE JOURNAL OF ASIAN STUDIES dramatic teaching of nonduality. This visually disconcerting conflation of personalities historically separated by vast expanses of time and geography sets...

... implementation. Here, the role of information is particularly important. It is difficult for the central leadership to monitor every local official in rural China. Therefore, rightful resisters act as “third parties” or watchdogs to alert higher authorities of local cadre misdeeds (p. 29). The center tolerates...

... for the Eradication of Crimes by U.S. Troops, the first civic monitoring and watchdog group in Korea to chronicle and investigate crimes against Korean civilians by U.S. service members. Throughout the late 1990s, Chŏng explored the possibilities for peace activism in South Korea, and more recently, she joined...

... prevalence declined. Manion concludes that the link between anti-corruption interventions and results in Hong Kong is about as clear as it can be (p. 83). In contrast to the independence of Hong Kong s anticorruption watchdog, investigations in China are subordinate to the CCP. Although economic crimes...

.... Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1987. R U D O L P H , LLOYD I . , AND SUSANNE HOEBER R U D O L P H . In Pursuit of Lakshmi: The Political Economy of the Indian State. Chicago: Chicago University Press, 1987. The Journal of Asian Studies 48, no. 4 (November 1989):787-97. © 1989 by the Association...

... and Practice about Space in Calcutta .” Public Culture 10 ( 1 ): 83 – 113 . Khosla Romi . 1984 . “ Including Iconography and Images in Architecture .” Journal of Arts and Ideas 7 (April-June): 5 – 36 . King Anthony . 1976 . Colonial Urban Development: Culture, Social Power, and Environment...

... . 2008 . “ Political expression in the Chinese Blogophere: Below the Radar .” Asian Survey 48 ( 5 ): 752 – 772 . Esarey Ashley and Qiang Xiao . 2011 . “Digital communication and political change in China.” International Journal of Communications 5 (2011): 298 – 319 . Fletcher...

... 1945, he launched into politics, journalism, and activism, making a name for himself among officials, business circles, and even the Taiwanese government as a person to go to for expert advice on how to organize the fight against communism. His ideological reformulation and brokerage reveal a wider...

..., DIOSCORO S. Conservation in the Philippines. Silliman journal 13 (1966), 594- Articles 604. 5437. AQUINO, BENIGNO S., jr. Looking ahead: a 5421. RACELA, R. E. The Bureau of Standards: proposal for cooperative ownership. Solidarity watchdog of Philippine products. Philippine 2, no. 8 (July/Aug. 1967), 39-46...