Tai Wei Lim
Biographic Data
| ID | 315552 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Tai Wei Lim |
| GIVEN NAMES | Tai Wei |
| FAMILY NAME | Lim |
| SIGNATURE | LIM T W |
| AFFILIATIONS | National University of Singapore |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9258-8726 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 32 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 8 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 32 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Contemporary History of Cantonese Migrants in Yokohama Chinatown: A Case Study of Shatenki and the Xie Family
News and Commentaries: A Conventional Explanation of US–China Bilateral Relationship: Adapting to the Rise of a New Regional (Maybe Global) Order
Theoretical Perspectives of China–Hong Kong Relations: Contextualizing Their Joint Anti-Covid-19 Fourth Wave Mitigation Efforts
To understand various ideas/concepts/views about the Sino-Hong Kong (HK) relations, this paper utilizes the case study of their bilateral cooperation in coping with the COVID-19 fourth wave to study the various collaborative strategies applied in managing common challenges like a recurring wave of pandemic outbreak in the setting of Hong Kong. The materials utilized for the paper are updated secondary resources from the mass media due to the ongo…
The Sino-Laos Railway and the Connectivity Potential for a Small State
The Laos National Railway network is a milestone in the country’s transportation history. From the Chinese perspective, the China–Laos Economic Corridor (CLEC) is a vital sub-component of China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). From the Laotian perspective, the Southeast Asian country intends to transform from a land-locked country (the only country within ASEAN or the Association of Southeast Asian Nations) into a land-linked country with Chines…
Coping with Unrest in the Periphery of China: Comparative Case Studies of Thailand, Myanmar and HKSAR
This paper examines the case studies of three East Asian entities (Thailand, Myanmar and Hong Kong) battling both the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic as well as socio-political unrest simultaneously. While Thailand/Myanmar and Hong Kong are different in geographical/demographic sizes and the former two are sovereign states while the latter is a Special Administrative Region (SAR), they have similar challenges in experiencing cosmopolitan pro-democr…
Exportation of Manpower: A Case Study of Chinese Seasonal Laborers in an Agricultural District in Hokkaido
Chiebun District in Hokkaido, one of Japan’s largest vegetable- producing districts, has a long history of accepting agricultural laborers from China. Previously, farms in Chiebun District recruited seasonal laborers from the northeastern part of China, where per-capita income is much lower than China’s national average. At that time, the main reason Chinese laborers came to work in Chiebun District was to earn money. However, because of wage inc…
Hong Kong’s Changing Role in Connecting the Mainland With the World
Many discussions on Hong Kong’s social movements rightfully focus on the internal and external political factors that are influential in shaping the recent political events. This paper examines selective important political deve-lopments related to the subject matter and does not pretend to be comprehensive on the subject matter. While contextualizing Hong Kong’s recent unrest in political events, we are simultaneously also interested to de-privi…
The Global Fight Against Covid-19: Sino-Asean Cooperation in Mitigating the Coronavirus Pandemic Along With Other Global Actors
The thematic treatment of the COVID19 coronavirus mitigation efforts often focuses on epidemiological topics, medical issues, politics, coping mechanisms/technologies or economics but this writing seeks to integrate the economic, political, and international dimensions of the response into an area studies framework, utilizing multidisciplinary eclecticism found in East Asian Studies to analyse the topic. It does not pretend to be comprehensive in…
The Indigenization and Hybridization of Food Cultures in Singapore
Studying Hong Kong: 20 Years of Political, Economic and Social Developments
"This book captures the essence of Hong Kong's development in the past two decades from 1997 to 2017. It is broken into four parts - economics, society, politics and culture. Hong Kong's role remains as a gateway for global trading houses, businessmen, investors and traders. Hong Kong continues to be an open economy and has stuck to free trade policies, as one of the former four successful "tiger economies" in East Asia. In the political and inte…
Cultural Heritage and Peripheral Spaces in Singapore
