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Routledge has an illustrious history in research and reference publishing. You can explore this area of the site to learn more about our featured research, reference, monographs, handbooks and major works in Asian Studies. In addition, you can visit one of following areas for broad representation of our reference publishing program:

Recent Research & Reference Articles

  1. Natural Disaster and Nuclear Crisis in Japan

    Did the March 11/11 crisis spark real reform, or has it simply been a return to business as usual?

    In Natural Disaster and Nuclear Crisis in Japan, Jeff Kingston looks back to the day when natural disasters resulted in death and destruction and “Japan’s Chernobyl”. You can read a review by the Japan Times here.

  2. Handbook Heritage

    Have you seen our Routledge Asian Studies Handbooks?

    We are proud to promote our outstanding selection of handbooks providing the most cutting edge and up to data research on key areas of Asian Studies. Each handbook is written by an international team of experts in their fields making these leading handbooks in the area.

  3. Featured Title: Film Censorship in the Asia-Pacific Region

    Film censorship has always been a controversial matter, particularly in jurisdictions with restrictive state-based censorship systems. Film Censorship in the Asia-Pacfic Region reviews the movie censorship system in the Asia-Pacific by comparing the systems used in Malaysia, Hong Kong and Australia.

    Recommend this book to your librarian here.

  4. Market and Temple Fairs of Rural China

    Featured Author: Gene Cooper

    Gene Cooper’s new book is a multi-sited ethnographic study of market and temple fairs in the region of Jinhua, a city on the east coast of China and the home of Hengdian, “China’s Hollywood.” The Market and Temple Fairs of Rural China: Red Fire weaves together historical and ethnographic methodologies in a spirited account of the genealogies and contemporary practices of a variety of forms of performance at these local gatherings.

    Here you can listen to Gene being interviewed by East Asian Studies.

  5. Governing Health in Contemporary China

    VIDEO: Getting at the Heart of China’s Public Health Crisis

    In this video by the author of Governing Health in Contemporary China, the author talks about the political and policy dynamics of health governance in post-Mao China.

  6. Government and Politics in Taiwan

    Featured Author: Dafydd Fell

    With the paperback release of Party Politics in Taiwan, we would like to bring your attention to our featured author Dafydd Fell.

  7. Featured Title: Consumers and Individuals in China

    Breaking new ground in the study of Chinese urban society, Consumers and Individuals in China applies critical discourse analysis to ethnographic data gathered in Anshan, a third-tier city and market in northeast China.

  8. Featured Title: Routledge Handbook of South Asian Economics

    The Routledge Handbook of South Asian Economics addresses the recent economic transformation in South Asia. Leading experts in the field look at the major economic achievements and challenges for the region and examine why economic development across the South Asia region has diverged so significantly since the early 1990s.

  9. Featured Author: John Garrick

    With the new release of Law and Policy for China's Market Socialism, we would like to bring your attention to our featured author John Garrick.

  10. Featured Series: Routledge Research on Taiwan

    Edited by Dafydd Fell of the School of Oriental and African Studies at the University of London, this series provides context and analysis of a broad range of topics on Taiwan.

    Read more about the series here, and view the books.

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