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Conversation with William Breer

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William Breer joined CSIS in October 1996 after a 35-year career in the foreign service. Prior to joining CSIS, he was a senior adviser at the Policy Planning Staff of the Department of State (1993-1996). Breer devoted the major portion of his career to the management of U.S.-Japan relations. He spent 18 years in Japan, serving at the U.S. embassy as political officer, political counselor, and deputy chief of mission with Ambassadors Michael Armacost and Walter Mondale. In Washington, Breer served as country director for Japan, the most senior position dealing exclusively with U.S.-Japan relations, and as director for Northeast Asia in the Bureau of Intelligence and Research. Breer is a graduate of Dartmouth College. He also attended the East Asia Institute at Columbia University and the National War College. He is fluent in Japanese.

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Rising China: Echoes of a Rising Japan?

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Susan Chira will speak about rising China, and compare it to her 20-year-old experience as a journalist reporting on risen Japan and rising Korea. Even as Iraq grabs the headlines, the story of Rising China is one of the most gripping, the most resonant of our times. It presents enormous and obvious policy challenges, and considerable journalistic challenges, too. What is familiar in China's rise, and what is unique? How do you cover and present to readers a country that is at once exuberant and fearful, increasingly prosperous and increasingly unequal, newly open and reflexively repressive? The New York Times has had a personal brush with these many faces of China: its researcher, Zhao Yan, is still mired in jail after a year, charged with violating its vaguely-written, draconian law on state secrets.

Susan Chira was named foreign editor for The New York Times in January 2004. Previously, Ms. Chira had been editorial director of book development since September 2002. Before that she was the editor of the Week in Review section at The Times since October 1999, after having served as deputy foreign editor of the newspaper since February 1997. Prior to that, she served in a variety of reporting positions including national education correspondent, correspondent for the newspaper in Tokyo from October 1984 until February 1989, metropolitan reporter in the Albany and Stamford bureaus, and reporter for the Business Day section.

Ms. Chira joined The Times as a trainee on the metropolitan desk in 1981 and was promoted to reporter in July 1982.

She received a B.A. degree in history and East Asian studies from Harvard University in 1980, graduating summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa. As an undergraduate, she was a reporter and later president of The Harvard Crimson. She studied Japanese for a year and a half at the Inter-University Center for Japanese Language Studies in Tokyo and at Middlebury College, Vt.

Susan Chira is married to Michael Shapiro, a writer and assistant professor of journalism at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. They have a daughter and a son.

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From California Dreaming to Silicon Success: The Rise of China's Semiconductor Industry

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For years policymakers in China have advocated creating "Silicon Valleys" in China, but only recently has China's semiconductor industry taken off. Rather than the state leading the way, economic globalization has created the large flow of capital and knowledge to the developing world that has spurred China's technological development in recent years.

However, not all firms in China benefit equally from these inflows of financial and human capital. Presenting both industry-wide data and case studies of individual firms, Dr. Fuller will explain how the politics of finance in China shape which Chinese chip firms become fast learners able to compete in world markets and which ones remain technological laggards.

Douglas Fuller has spent over ten years researching technological development in East Asia. Most recently, he completed a doctorate at MIT in political economy. The topic of his thesis was technological development in China's IT industry. For this and previous research, he has interviewed IT firms in Malaysia, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, the People's Republic of China and the US. He has published articles in Industry and Innovation and other peer-reviewed journals.

Part of SPRIE's Greater China and the Globalization of R&D seminar series.

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Stanford Program on Regions of Innovation and Entrepreneurship (SPRIE)

SPRIE Graduate Research Fellows: Research Assistantships + Paid Field Research In Greater China

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Focus on Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Greater China

SPRIE is a multidisciplinary research program at Stanford University that focuses on innovation and entrepreneurship in leading high technology regions in the United States and Asia. SPRIE has an active community of scholars at Stanford as well as research affiliates in the United States, Mainland China, Taiwan, Japan, Korea, Singapore, and India. During 2005-2006, SPRIE is expanding a new initiative on the rise of leading high technology regions in Greater China and their impact on the global knowledge economy. Specific research topics include globalization of R&D, executive leadership, university-industry linkages, venture capital industry development and leading high technology clusters in Greater China. In addition, industries of ongoing research at SPRIE include semiconductors, computers, telecommunications, and software.

