FEATURES

BUTTER DIPLOMACY: Food and Drink as a Social Lubricant in Dutch East India Company Trade with Japan
by Michael Laver

ASIA, SHAKESPEARE, AND THE WORLD: Digital Resources for Teaching about Globalization
by Alexander C. Y. Huang

WHICH BUDDHA IS THIS ANYWAY? Notes on Identifying the Enlightened Ones
by Frank L. Chance

FAMILIAR STORY, MACBETH—NEW CONTEXT, NOH AND KUROSAWA'S THRONE OF BLOOD
by Minae Yamamoto Savas

PRODIGY OF TAIWAN, DIVA OF ASIA: Teresa Teng
by David B. Gordon

PERFORMING ARTS OF MONGOLIA Treasure of a Nomadic Culture
by Li Yulin with Sun Xiaoyan, translator

A BRIEF INTRODUCTION TO BEIJING OPERA
by Ann L. Silverberg

CONTEMPORARY CHINESE ART Uses and Reuses of the Past
by Patricia Eichenbaum Karetzky

UNDERSTANDING CULTURAL PERSPECTIVES THROUGH GREEK AND HINDU THEATER
by Shirley Huston-Findley

ONLINE SUPPLEMENT

Feature: MUSIC AS A GATEWAY TO LEARNING ABOUT EAST ASIA
By Anne Prescott

Supplement: CONTEMPORARY CHINESE ART
By Patricia Eichenbaum Karetzky

Supplement: CONTEMPORARY KOREAN CERAMIC ARTISTS
By Mei-ling Hom and David McClelland

ONLINE REVIEWS:

• The Routledge Handbook of Japanese Politics
  Reviewed by David M. Potter
• Teaching the Daode Jing
  Reviewed by David Jones
• China's Rise in Historical Perspective
  Reviewed by Richard L. Wilson

Essays

Introduction to Contemporary Korean Ceramic Artists
By Mei-ling Hom and David McClelland

Using The Shambhala Anthology of Chinese Poetry in the Classroom
By Fay Beauchamp

Chinese Foreign Direct Investment: Looking Abroad from an Emerging Economy
By Ronald Kalafsky

East Asian International Relations: Peaceful and Stable for Centuries
By David C. Kang

Curriculum Materials Reviews

The Enduring Legacy of Ancient China
Reviewed by Arthur Barbeau and Richard C. Marsh, Jr.

Western Civilization with Chinese Comparisons, 3rd edition
Reviewed by Jeffrey L. Richey

Book Review Essays

Routledge Handbook of Japanese Culture and Society
Reviewed by David P. Janes

Why Taiwan Matters: Small Island, Global Powerhouse
Reviewed by Hans Stockton

Monsoon: The Indian Ocean and the Future of American Power
Reviewed by James R. Holmes

Book Reviews

Modern East Asia
Reviewed by Anne Prescott

To the Diamond Mountains: A Hundred-Year Journey through China and Korea
Reviewed by Constance Vidor

North Korean Posters: The David Heather Collection
Reviewed by Barbara Swander Miller

Film Reviews

The Nine Lives of Norodom Sihanouk
Reviewed by Milton Osborne

More About Mizusawa
Reviewed by David Huebner

Web Resources

Web Gleanings: ASIAN VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS, PART 1 by Judith S. Ames