Pearl River Delta in China; The Poetics of Grief and the Price of Hemp in Southwest China; Japan's Changing Security Outlook; Transnational Capital Flows and East Asia's Reversal of Implications for State Autonomy; Political Stalemate and Economic The Mainland China-Taiwan Relationship Revisited; US-Japan Real Exports, Real Imports and Yen-Dollar Real Exchange Linkage and Causality Analyses; Does Exchange Value of the Yen Play any Role in the Japanese Trade?; Korea's Relations with the United States and Japan; Japan's Emerging National Defence Industry; Japan's 'Economic Miracle': What Happened?; South 'Sunshine Policy' and its Political Context; Beijing, Hong Kong, and Taipei -- Current Relations, Policy Priorities, and Issues with the United States -- Findings of a Study Mission; Korean Science and A Trip Report; Recent Policy Priorities -- Implications for US Interests and Policy Goals.