New Zealand Journal of Asian Studies, Volume 11 No. 2, December 2009

Articles

The Olympic Effect: New Zealanders’ Perceptions of China in 2008
ANDREW BUTCHER 1

The Myth of Constructing a Greater China Identity: A Case Study of the Malaysian Chinese in Reforming China
LAW KAM-YEE & LEE KIM-MING 19

The Critical Reception of Lafcadio Hearn outside Japan
RIE ASKEW 44

Managing The Tortoise Island: Tua Pek Kong Temple, Pilgrimage, and Social Change in Pulau Kusu, 1965-2007
JACK MENG-TAT CHIA 72

Between the Profane and Spirit Worlds: The Conceptualization of Uplands and Mountains in Japanese and Maori Folklore
CATHERINE KNIGHT 96

The Changing Contours of Discrimination in Japan: The Treatment of Applicants from North Korean-Affiliated Schools in Japan to National Universities
ADAM BEIJE 115

Royalty on the Run: The Legend of Princes Oke and Woke Reconstructed
ANDREW WESTON 134

‘Asian’ in New Zealand Parlance: A False Essentialism
JOHN M. LOWE 149

Home Is Calling? Or Home Is on the Move?: Return Chinese Immigrants of New Zealand as Transnationals
LIANGNI LIU 164

Singapore-Malaysia Relations Revisited: An “English School” IR Analysis
MING HWA TING 172