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Taiwan’s Liberal Values may Corrode China’s Authoritarian System
Memo #153 By Sonny Lo – sonny [at] ied.edu.hk Hong Kong was returned to the People’s Republic of China (PRC) on July 1, 1997. The island maintained rule of law and civil liberties. Socially,...
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Memo #159 (Video) Featuring Ruth Hayhoe – ruth-hayhoe [at] sympatico.ca Dr. Ruth Hayhoe hopes to stimulate current and future collaboration between Canadian and Chinese universities through her...
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Memo #162 (Video) Featuring Ruth Hayhoe – ruth-hayhoe [at] sympatico.ca Two weeks ago, we published the first part of our interview with Dr. Ruth Hayhoe, where she reflected on the arc of previous...
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Mobilizing the Chinese Education Movement in Malaysia
Memo #174 By Ming-Chee Ang – angmingchee [at] gmail.com The Chinese education movement in Malaysia fought for the survival of Chinese vernacular schools within the Malay-dominated education system...
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The Indonesian Education Dilemma: High Test Scores or Genuine Learning?
Memo #175 By Anna Dall - adall1 [at] usc.edu.au Anna Dall receives a warm welcome by staff at a Lombok school Indonesian students perform consistently poorly in international surveys. In the 2009...
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The Role of the University in Singapore (Video Interview with Dr. Philip Holden)
Memo #179 (Video) Featuring Philip Holden – ellhpj [at] nus.edu.sg The role of the university in Asia has changed over time. Many Asian universities were colonial institutions, and then incubators for...
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독도/다케시마 영토 분쟁을 교육적 계기로 활용하자
Memo #184 (English and Japanese translations available) By 다카야마 케이타(호주, 뉴잉글랜드대학교) & 강희룡(한국, 전북대학교) 최근 한일 양국 사이에 위치한 작은 섬 – 한국명 독도, 일본명 다케시마-을 둘러싸고 외교적 긴장 관계가 조성되고 있다. 물론 이와 같은 긴장관계가 조성된 것이 이번이 처음은...
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竹島・獨島（ドクト）領土問題で教育の果たす役割とは：日韓相互理解へ向けて
Memo #184 (English and Korean translations available) By 高山敬太（ニューイングランド大学、オーストラリア)、姜熙龍(全北大學校, 大韓民国) 日本と韓国の間に浮かぶ小島 ―日本側呼称は竹島、韓国側呼称は獨島（トクト）―...
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Tokdo/Takeshima Island Dispute: A Call for Educators to Act towards Mutual...
Memo #184 (Japanese and Korean translations available) By Hee-Ryong Kang (left, kang.heeryong [at] gmail.com) and Keita Takayama (right, ktakayam [at] une.edu.au) The tiny island that lies between...
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Judo in Japanese Schools – Concerns about Safety
Memo #191 By Robert Aspinall – aspinall [at] biwako.shiga-u.ac.jp Japan’s prime minister, Shinzo Abe oversaw the revision of the 1947 Fundamental Law of Education to emphasise traditional “Japanese...
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What is Language For? “Other” vs. “Heritage” Language Education in Australia
Pacific Prospective features the research of graduate students. Memo #227 By Naghmeh Babaee - Naghmeh_um [at] yahoo.ca Australia is an ethno-linguistically diverse country with more than 15% of people...
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Tertiary Education in Mongolia: Tackling Mongolia’s Labor Deficit Problem
Pacific Prospective features the research of graduate students. Memo #234 By Matthew Neckelmann – mneckelmann [at] gmail.com The Mongolian economy is booming and continues to enjoy an extremely high...
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China’s Environmental Education: A Mandate Unfulfilled
Memo #245 By Rob Efird – efirdr [at] seattleu.edu China’s environmental impacts are front-page news. We have all seen the pictures of smog-choked cities and fouled waterways, and many of us know that...
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Japan-China Relations: Issues and Prospects (Video Interview with Akio...
Memo #253 Featuring Akio Takahara Recently the Asia Pacific Memo sat down with Dr. Akio Takahara, Professor in the Graduate School of Law and Politics at the University of Tokyo and a recognized...
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Visas, Medicine, Education: Feeling Chinese Soft Power in Mongolia
Pacific Prospective features the research of graduate students. Memo #256 By Jargalsaikhan Mendee - mendee [at] alumni.ubc.ca China has been gradually increasing its soft power in neighbouring...
View ArticleThe Global Intensification of Supplementary Education
Memo #271 Featuring Julian Dierkes Recently, Ee-Seul Yoon of the Faculty of Education at UBC in coordination with the Asia Pacific Memo sat down with Dr. Julian Dierkes, Associate Professor and...
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A New Look at Chinese Liberalism among Elite Students
Memo #330 By Fen Lin – fenlin [at] cityu.edu.hk Peking University, the traditional locus of Chinese liberalism, seems to be yielding this role to China’s economics and financial universities. A 2012...
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South Korea Moves Ahead with Plans to Publish State-Authored Textbooks
Memo #348 By: Rufina K. Park – rufina.park [at] asiapacific.ca South Korea Nationalizes History Textbooks In October 2015, the South Korean government announced its decision to nationalize middle and...
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Reflection Requires Reading: A New Japanese Middle School History Textbook
Memo #379 By:Hyung Gu Lynn – hlynn [at] mail.ubc.ca Despite the regular protests by South Korean and Chinese governments there remains confusion about Japanese history textbooks in terms of their...
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NYU Shanghai and the Future of International Higher Education in China
Memo #261 By Joel Heng Hartse – joelhartse [at] gmail.com New York University Shanghai recently completed its first semester of operations. Though NYU Shanghai was recently touted by National Public...
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