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|a Asian Century... on a Knife-Edge :
|b A 360 Degree Analysis of Asia's Recent Economic Development.
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|a Intro -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- US Reboots Post-war Asia -- From Asian Renaissance to Asian Century Hype -- From Asian Century Hype to Donald J. Trump -- Trump Administration Moves into Action -- Taking Stock of Asia's Economic and Social Development -- Seven Challenges for an Asian Century -- What Next for the Asian Century? -- Part I: Taking Stock of Asia's Economic and Social Development -- Chapter 2: Asia's Stunted Economic Development -- What Is the Outlook for Asia's Catch Up Economies? -- Size Matters, But Not 100% -- Japan Almost Made It! -- Korea: The Chaebol Republic -- China's Conundrums -- India: A Slow Burner -- Indonesia's Oligarchy -- Vietnam, the Next China? -- Concluding Comments -- Chapter 3: Asia's Mythical Middle-Class Society -- Asia's Stunted Middle Class -- Middle Class in Manila -- Escaping Extreme Poverty -- Inequality Holds Back Asia's Poverty Reduction -- Asia's Precariat -- Surviving on the Threshold of Poverty in Bangladesh -- Poverty in the Midst of Prosperity: The Case of Singapore -- Japan's Two-Track Job Market and Vulnerability -- A Deeper Look at Poverty Reduction and Asia's Toilet Crisis -- A Deeper Look at Poverty Reduction and the Impact of Natural Disasters -- Asia's Education Divide -- Asia's Digital Divide -- Asia's Appalling Human Rights -- Happiness and Asia's Middle Class -- The Rise of Asia's Super Rich -- Part II: Seven Challenges for an Asian Century -- Chapter 4: Getting Better Value Out of Global Value Chains -- Birth of GVCs -- GVCs, a Fast Track to Development -- Hooking on to GVCs -- Asian Trade and Investment Liberalization -- Trans-Pacific Partnership -- Trump Trade Policy -- Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership -- Climbing GVCs -- China's Efforts to Climb GVCs -- China's R& -- D -- China "Innovation Mercantilism" -- China's Outward FDI.
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|a China's Industrial Espionage -- Entrepreneurship in China -- Asia's Weak Participation in GVCs for Services -- Risks and Challenges of GVC-Based Development -- The Quest for Socially Responsible GVCs -- Chapter 5: Making the Most of Urbanization's Potential -- Insights from Sir W. Arthur Lewis -- Labor Unrest in China -- China's Urban Apartheid -- Urban Poverty and Slums -- Dharavi, India's Most Famous Slum -- Indonesia's Infrastructure Crisis -- Asia's Urban Environmental Disaster -- Urbanization and Asia's Innovation Imperative -- Asia's Best City: Singapore Versus Hong Kong -- Chapter 6: Giving All Asians a Chance! -- LGBT Rights in Asia -- The Many Trials of Womanhood in Japan -- The Plight of South Asia's Women -- Asia's Missing Women -- Forced Child Marriage in South Asia -- Pakistan's Dishonorable Honor-Killing Epidemic -- Asia's Indigenous Peoples -- Indonesia's West Papuans -- China's Tibetans -- Dire Situation of China's Uighurs -- Sri Lanka Needs National Reconciliation -- India's Caste System Is Still Alive and Well -- Chapter 7: Solving Asia's Demographic Dilemmas -- Asia's Demographic Transitions -- India's Demographic Destiny -- East Asia's Fading Fertility -- China's "Two-Child Policy" -- Economic Costs of Asia's Aging Populations -- Social Policy Challenges of Asia's Aging Populations -- Korea's Shameful Demographic Drama -- Japan's Silver Democracy -- Japan's Immigration Imperative -- Toward a Multicultural Korea -- Chapter 8: Fixing Asia's Flawed Politics -- Asia's Democracy Deficit -- What's Holding Back Asia's Democratization? -- Will China Democratize? -- Korea's Corrupt Democracy -- Japan's Oligarchic Democracy -- Philippines' Populist Temptation -- Thailand, the Land of a Thousand Coups -- Military Hangs on in Myanmar -- Naïve Appeal of Authoritarian Government -- Why Democracy Matters, Even in Asia.
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|a Chapter 9: Combating Asia's Economic Crime -- Counterfeiting and Piracy -- Illegal Drug Production and Trafficking in Asia -- Environmental Crime -- Human Trafficking in Asia -- Human Smuggling -- Corruption in Asia -- Japan's Institutionalized Corruption -- Malaysia's Crime of the Century -- China's Cancerous Corruption -- Mongolia's Corruption Curse -- Lessons from Clean Singapore -- Money Laundering in Asia -- Cybercrime -- Chapter 10: Can Asian Countries Live Together in Peace and Harmony? -- US and Asia During the Cold War -- Rehabilitation of China -- Japan, from Chinese Friend to Foe -- Taiwan and China: It's Complicated -- Hong Kong and China: It's Even More Complicated -- North Korean Imbroglio -- China Snaffles the South China Sea from Its Southeast Asian Neighbors -- China Fractures ASEAN -- China's Leadership for Asian Infrastructure -- Belt and Road Initiative for a Sinocentric Asia -- Chinese and Indian Frictions -- Obama's Pivot to Asia -- Trump's Potshots at Asia -- The Future of Peace and Harmony in Asia -- Part III: Looking Ahead -- Chapter 11: What Next for the Asian Century? -- Can Asia Rise to the Challenge? -- The Donald Trump Collision -- A World with Increasingly Divergent Interests -- Risks of Conflict and Crisis -- Erratum to: Introduction -- Index.
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