A Short History of Bioethics in East Asian Countries ; Experiences of China, Taiwan, Japan, and Korea

2018 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-14
Author(s):  
Ivo Kwon
Keyword(s):  
East Asian ◽  
Asian Countries ◽  
Short History ◽  
History Of ◽  
History Of Bioethics

The fate of an African ‘chaebol’: Malawi's Press Corporation after democratisation

2002 ◽  
Vol 40 (4) ◽  
pp. 651-681 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jan Kees van Donge
Keyword(s):  
Venture Capital ◽  
East Asian ◽  
Asian Countries ◽  
Personal Property ◽  
History Of ◽  
Development Paths ◽  
The Relationship

Press Corporation, a large diversified Malawian company, was the personal property of Kamuzu Banda who ruled Malawi as a dictator for thirty years from independence in 1964. The history of Press is analysed in order to generate insights into the relationship between politics and economics in Africa. Comparative references are made to the experience of East Asian countries, as there are important similarities between their development paths and that of Malawi under Banda. The activities of Press Corporation were, in general, similar to parastatal companies elsewhere in Africa but, unlike the latter, Press was profitable and viable as a commercial entity. This challenges the idea that there is a compelling logic in African patrimonialist politics which necessitates parasitism on the economy. The experience of Press points to the value of such large multisectoral companies, as they can mobilise scarce local savings and channel them as venture capital into areas where investment has large external benefits, while the discipline of the profit and loss account in the company is not lost.

Joseph Needham in Korea, and Korea’s Position in the History of East Asian Science

2020 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 393-401
Author(s):  
Jongtae Lim 林宗台
Keyword(s):  
East Asian ◽  
Modern Science ◽  
Asian Countries ◽  
Chinese Science ◽  
Power Resources ◽  
The World ◽  
History Of ◽  
Late Twentieth ◽  
Late Twentieth Century ◽  
Scientific Achievements

Abstract As they were in other East Asian countries, Joseph Needham and his monumental works were warmly received by Korean historians of science in the late twentieth century. Korean historians appreciated both Needham’s pioneering research on the history of Chinese science and his praise of Korea’s contribution to East Asian scientific tradition, as expressed, for example, in the addenda to volume 3 of Science and Civilisation in China. But the Koreans’ praise of Needham was not unqualified. Needham’s largely favorable remarks on Korean science invited criticism from several prominent Korean historians who noted many factual errors, particularly relating to Korea’s priority over China in several technological inventions. They regarded those errors as indicative of Needham’s deep-rooted historiographical bias, his view of Korea as a mere tributary of China’s scientific tradition. But the Koreans’ criticism of Needham ironically shows that they agreed with the central tenets of Needham’s methodology of crediting scientific achievements to different civilizations, whereby to measure China’s contribution to what Needham termed “universal modern science.” The Koreans only scaled down the scope of comparison from the world of civilizations to a smaller region called East Asia, whereby to compare Korea’s share with that of China. This article thus takes the Korean criticism of Needham as an illuminating case, which invites us to think over a less explored issue in the history of East Asian science: how to write a balanced history of science in a region that is characterized by a stark disparity in power, resources, and achievements between China and its smaller neighbors.

scholarly journals Medical Education in East Asia: Past and Future

2019 ◽  
Vol 107 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Gregg A. Stevens
Keyword(s):  
Medical Education ◽  
Hong Kong ◽  
South Korea ◽  
East Asia ◽  
East Asian ◽  
Asian Countries ◽  
History Of

This collection of essays in Medical Education in East Asia: Past and Future outlines the history of medical education in five East Asian countries and territories: China, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, and Hong Kong.

Corporate Insolvency Law in South Asia

2019 ◽  
pp. 35-73
Author(s):  
Sikha Bansal
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
South Africa ◽  
United Kingdom ◽  
Sri Lanka ◽  
South Asia ◽  
East Asian ◽  
Asian Countries ◽  
Insolvency Law ◽  
History Of ◽  
Corporate Insolvency

The chapter, while making a background study of the principles underlying corporate insolvency laws and corporate insolvency laws prevalent in non-Asian economies (i.e., United States, United Kingdom, Australia, and South Africa), tracks the history of corporate insolvency law in select South-Asian and South-East Asian countries (i.e., Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Malaysia, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and Thailand). The chapter seeks to acquaint the readers with the efforts which led to the various reforms in these jurisdictions.

scholarly journals Some Observations on the Study of the History of Cultural Interactions in East Asia

2010 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 11-35
Author(s):  
Chun-chieh Huang
Keyword(s):  
Paradigm Shift ◽  
Mutual Influence ◽  
East Asian ◽  
First Century ◽  
Historical Study ◽  
Asian Countries ◽  
Self And Other ◽  
History Of ◽  
Regional History ◽  
Cultural Interactions

Abstract This paper attempts to incorporate the history of East Asian cultural interactions into the field of regional history, and toward that end proposes that certain subjects to be explored. The paper consists of five sections. Section 1 draws attention to the newer fields of regional history and global history, as distinct from national history, which occupied great academic interest in the twentieth century. Section 2 suggests a new way to study regional history: shifting our focus from the results of cultural interactions to the process, thus bringing about a paradigm shift in the study of the history of East Asian cultural interactions. Section 3 raises two problematiques in the proposed field of regional history: the mutual influence between self and other, and that between culture and the power structure. Section 4 proposes three types of exchange for further research: (1) exchanges of persons (especially professional intermediate agents), (2) exchanges of goods (especially books), and (3) exchanges of thought. The last section concludes that, with the rising of East Asian countries on the world stage in the twenty-first century, the state-centered style of historical study will be redirected to a broader East Asian perspective. By redefining the history of East Asian cultural interactions as regional history, we will be able to undertake the important task of revisiting and reconsidering on our traditional cultures.

An Interpretive Approach to “Chinese” Identity

2019 ◽  
pp. 81-101
Author(s):  
Youngmin Kim
Keyword(s):  
Qing Dynasty ◽  
East Asian ◽  
Asian Countries ◽  
Chinese Identity ◽  
The Qing Dynasty ◽  
Interpretive Approach ◽  
History Of ◽  
Asian History

This chapter raises new questions concerning existing ways to conceive of Chineseness, particularly considering the cases of other East Asian countries hitherto largely neglected when exploring Chineseness. The chapter first reviews the multiple ways Chineseness has been approached in various disciplines and then undertakes some historical investigations of the development of a specific type of Chineseness in East Asian history. It focuses in particular on the history of the Qing dynasty (1616–1911). This chapter shows that the notion of China constantly undergoes transformation that reflects changing historical conditions over more than two thousand years.

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