SPRIE Graduate Research Fellows: Research Assistantships & Support for International Field Research

As part of its new initiative on innovation and entrepreneurship in Greater China, SPRIE will select outstanding Stanford students as SPRIE Graduate Research Scholars. SPRIE Graduate Research Scholars will work with SPRIE faculty and senior researchers at Stanford for two (or more) academic quarters in 2005-2006 to gather and analyze data, conduct interviews in Silicon Valley, contribute to publications, and advance progress on the overall project agenda. During summer 2006, they will conduct SPRIE field research through interviews or surveys with business and government leaders in Beijing, Shanghai, or Hsinchu. As part of SPRIE's international research team, they will have the opportunity to interact closely with project leaders and visiting scholars at Stanford as well as partners in Asia, such as the Ministry of Science and Technology, Tsinghua University, or Zhongguancun Science Park in Mainland China or the Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) in Taiwan. They will also participate in SPRIE's public and invitation-only seminars and workshops with academic, business, and government leaders. The financial award will include RA support at 15-20 hours/week (or equivalent) plus summer stipend to cover travel, living expenses, and research.

How To Apply (limited to current Stanford graduate students)

Successful candidates will have demonstrated a track record of superior analytical ability, strong oral and written communication skills (including full fluency in English and Chinese), knowledge of high technology and entrepreneurship, high motivation, and willingness to be part of a dynamic international research team.

Applicants should submit:

  1. A brief statement (not to exceed two single-spaced pages), which describes the candidate's interests and skills,
  2. a curriculum vitae
  3. contact information for 2 references, preferably recent professors, advisors, or employers

Send applications to:

SPRIE
Encina Hall - East 301
Stanford University 94305-6055

or by email to George Krompacky. Questions? Please contact George Krompacky, Program Coordinator, by email or call 650.725.1885

Deadline for receipt of all materials: December 30, 2005

Applicants will be notified of decisions in January 2006

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Post-Doc Fellowships: SPRIE Fellows at Stanford 2006-2007

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The Stanford Project on Regions of Innovation and Entrepreneurship (SPRIE) is a multidisciplinary research program of the Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center at Stanford University that focuses on innovation and entrepreneurship in leading high technology regions in the United States and Asia. SPRIE has an active community of scholars at Stanford as well as research affiliates in the United States, China, Taiwan, Japan, Korea, Singapore, and India.

Fellowship Program

As part of its initiative on Greater China, SPRIE will select two outstanding post-docs or young scholars as SPRIE Fellows at Stanford for the academic year 2006-2007 for research and writing on Greater China and its role in the global knowledge economy. The primary focus of the program is the intersection of innovation and entrepreneurship and underlying contemporary political, economic, technological and/or business factors in Greater China (including Taiwan, Mainland China, Singapore). Topics of particular interest include, but are not limited to, globalization of R&D, executive leadership, university-industry linkages, venture capital industry development and leading high technology clusters in Greater China. In addition, industries of ongoing research at SPRIE include semiconductors, computers, telecommunications, and software.

SPRIE Fellows at Stanford will be expected to be in residence for at least three academic quarters, beginning the fall quarter of 2006. Fellows take part in Center activities, including research forums, seminars and workshops throughout the academic year, and are required to present their research findings in SPRIE seminars. They will also participate as members of SPRIE's team in its public and invitation-only seminars and workshops with academic, business and government leaders. Fellows will also participate in the publication programs of SPRIE and Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center. The Fellowship carries a stipend of $40,000.

How to Apply

Applicants should submit:

1) A statement of purpose not to exceed five single-spaced pages which describes the research and writing to be undertaken during the fellowship period, as well as the projected products(s) that will be published;

2) a curriculum vitae (with research ability in Chinese preferred); and

3) 2 letters of recommendation from faculty advisors or other scholars. All applicants must have Ph.D. degrees conferred by August 30, 2006.

Address all applications to:

Stanford Project on Regions of Innovation and Entrepreneurship,

Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center,

Encina Hall - East 301,

Stanford University

Stanford, CA 94305-6055

Questions? Please contact George Krompacky, Program Coordinator

Deadline for receipt of all materials: January 13, 2006

Applicants will be notified of decisions in March 2006

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Journal of Korean Studies, volume 10

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Between 1979 and 1992, the JKS became a leading academic forum for the publication of innovative in-depth research on Korea. Now under the editorial guidance of Gi-Wook Shin and John Duncan, this journal continues to be dedicated to quality articles, in all disciplines, on a broad range of topics concerning Korea, both historical and contemporary.

