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This collection of papers by leading scholars, business leaders,
and government officials discusses recent developments in the
global movements of people, goods, services, and information in the
Asia-Pacific region. Such movements are both the cause and
consequence of the latest round of globalization, a process of
special significance to the Asia-Pacific region. The lead paper by
Professor Yuan-Tseh Lee, Nobel Prize Winner in Chemistry and former
President of Academia Sinica, offers a personal reflection on
international education and the global flow of knowledge and
talent. Another lead paper by Ambassador Alfonso Yuchengco, one of
the region's most respected business leaders and diplomats,
provides insights on transnational businesses and diplomacy,
especially in the ASEAN Plus-Three context and China's re-emergence
as a world power. Other papers present new theoretical, policy and
empirical understanding of international migration, trade and
investment movements, global logistics, and transnational flows of
information technology and architectural influences. The papers
were made possible by the International Scientific Meetings Grant
of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS), Ministry
of Education, which encourages the involvement of young scholars in
the wider dissemination of knowledge on issues of major scientific
and practical importance to the international community.
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.
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