Category: Academic Works
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When German Influences Met Competing Ideologies: Constitutional Design of Executive-Legislative Relations in Post-WWII China and Japan
Introduction While the legal systems of China and Japan were both historically rooted in traditions, social rules, and Confucian values, Western laws and legal doctrines reshaped both countries’ legal systems in large parts of their modern history. Among those Western influences, German laws played a crucial role. Shortly after the Second World War, China and…
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Language Choices of Balanced Bilingual English-Chinese Speakers
Bilingual English and Mandarin Chinese speakers in the United State and China are playing an increasingly important role amid growing political, economic, and cultural interactions between the two countries. Although they are fluent in both languages, different language preferences and usages may result in miscommunication, cultural misunderstandings, and group identity conflicts. Therefore, it is critical…
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The Stratified Expansion of Higher Education and Employment Inequalities in Japan
In recent decades, manufacturing automation and information technology have transformed the employment structures in advanced capitalist economies. According to Oesch (2015) and Sachs (2020), while lower-skilled manufacturing occupations decrease, the expansion of higher education upskills the labor force and places them in the growing high-skilled occupations that complement technology and automation. However, Japan seems to…
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Liu Yuan: The Godfather of Jazz in Post-Mao China
in HumanitiesJazz is an African American music, but it has increasingly become an international music embraced by people from different places across the globe. As a harbinger and an ingenious player of jazz in China, Liu Yuan (刘元, b. 1960) is known by many as the “China’s Godfather of Jazz” (Liu and Huang; Marlow 122–23; Zhong).…
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The Forgotten: Adding New Congressional Seats for Indigenous Tribes
On October 11th, my friend Evan at Yale invited me to join their celebration of the first nationally recognized Indigenous Peoples’ Day. I attended their online panel discussion that promotes higher education for indigenous people. A huge smile lingered on my face as I saw a brighter future for indigenous tribes. But then I realized…