The Future of Hong Kong Governance: The Pro-independence Legislators' Election Fallout and Beijing's Political Voice in Hong Kong
This article examines the activities, street-level and Legco tactics as well as the political orientation of the pro-autonomy advocates, localists and pro-independence groups in Hong Kong, contextualized within the September 2016 Legislative Council Election, ‘Fishball Revolution’ and Beijing's interpretation of the Basic Law that all took place within 2016. The ‘localists’, an amorphous group that ranges from greater Hong Kong autonomy seekers t…
State‐Endorsed Popular Culture: A Case Study of the North Korean Girl Band Moranbong
This article examines the emergence of Moranbong as a new popular cultural phenomenon in North Korea. I am interested to examine the patron–client relationship in North Korea by analysing the personal patronage extended by North Korean autocrat Kim Jong‐un to the all‐female pop band Moranbong. In return for propaganda performances to convey images of material well‐being of the regime and extolling the virtues of the ultimate leader, the autocrati…
The Cheng Ho (Zheng He) Cultural Museum in Malacca (Melaka): Its historical importance and contemporary symbolisms
The Zheng He Museum is an important depository of material artefacts related to Zheng He’s seven voyages through the maritime world. This writing intends to highlight three contemporary narratives related to his legacies: (1) the idea of Zheng He as a symbol of the ‘art of collaboration’; (2) the narrative that associates Zheng He with peaceful tributary relations; and (3) the concept of Malacca as an emporium of trade that prospered under offici…
China's One Belt One Road Initiative
Tycoons in Hong Kong: Between Occupy Central and Beijing
The Merlion and Mt. Fuji: 50 Years of Singapore–Japan Relations
Contextualizing Occupy Central in Contemporary Hong Kong
Preface Introduction Beijing's initial response to the Phase I (28 September to 6 October 2014) of Hong Kong's Occupy Central Protests The Aesthetics of Hong Kong's in the First Ten Days: A Historical Anatomy of the First Phase (28 September 2014 to 6 October 2014) of Hong Kong's Umbrella Revolution The Hong Kong Occupy Central Protests Phase II Centrist/Moderate/Conservative Views of Occupy Movement A Liberal and Progressive View of Occupy Centr…
Globalization, Consumption and Popular Culture in East Asia
The Aesthetics of Hong Kong’s “Umbrella Revolution” in the First Ten Days: A Historical Anatomy of the First Phase (27 Oct 2014 to 6 October 2014) of Hong Kong’s Umbrella Revolution
Multilateralism and Dependency Theory: A Discussion of George Klay Kieh Jr’s Ideas, Small States and Coal Resource Management
This paper situates center-periphery issues at two levels. At the broadest level (world system), it looks at the spectrum of selected dependency theories and the position of George Klay Kieh Jr’s ideas in this spectrum. In this discussion, I will pay especial attention to small states, powers and economies and explain the justifications in the section below. At the intermediate level (compradorial category) of the world system, I examined some ar…
Spirited Away: Conceptualizing a Film-Based Case Study through Comparative Narratives of Japanese Ecological and Environmental Discourses
This article discusses interpretations of environmental themes in the film Spirited Away (2011) directed by Miyazaki Hayao, including views that do not agree with any environment-related reading of the film’s contents. In analyzing this diversity of views obtained through fieldwork and secondary sources, the discussions involve interpretations of the characters and symbolisms related to the physical settings found in the animated feature. This in…
Perceptions and Misperceptions in Narratives of Energy Use in Post-311 Japan and Implications for China
This paper focuses on the post-Great East Japan Earthquake narratives and discourses related to various types of energies currently in use in East Asia. Methodologically, interpretive study and textual analysis of collected secondary literatures, media reports as well as some policy resources was conducted. It examines the factional interests, narratives, discourses and schools of thought influencing the outcome of energy issues or decisions as t…
Energy Security and Environmental Sustainability: A Review of the Nautilus Web Site (http://www.nautilus.org) Related to East/Southeast Asian Political Affairs and Internet‐Based Information Initiativ…
Teaching Sino-Japanese Energy Issues: A Case Study of Area Studies Survey Courses Contextualized Against Northeast Asian and Global Energy Relations
