...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). Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc...

... 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...

... 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 cultural rituals it deems successful...

... 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...

... seized chances as well as withstood challenges provided by the wide application of the Internet. Several of these perspectives have been ignored or rarely addressed in the existing literature, including military journalism, the media-court relationship, and the impacts of the media on foreign policy...

.... 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 Copyright © Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1981 1981 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). 430 JOURNAL OF ASIAN STUDIES...

....) Copyright © Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1981 1981 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...

... candidates in the reserved category can take as many 1086 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...

...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...

... Korea .” Asian Women 5 : 19 – 38 . Diamond Larry . 1994 . “ Rethinking Civil Society: Toward Democratic Consolidation .” Journal of Democracy 5 ( 3 ): 4 – 17 . Diamond Larry . 1999 . Developing Democracy: Toward Consolidation . Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press...

.... 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 are prosecuted, many...

.... 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...

... . 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 . London : Routledge . Lynch Kevin . 1992 . The Image of the City...

... of government controls in cyberspace (Liang and Lu 2010 , 109). To date, much of the Anglophone analysis of the Chinese blogosphere has focused on the ability of Chinese bloggers to influence or check state action, serving as both a source of public criticism and increased accountability. This watchdog...

... 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...

... of commercial law. There is greater transparency than before in the corporate governance of state companies, particularly those listed on overseas stock exchanges. The media and nongovernmental organizations as watchdogs are more active in India. But corporate ownership of media is a problem for independent...