This edition's contents:

Articles

  1. Contention in the Construction of a Global Korean Community: The Case of the Overseas Korean Act. Jung-Sun Park, Paul Y. Chang
  2. Development as Devolution: Nam Chong-hyon and the "Land of Excrement" Incident. Theodore Hughes
  3. Systematization of Film Censorship in Colonial Korea: Profiteering From Hollywood's First Golden Age, 1926-1936. Brian Yecies
  4. Negotiating Cultural Identities in Conflict: A Reading of the Writings of Paek Kyonghae (1765-1842). Sun Joo Kim

Perspective

  1. Two Key Historical Moments of the Early 1960s: A Preliminary Reconsideration of 4/19 and 5/16. Woo Jin Yang

Book Reviews

Introductory-level Korean Language Textbooks for the Anglophone Adult Learner: A Survey of Three Recent Publications

  1. College Korean by Michael C. Rogers, Clare You, and Kyungnyun K. Richards
  2. Integrated Korean: Beginning 1 and Integrated Korean: Beginning 2 by Young-Mee Cho, Hyo Sang Lee, Carol Schulz, Ho-Min Sohn, and Sung-ock Sohn
  3. You speak Korean! by Soohee Kim, Emily Curtis, and Haewon Cho. Reviewed by Ross King
  4. A History of Korean Literature, edited by Peter H. Lee. Reviewed by Scott Swaner
  5. Three Generations by Yom Sang-seop. Reviewed by Theodore Hughes
  6. Japan's Korean Encouragement Policies in Colonial Korea: Japanese Who Learned the Korean Language, by Yamada Kanto. Reviewed by Mark Caprio and Aoki Atsuko
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Tetsuro Yogo

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Tetsuro Yogo is a corporate affiliate visiting fellow at Shorenstein APARC for 2005-06. Prior to joining Shorenstein APARC, he has worked at Sumitomo Corporation. He is senior staff in the Network Systems Department, which creates businesses and makes investments with/in IT companies worldwide. Since joining Sumitomo in 1999, he has been deeply involved in Linux and open source business. He was one of the start-up members of VA Linux Systems Japan (VAJ), which was established in 2000 by Sumitomo and VA Software, a venture company based in the Bay Area. He worked at VAJ for over four years as an assistant manager of sales and marketing.

Yogo did his undergraduate study at Keio University in Tokyo, where he majored in electrical engineering. He also received a masters in media and governance from Keio University in 1999.

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Kazuto Yamamoto

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Kazuto Yamamoto is a corporate affiliate visiting fellow at Shorenstein APARC for 2005-06. He has worked at the Asahi Shimbun, a Japanese newspaper company, for thirteen years. For the past seven years, he has belonged to the electronic media and broadcasting division and engaged in the development of websites for cellphones and a news contents editing system for online media.

Yamamoto completed his undergraduate study at Tokyo Institute of Technology, where he majored in computer science. He also received a masters from the Department of Computational Intelligence and Systems Science, Tokyo Institute of Technology.

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Naohisa Kurita

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Naohisa Kurita is a corporate affiliate visiting fellow at Shorenstein APARC for 2005-06 and 2006-07. Prior to joining Shorenstein APARC, he worked for Shizuoka Prefectural Government in Japan, where he took charge of coordination and international business affairs. His research interests are in competitive strategy, and cluster-based theory for regional economic development. He graduated from Waseda University in Tokyo, where he majored in sociology.

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Yasuhiro Kanda

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Yasuhiro Kanda is a corporate affiliate visiting fellow at Shorenstein APARC for 2005-06. Prior to joining Shorenstein APARC, he held positions at the Kansai Electric Power Company (KEPCO) for thirteen years, in their nuclear fuel purchasing and business developing departments. Kanda's experiences at KEPCO included forwarding nuclear-fuel-recycling-system in Japan according to national policy, handling new-business planning, and launching a new business as a manager in a KEPCO subsidiary. His latest position at KEPCO was as manager.

Kanda did his undergraduate study at Kobe University in Kobe, where he majored in business administration.

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