An ambitious review of Asian history in the last decade of the 20th century, laying a particular emphasis on economic developments. The reader is led through the process by which the continent transformed itself from being principally a commodities resource to developing world competing industries, the Asian economic crisis and recovery, the crucial role of the Chinese Diaspora and possible developments in this century. There are also country studies of China, India, Japan and South Korea. 370 pages with a bibliography.

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