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POLITICS AND SCIENCE: THE CASE OF CHINA AND THE CORONAVIRUS
Kerry Brown & Ruby Congjiang Wang
Pages: 247-264
Published online: 04 May 2020
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THE RISE OF THE PASHTUN PROTECTION MOVEMENT (PTM): POLEMICS AND CONSPIRACY THEORIES
Abdur Rehman Shah
Pages: 265-285
Published online: 01 May 2020
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DILEMMAS OF REPRESENTATION: WOMEN IN PAKISTAN’S ASSEMBLIES
Ayesha Khan & Sana Naqvi
Pages: 286-306
Published online: 05 May 2020
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ASSURING A FREE AND OPEN INDO-PACIFIC – REBALANCING THE US APPROACH
John Calabrese
Pages: 307-327
Published online: 29 Apr 2020
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WATER ISSUES IN BANGLADESH: GROWING POLLUTION AND MISMANAGEMENT
Amit Ranjan
Pages: 328-346
Published online: 18 May 2020
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CHINA’S ENGAGEMENT WITH AFRICA: PROMOTING RENTIERISM? A CASE STUDY OF SINO-NIGERIAN ECONOMIC RELATIONS
Vahid Nick Pay & Elemchi Nwosu
Pages: 347-364
Published online: 27 May 2020
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HOW IS THE “CHINA BRAND” IMPACTING ON GLOBALIZATION? EXAMINING NEW FDI PATTERNS FROM A JAPANESE HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE
Niv Horesh
Pages: 365-400
Published online: 29 May 2020
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BOOK REVIEWS: General

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A System of Life: Mawdudi and the Ideologisation of Islam
Jan-Peter Hartung. Hurst & Co, London, 2020. pp. 320. Notes. Bibliog. Index. Pb. £16.99. ISBN 9-781-7873-8225-1
Fitzroy Morrissey
Pages: 401-404
Published online: 17 Apr 2020
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Licentious Worlds: Sex and Exploitation in Global Empires
Julie Peakman. Reaktion Books, London, 2019. pp. 367. Illust. Refs. Bibliog. Notes. Index. Hb. £25. ISBN 9 7817 8914 1405
Richard Fell
Pages: 404-406
Published online: 20 Apr 2020
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The Story of Yoga: From Ancient India to the Modern West
Alistair Shearer. Hurst & Company, London, 2020. pp ix + 448. Glossary. Illust. Notes. Index. Hb. £25. ISBN 9 7817 8738 1926
Michael Neale
Pages: 406-408
Published online: 20 Apr 2020
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BOOK REVIEWS: Middle East

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Middle East
Madawi Al-Rasheed (ed). Salman’s Legacy: The Dilemmas of a New Era in Saudi Arabia. Hurst & Co, London, 2018. pp. 271. Notes. Index. Pb. £20. ISBN 9781787383319
Hooky Walker
Pages: 409-411
Published online: 20 Apr 2020
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Lebanon: A Country in Fragments
Andrew Arsan. Hurst & Co, London, 2020. pp. 520. Notes. Maps. Bibliog. Index. Pb. £16.99. ISBN 978-1-7873-8365-4
Rory Sullivan
Pages: 411-413
Published online: 20 Apr 2020
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BOOK REVIEWS: Central Asia

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Development Challenges in Bhutan: Perspectives on Inequality and Gross National Happiness; Tantric State: A Buddhist Approach to Democracy and Development in Bhutan; Democratic Transition in Bhutan: Political Contests as Moral Battles
Johannes Dragsbaek Schmidt, ed. Springer, Cham, 2017. pp xviii + 263. Hb. Ca. £107. ISBN 978-3-319-47924-8. Also as e-bookWilliam J. Long. Oxford University Press, New York, 2019. pp. xii + 232. Hb. £47.99. ISBN 978-0-19-084339-7. Also as e-bookSonam Kinga. Routledge, Abingdon, 2020. pp. xiv + 292. Hb. £115. ISBN 978-0-367-34834-2. Also as e-book; Indian edn. in preparation
Wolfgang Drechsler
Pages: 414-418
Published online: 20 Apr 2020
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Central Asia: Geo-Politics, Security and Stability
Ajay Patnaik. Routledge, New York, 2019. pp. 237 + xviii. Notes. Bibliog. Index. Pb. £36.99. ISBN 978-0367177072
Nargis Jan
Pages: 418-419
Published online: 20 Apr 2020
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BOOK REVIEWS: South Asia