The Aesthetics of Hong Kong’s “Umbrella Revolution” in the First Ten Days: A Historical Anatomy of the First Phase (27 Oct 2014 to 6 October 2014) of Hong Kong’s Umbrella Revolution
State‐Endorsed Popular Culture: A Case Study of the North Korean Girl Band Moranbong
This article examines the emergence of Moranbong as a new popular cultural phenomenon in North Korea. I am interested to examine the patron–client relationship in North Korea by analysing the personal patronage extended by North Korean autocrat Kim Jong‐un to the all‐female pop band Moranbong. In return for propaganda performances to convey images of material well‐being of the regime and extolling the virtues of the ultimate leader, the autocrati…
The Future of Hong Kong Governance: The Pro-independence Legislators' Election Fallout and Beijing's Political Voice in Hong Kong
This article examines the activities, street-level and Legco tactics as well as the political orientation of the pro-autonomy advocates, localists and pro-independence groups in Hong Kong, contextualized within the September 2016 Legislative Council Election, ‘Fishball Revolution’ and Beijing's interpretation of the Basic Law that all took place within 2016. The ‘localists’, an amorphous group that ranges from greater Hong Kong autonomy seekers t…
The Cheng Ho (Zheng He) Cultural Museum in Malacca (Melaka): Its historical importance and contemporary symbolisms
The Zheng He Museum is an important depository of material artefacts related to Zheng He’s seven voyages through the maritime world. This writing intends to highlight three contemporary narratives related to his legacies: (1) the idea of Zheng He as a symbol of the ‘art of collaboration’; (2) the narrative that associates Zheng He with peaceful tributary relations; and (3) the concept of Malacca as an emporium of trade that prospered under offici…
The Rise of China and India: Geo-political Narratives from the Singapore Perspective
Narratives emanating from Singapore on the rise of China and India tend to emphasise the economic emergence of the two giant economies. Like many other Asia-Pacific countries and, indeed the world, business and commercial analyses of Chinese and Indian economic trends have spawned a massive industry of consulting, news/information, publishing and speaking circuits. But what about geopolitical narratives in international relations — do they also r…
Implications of the People's Liberation Army's Technocratization for U.S. Power in East Asia
(2004). Implications of the People's Liberation Army's Technocratization for U.S. Power in East Asia. Asian Affairs: An American Review: Vol. 31, No. 1, pp. 30-40
Women with Aids: Lessons from Indonesia and Singapore
The AIDS situation amongst women in two neighbouring nations of Southeast Asia - Indonesia and Singapore - could not be more different. Indonesia is the biggest country in Southeast Asia, both in terms of size and population, and it is experiencing poverty, painful transition and change. Singapore, on the other hand, is the smallest state in Southeast Asia with one of the world's highest GDP per capita income and a stable democratic regime. Accor…
Asean Coping Mechanisms to Manage the Rise of China
The Rise of China and India: A New Asian Drama
The most remarkable phenomenon in Asia in the 21st century is arguably the economic rise of China and India. Amazingly, the two most populous countries in the world are uplifting millions of their citizens annually from poverty through rapid economic growth. What is the impact on the region, given the ascendance of China and India? There are at least two possible outcomes: the rise of the two great Asian powers may challenge the US and instill fe…
The Rise of China and India: Geo-political Narratives from the Singapore Perspective
Narratives emanating from Singapore on the rise of China and India tend to emphasise the economic emergence of the two giant economies. Like many other Asia-Pacific countries and, indeed the world, business and commercial analyses of Chinese and Indian economic trends have spawned a massive industry of consulting, news/information, publishing and speaking circuits. But what about geopolitical narratives in international relations — do they also r…
Brick by Brick: The Building of an Asean Economic Community – Edited by Denis Hew
Economic Transitions with Chinese Characteristics Vol. 2: Social Change During Thirty Years of Reform
Energy Security and Environmental Sustainability: A Review of the Nautilus Web Site (http://www.nautilus.org) Related to East/Southeast Asian Political Affairs and Internet‐Based Information Initiativ…
Teaching Sino-Japanese Energy Issues: A Case Study of Area Studies Survey Courses Contextualized Against Northeast Asian and Global Energy Relations
