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East Asia Pub Date : 2024-08-24 DOI: 10.1007/s12140-024-09433-z

Shay Yeger, Guy Podoler

{"title":"The CNN Effect and South Korea’s Humanitarian Response to North Korea: A Media-Driven Policy?","authors":"Shay Yeger, Guy Podoler","doi":"10.1007/s12140-024-09433-z","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s12140-024-09433-z","url":null,"abstract":"This study explores the intersection of media and policy in inter-Korean relations, focusing on the impact of South Korean media on the government’s response to the North Korean famine. Examining the famine through the “CNN effect” and Robinson’s “policy-media interaction model,” we move beyond simplistic cause-and-effect narratives and assess the media’s potential to drive policy change in a unique context: a divided nation marked by both deep animosity and shared cultural ties. Our analysis reveals that the South Korean media predominantly conveyed informative narratives rather than emotional ones during the coverage of the North Korean famine. We argue that, consistent with the interaction model, the media primarily functioned to solidify societal consensus on humanitarian aid, rather than directly shaping government policy. Robinson’s framework supports this finding, suggesting that media influence diminishes when policy goals are clearly defined, as they were for South Korea’s response to the famine. However, this study also addresses the limitations of Robinson’s model, noting that it may oversimplify media behavior by neglecting crucial cultural, political, and historical factors. Ultimately, this study sheds light on the nuanced dynamics of media, policy, and inter-Korean relations in the face of a humanitarian crisis.","PeriodicalId":53913,"journal":{"name":"East Asia","volume":"14 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2024-08-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142186307","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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The Role of Vietnam in Resolving Regional Conflicts in Mainland Southeast Asia in the First Half of the Nineteenth Century 十九世纪上半叶越南在解决东南亚大陆地区冲突中的作用

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East Asia Pub Date : 2024-08-19 DOI: 10.1007/s12140-024-09432-0

Nguyen Thi My Hanh

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Negotiating with the Past: China’s Tactical Use of History, Emotion and Identity in the Sino-British Talks on the Future of Hong Kong 与过去谈判：中国在中英香港前途谈判中对历史、情感和身份认同的策略性运用

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East Asia Pub Date : 2024-01-05 DOI: 10.1007/s12140-023-09422-8

Matthew Hurst

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Hydro-Hegemony Assertion: the Dragon on the Mainland Southeast Asia 水文霸权主张：东南亚大陆上的巨龙

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East Asia Pub Date : 2023-12-26 DOI: 10.1007/s12140-023-09423-7

I. Permata

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South Korea’s Fragmented Aid Structure from the 1960s to Early 1990s: Analysis Through Path Dependence 20世纪60年代至90年代初韩国支离破碎的援助结构:基于路径依赖的分析

East Asia Pub Date : 2023-11-01 DOI: 10.1007/s12140-023-09421-9

Hyomin Jung

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International and Domestic Factors of Battery Electric Vehicle Technology Diffusion in Japan 日本纯电动汽车技术扩散的国内外因素

East Asia Pub Date : 2023-10-16 DOI: 10.1007/s12140-023-09418-4

Jati Satrio, Mansur Juned, Syahrul Salam

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Correction to: China’s Belt and Road Initiative: Ambiguous Model Veiled in Straightforward Pragmatism 更正:中国的“一带一路”倡议:隐藏在直白实用主义下的模糊模式

East Asia Pub Date : 2023-08-01 DOI: 10.1007/s12140-023-09414-8

Jyrki Kallio

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Role of the People's Republic of China in the Activities of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation. 中华人民共和国在上海合作组织活动中的作用。

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East Asia Pub Date : 2022-01-01 Epub Date: 2021-09-03 DOI: 10.1007/s12140-021-09373-y

