Titlebook: Natural Disaster and Reconstruction in Asian Economies; A Global Synthesis o Kinnia Yau Shuk-ting Book 2013 Yau Shuk-ting, Kinnia 2013 Chin

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Chinese Reactions to Disasters in Japan: From the Great Kanto Earthquake to the Great East Japan Earhe span of a century; their effects are not limited to Japan, but have also spread to China and have even impacted Sino-Japanese relations. This chapter aims at summarizing China’s reactions to the three major earthquakes in Japan as well as the evolution of these reactions.

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Bombs Bursting in Air: State and Citizen Responses to the US Firebombing and Atomic Bombing of Japanoth war and disaster. Japan’s decision to surrender, pivoting on issues of firebombing and atomic bombing, Soviet entry into the war, and the origins of Soviet-American confrontation, is the most fiercely debated subject in twentieth-century American global history. The surrender issue, however, is

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: The Anatomy of a Protest Film can be a form of protest. Public demonstrations, letter writing, graffiti sprawls, joke telling, production sabotage, and petitioning can constitute protest behavior. One can easily imagine a lively debate about precisely what qualifies as an act of protest. Some modes of protest are inexpensive to

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The Unsettled Hearts and Souls: Aftershock of the Great Sichuan Earthquakethe flights would land in Sichuan. Despite being told that aftershocks had been occurring, the airport was damaged, and the flight might not be able to depart, we boarded a flight to the northern part of Sichuan. Fortunately, we managed to arrive at Mianyang Airport in Sichuan on the night of May 13

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From Typhoon Ondoy to the Unnamed Monsoon (2009–2012): Policy Reforms and Challenges in the Philippihich inundated several parts of the country, including Metro Manila, the country’s capital region. The disaster exposed how poor and ineffective the country’s disaster management system is. Nevertheless, the typhoon facilitated a sea of change and became focal point for policy reform as it led to th