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In a word, I love this book and the progressive policy approaches it discusses that have been tried and tested by our Scandinavian friends. Yes, it's a decade old, but perhaps sadly, it's still very relevant to Australia, which at times seems to be about 10 years behind the rest of parts of the western world in our policy settings. (Looking at you #housing, #childcare, clean #energy, #justice, #futurefund, #tax and #economic policies!). We can do better to support vulnerable #Australians so that no one gets left behind.

In our just-published paper, we provide a mathematical framework for the japa concept. This stems from our belief that all the issues that bedevil our society require interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary solutions. For your reading pleasure and intellectual engagement, feel very free to check the paper at https://lnkd.in/gdsvaRFD Adejimi Adeniji (Ph.D) Seun Ale Matthew Ekum

Authors from People's Republic of China seldom call Taiwan "Republic of China". But someone did on an article, which led us to find 20+ problematic articles, likely got involved in Authorship-for-Sale. Details: https://lnkd.in/gTUv9cHy

𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄: "𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗮 𝗶𝗻 𝗧𝗲𝗻 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗱𝘀" 𝗯𝘆 𝗬𝘂 𝗛𝘂𝗮 - Yu's personal experiences growing up in Maoist and post-Mao China are genuine and revealing, his division of Chinese life into broad concepts helpful, and still the subject is too large to embrace! #books #bookreviews #bookworm #readreadread #yuhua #chinaintenwords #china #chinaculture #mao #memoir

Our next Japan Zoominar @UC San Diego on Tuesday, May 14 from 4-5 p.m. Pacific (May 15 from 8-9 a.m. JST) Noriyuki Shikata will join Ulrike Schaede for a discussion of Japan's Policy Priorities under Prime Minister Kishida. Register: https://bit.ly/4aOVXig Join the public face and voice of current Japanese policy in this conversation with Noriyuki Shikata, who currently serves as Cabinet Secretary for Public Affairs for Prime Minister Kishida’s administration. We will cover topics ranging from Japan’s defense and foreign policy, including the “Free and Open Indo-Pacific” and support for Ukraine, all the way to PM Kishida’s concept of “New Form of Capitalism” and Japan’s vision of a “green transformation”. Noriyuki Shikata was appointed as Cabinet Secretary for Public Affairs under Prime Minister Fumio KISHIDA in October 2021. Most recently, he was Assistant Minister/Director General, Economic Affairs Bureau of Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) (2020-21). His other prior positions include: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Deputy Chief of Mission, Embassy of Japan in China (2017-19); Deputy Director General, Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau, MOFA (2016-17); Political Minister, Embassy of Japan in the U.K.(2012-14); Director of Global Communications, Prime Minister’s Office (2010-12), Director of respectively, Economic Treaties, Second North America (Japan-U.S. economic issues), International Press, and Status of U.S. Forces Agreement Divisions. He has also been a Visiting Professor at Kyoto University’s Graduate School of Law/Public Policy (Japan’s diplomacy), and Associate, Program on U.S.-Japan Relations, Harvard University. He holds a B.A. in Law from Kyoto University and Master of Public Policy (MPP) from Harvard Kennedy School of Government. He is a winner of the Gold Standard Award for Political Communications 2011. His Twitter handle is: @norishikata. Ulrike Schaede is Professor of Japanese Business at the University of California, San Diego, School of Global Policy and Strategy. Her research focuses on Japan’s changing business strategies, innovation, and corporate culture change. Books include “The Business Reinvention of Japan” (2020; in Japanese 「再興 THE KAISHA: 日本のビジ ネス・リインベンション」) and「シン日本の経営：悲観バイアスを排す」(2024, in Japanese only). #Japan #japanpolitics #PMkishida #cabinetofficejapan #japangeopolitics #japanpolicy #japanpublicaffairs

I’m happy to share my latest article "Han Kang's Nobel Win: The Literary Miracle on the Han River" 📚 A heartfelt thank you to the SAIS Observer team and my insightful interviewee, Sophie Bowman, for contributing to this narrative. I explored how South Korea's growing cultural footprint has brought global recognition to profound works like Han Kang's, which delve deeply into the nation's historical identity. I hope you enjoy reading! https://lnkd.in/dU-Nig9N

In my essay this week, I offer Part 2 of a translation from "Outline History of Modern China" 《近代中国史纲》, the final work produced by my grandfather Kuo Ting-yee (郭廷以). Still taught as a textbook across much of Greater China, it was completed in 1974; he died the following year, in September 1975. Last week I published Sections 1 and 2 of Chapter 14 ("Again, Revolution"). This next selection is of Sections 4 and 5 (as the third section focuses on economic development, and is a bit dry). This selection focuses on the May 4th Incident and its aftermath: the publication of a bewildering range of periodicals and magazines that introduced an equally bewildering range of new intellectual currents from the West — every flavor of socialism you can imagine, and then some. It looks at the emerging schism between Hu Shi 胡适 and Chen Duxiu 陈独秀, the two luminaries of the first half of the New Culture Movement, as they championed divergent approaches to enlightenment and national salvation. I hope you enjoy this offering. The link to the piece is in the comments.

https://lnkd.in/eQFs-xF8 A new issue of the Journal of Lao Studies is out, with our article about the Lao American Archive Project.

ESTONIAN SAILORS DISCOVERED JAPAN EVEN BEFORE ITS ISOLATION ENDED Discover the fascinating history of Estonian-Japanese relations, from the first Estonian sailor's arrival in Japan in 1804 to contemporary connections. Ene Selart's book, "Estonia and Japan: Relations from the 19th Century to the Beginning of the 21st Century," explores this 200-year history with rich narratives and historical photographs. https://lnkd.in/dXPVQxdN