Victoria V Perskaya, Bari G Khairov, Nikolay S Revenko, Saida M Khairova

{"title":"Role of the People's Republic of China in the Activities of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation.","authors":"Victoria V Perskaya, Bari G Khairov, Nikolay S Revenko, Saida M Khairova","doi":"10.1007/s12140-021-09373-y","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s12140-021-09373-y","url":null,"abstract":"The aim of the study is to identify the role of the People's Republic of China in the activities of the organisation, based on the Chinese vision of its role in the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation as one of the ideological and philosophical leaders that determine its focus and ideology. In particular, China implements the principle of polycentrism in Eurasia and interstate partnership and promotes the idea of state-regulated economic globalisation. The methodology of this scientific research is based on the analytical method of studying the issues related to the topic of the scientific research. China proceeds from the concept of ensuring full sovereignty by the member states of the organisation, but against the backdrop of low development rates of national economies (up to 2-2.5%) and lack of awareness by countries of their national interests in the region, Chinese business will strengthen its expansion, relying on both the World Trade Organisation rules and using protectionist measures by absorbing ineffective business entities. China is guided by the principles of non-interference in the internal affairs of other states, while maintaining its socio-political model based on the fusion of the communist ideology and the traditional philosophical doctrines of China and the mentality of the country's population, excluding the democracy export policy, denying the desire for undivided hegemony and to rule the world community. This is confirmed by the main key elements of the People's Republic of China's foreign policy, determined by the Chinese leadership.","PeriodicalId":53913,"journal":{"name":"East Asia","volume":"39 2","pages":"149-160"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8414945/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39393552","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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China's "Weaponized" Vaccine: Intertwining Between International and Domestic Politics. 中国的“武器化”疫苗:国际与国内政治的交织。

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East Asia Pub Date : 2022-01-01 Epub Date: 2022-01-21 DOI: 10.1007/s12140-021-09382-x

Dechun Zhang, Ahmed Bux Jamali

{"title":"China's \"Weaponized\" Vaccine: Intertwining Between International and Domestic Politics.","authors":"Dechun Zhang, Ahmed Bux Jamali","doi":"10.1007/s12140-021-09382-x","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s12140-021-09382-x","url":null,"abstract":"Ever since China has formally joined the WHO-backed global COVID-19 vaccine initiative known as COVAX, there is a presumed notion that China's vaccine diplomacy will make a significant contribution to the international public good and thus uplift Beijing's role as the rule-maker of international order. To scrutinize this, the paper asks if China succeeded in proliferating its weaponized vaccine policy to obtain maximum diplomatic gains and soft power projection to intensify its international image, geopolitical power, and domestic politico legitimacy. The authors argue that despite its vaccine diplomacy demonstrated the robust governance capacity and responsibility to be a great power. Yet, Beijing's geopolitical influence and international image are significantly overrated and not enough to play a more prominent role in the global power fulcrum/equilibrium. On the contrary, China enjoys a leading position on the domestic political front. Its successful portrayal of China's vaccine provision in the global market and remarkable configuration to leverage a deep-rooted nationalism has fundamentally provided China with a powerful rationale to divert its public's attention from Beijing's earlier inadequate handling of the outbreak. The evaluation of the paper reveals that China's vaccine diplomacy's influence in promoting international image and geopolitics is limited but has successfully stabilized its domestic political environment and enhanced its domestic legitimacy.","PeriodicalId":53913,"journal":{"name":"East Asia","volume":"39 3","pages":"279-296"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8776365/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39859046","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Narrating the South Pacific in and Beyond Great Power Politics. 大国政治内外的南太平洋叙事。

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East Asia Pub Date : 2022-01-01 Epub Date: 2022-01-30 DOI: 10.1007/s12140-021-09383-w

Chengxin Pan, Matthew Clarke

{"title":"Narrating the South Pacific in and Beyond Great Power Politics.","authors":"Chengxin Pan, Matthew Clarke","doi":"10.1007/s12140-021-09383-w","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s12140-021-09383-w","url":null,"abstract":"Once considered a bunch of \"small islands in a far sea\" by outside powers, the South Pacific now looms increasingly large on the global geopolitical landscape, attracting the strategic attention of an array of great powers. This has prompted many scholars and commentators to focus on the rise of great power rivalry in the region. Yet, with few exceptions, the existing literature has paid little attention to how the regional dynamics are framed by the dominant narrative of great power politics in the first place and how as a result it has failed to adequately consider alternative voices, concerns and narratives from within the region. This Special Issue aims to tentatively address this neglect by questioning the unreflective narration of regional power dynamics as mere \"great power politics\" and by highlighting the competing narratives about this region and their policy implications for conducting relations between the South Pacific and \"outside powers\". In doing so, it seeks to provide a new critical and self-reflective angle for the debate on the South Pacific. This article first examines the extent to which \"great power politics\" reflects the reality of the power dynamics in the South Pacific. It then explains why it is important to focus on the theme of narratives and to understand their socially constitutive role in producing knowledge and shaping reality. The third section briefly introduces the five articles in this Issue and outlines their contributions.","PeriodicalId":53913,"journal":{"name":"East Asia","volume":"39 1","pages":"1-11"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8800823/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39893360","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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