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Animosity at Bay. An Alternative History of the India-Pakistan Relationship, 1947–52
Pallavi Raghavan. C. Hurst & Co, London, 2020, pp. xii + 247. Appx 1–11. Notes. Bibliog. Index. Hb. £40. ISBN 9 1787 3821 45
Michael Kyle
Pages: 420-421
Published online: 20 Apr 2020
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The Billionaire Raj: A Journey Through India’s New Gilded Age
James Crabtree. Tim Duggan Books, 2019. pp 384. Maps. Notes. Bibliog. Index. Hb. £18.99. ISBN 978-1786073808
Aejaz Ahmad Wani
Pages: 422-424
Published online: 20 Apr 2020
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Imperial Military Transportation in British Asia: Burma 1941 - 1942
Michael W. Charney. Bloomsbury Academic, London, 2019. pp. xiv + 234. Maps. Illust. Notes. Bibliog. Index. Hb. £85. ISBN 9-7813-5008-9457
Christopher Ruane
Pages: 424-425
Published online: 21 Apr 2020
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Mountstuart Elphinstone in South Asia
Shah Mahmoud Hanifi (ed). Hurst & Company. London, 2019, pp. xxxviii + 418. List of contributors. Illust. Notes. Index. Hb. £45. ISBN 978 1 84904 836 1
Christopher Ruane
Pages: 426-428
Published online: 20 Apr 2020
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The Flowering Desert: Textiles from Sindh
Nasreen Askari and Hasan Askari. Paul Holberton Publishing, London. Mohatta Palace Museum, Karachi, 2019. pp. 168. Map. Illust. Glossary. Bibliog. Hb. £30. ISBN 978-1-911300-71-7
Rosemary Raza
Pages: 428-430
Published online: 20 Apr 2020
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The Anarchy: The Relentless Rise of the East India Company
William Dalrymple. Bloomsbury Publishing, London, 2019. pp 522. Maps. Illus. Notes. Bibliog. Index. Hb. £30.00. ISBN HB-978-1-4088-6437-1
Martin Bourke
Pages: 430-432
Published online: 20 Apr 2020
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BOOK REVIEWS: South East Asia

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Indonesia: State and Society in Transition
Jemma Purday, Antje Missbach and Dave McRae. Lynne Riener Publishers, Boulder and London, 2020. pp. vii + 261. Glossary. Index. Refs. Bibliog. Pb. £32.50. ISBN 978 62637 852 0
Robert H. Taylor
Pages: 433-435
Published online: 20 Apr 2020
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BOOK REVIEWS: East Asia

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The Shenzhen Experiment: The Story of China's Instant City
Juan Du. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA, 2020, pp. 376 Illustr. Index. Maps. Notes. Hb. £28.95, ISBN 978-0-674-97528-6
George Baily
Pages: 436-442
Published online: 20 Apr 2020
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China’s Forgotten People: Xinjiang, China and the Chinese State
Nick Holdstock. . I. B. Tauris, London, 2019. pp. xviii +  299. Table of contents. Maps. A Note on Place Names. Preface. Introduction. Afterword. Sources and Recommended Reading. Index. Pb. £14.99. ISBN 978 1 78831 979 9
Christopher Ruane
Pages: 442-444
Published online: 20 Apr 2020
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The Ever-changing Sino-Japanese Rivalry
Philip Streich. Routledge. London, 2019. pp. 130 +  viii. Bibliog. Figs. Tables. Index. Hb. £120. ISBN 978 1 138 38903 8
Reinhard Drifte
Pages: 444-445
Published online: 20 Apr 2020
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Remaking the Chinese Empire: Manchu-Korean Relations 1616-1911
Yuanchong Wang. . Cornell University Press, Ithaca, NY. 2018. pp. xvi + 285. Maps. Figs. Notes. Glossary. Bibliog. Index. $55.00. ISBN 9781501730504
Hang Lin
Pages: 445-447
Published online: 20 Apr 2020
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Chinese Spies. From Chairman Mao to Xi Jinping
Roger Faligot. Translated by Natasha Lehrer. C Hurst & Co. London, 2019. pp. 403. Appdx I–XI. Notes. Notes on Sources. Bibliog. Illust. Index. Hb. £25. ISBN 9 781787 380967
Michael Kyle
Pages: 448-449
Published online: 20 Apr 2020
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Rebranding China: Contested Status Signaling in the Changing Global Order
Xiaoyu Pu. Stanford University Press, Stanford, CA, 2019, pp. xii + 152. Index. Notes. Hb. £52. ISBN 978 1 503 60683 8
Gunjan Singh
Pages: 449-451
Published online: 20 Apr 2020
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Zhou Enlai: The Enigma behind Chairman Mao; My Uncle Zhou Enlai; The Zhou Enlai Interviews, 1936-1971
Michael Dillon. I.B. Tauris. London. 2020. pp. xi + 302. Notes. Bibliog. Index. Pb. £16.99. ISBN 9-7817-8831-9300Zhou Erliu. ACA Publishing. London. 2015. pp. xiii + 434. Illust. Pb. £15.99. ISBN 9-7819-1076-0277David Lammie, Hui Cooper. ACA Publishing. London. 2015, pp. ix + 411. Illust. Pb. £19.99. ISBN 9-7819-1076-0284
Michael Sheringham
Pages: 451-461
Published online: 18 May 2020
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