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The Asia-Pacific region is rapidly becoming the main area of growth in the global economy in the 21st century. Recent developments in the movement of people, goods, services, and information are closely linked to the latest round of globalization, of which the effects on this region are particularly dramatic.The papers in this volume are by leading scholars, business leaders and government officials from the region. They include Yuan-Tseh Lee, Nobel Prize Winner in Chemistry, who reflects on the global flow of knowledge and talent; and Alfonso Yuchengco, one of the region's most respected business leaders and diplomats, who discusses transnational businesses, diplomacy, and China's re-emergence as a world power. Other papers present new insights into the processes and policies governing flows of migrants, trade, investment, transport, information technology, and ideas. This book originated from the 2006 Annual Conference of the Ritsumeikan Center for Asia Pacific Studies, Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University, Beppu, Japan, supported by an International Scientific Meetings Grant from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science. It will be of interest to all students and scholars of this dynamic region.Pookong Kee and Hidetaka Yoshimatsu are Professors in the College of Asia Pacific Studies, Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University.
List of contents
Brain Drain, Brain Gain and Brain Circulation; Transnational Business and Diplomacy in the Asia Pacific; International Mobility of the Highly Skilled; International Migration in Asia and the Pacific; Globalizing Householding; Migration Policy: Major Issues for Japan and Other OECD Countries; The Occupational and Geographical Locations of Transnational Immigrant Minorities in Japan; Between Privilege and Prejudice: Chinese Immigrants in Corporate Japan's Transnational Economy; Multicultural Coexistence Policies: Responses of Local Governments in the Tokyo Metropolitan Area; Movement of Natural Persons under a Japan-Philippines Free Trade Agreement; International Migration, Brain Drain and the Philippine Economy's Rocky Road to Development; The Growing Role of International Remittances in the Vietnamese Economy; Staying in the Global Economy; Emergence of the Global Development Network in the Personal Computer Industry; The Changing Global Environment of Logistics; The Growth of International Shipping Industries in China; The Future of the World's Number One Port - Hong Kong; Impact of Port Security on LNG and Container Cargo Movements; Transnational Architectural Production in Downtown Beijing.