Spirited Away: Conceptualizing a Film-Based Case Study through Comparative Narratives of Japanese Ecological and Environmental Discourses
This article discusses interpretations of environmental themes in the film Spirited Away (2011) directed by Miyazaki Hayao, including views that do not agree with any environment-related reading of the film’s contents. In analyzing this diversity of views obtained through fieldwork and secondary sources, the discussions involve interpretations of the characters and symbolisms related to the physical settings found in the animated feature. This in…
Perceptions and Misperceptions in Narratives of Energy Use in Post-311 Japan and Implications for China
This paper focuses on the post-Great East Japan Earthquake narratives and discourses related to various types of energies currently in use in East Asia. Methodologically, interpretive study and textual analysis of collected secondary literatures, media reports as well as some policy resources was conducted. It examines the factional interests, narratives, discourses and schools of thought influencing the outcome of energy issues or decisions as t…
The Aesthetics of Hong Kong’s “Umbrella Revolution” in the First Ten Days: A Historical Anatomy of the First Phase (27 Oct 2014 to 6 October 2014) of Hong Kong’s Umbrella Revolution
Multilateralism and Dependency Theory: A Discussion of George Klay Kieh Jr’s Ideas, Small States and Coal Resource Management
This paper situates center-periphery issues at two levels. At the broadest level (world system), it looks at the spectrum of selected dependency theories and the position of George Klay Kieh Jr’s ideas in this spectrum. In this discussion, I will pay especial attention to small states, powers and economies and explain the justifications in the section below. At the intermediate level (compradorial category) of the world system, I examined some ar…
Contextualizing Occupy Central in Contemporary Hong Kong
Preface Introduction Beijing's initial response to the Phase I (28 September to 6 October 2014) of Hong Kong's Occupy Central Protests The Aesthetics of Hong Kong's in the First Ten Days: A Historical Anatomy of the First Phase (28 September 2014 to 6 October 2014) of Hong Kong's Umbrella Revolution The Hong Kong Occupy Central Protests Phase II Centrist/Moderate/Conservative Views of Occupy Movement A Liberal and Progressive View of Occupy Centr…
Globalization, Consumption and Popular Culture in East Asia
China's One Belt One Road Initiative
Tycoons in Hong Kong: Between Occupy Central and Beijing
The Merlion and Mt. Fuji: 50 Years of Singapore–Japan Relations
Cultural Heritage and Peripheral Spaces in Singapore
The Future of Hong Kong Governance: The Pro-independence Legislators' Election Fallout and Beijing's Political Voice in Hong Kong
This article examines the activities, street-level and Legco tactics as well as the political orientation of the pro-autonomy advocates, localists and pro-independence groups in Hong Kong, contextualized within the September 2016 Legislative Council Election, ‘Fishball Revolution’ and Beijing's interpretation of the Basic Law that all took place within 2016. The ‘localists’, an amorphous group that ranges from greater Hong Kong autonomy seekers t…
State‐Endorsed Popular Culture: A Case Study of the North Korean Girl Band Moranbong
This article examines the emergence of Moranbong as a new popular cultural phenomenon in North Korea. I am interested to examine the patron–client relationship in North Korea by analysing the personal patronage extended by North Korean autocrat Kim Jong‐un to the all‐female pop band Moranbong. In return for propaganda performances to convey images of material well‐being of the regime and extolling the virtues of the ultimate leader, the autocrati…
The Cheng Ho (Zheng He) Cultural Museum in Malacca (Melaka): Its historical importance and contemporary symbolisms
The Zheng He Museum is an important depository of material artefacts related to Zheng He’s seven voyages through the maritime world. This writing intends to highlight three contemporary narratives related to his legacies: (1) the idea of Zheng He as a symbol of the ‘art of collaboration’; (2) the narrative that associates Zheng He with peaceful tributary relations; and (3) the concept of Malacca as an emporium of trade that prospered under offici…
Studying Hong Kong: 20 Years of Political, Economic and Social Developments
"This book captures the essence of Hong Kong's development in the past two decades from 1997 to 2017. It is broken into four parts - economics, society, politics and culture. Hong Kong's role remains as a gateway for global trading houses, businessmen, investors and traders. Hong Kong continues to be an open economy and has stuck to free trade policies, as one of the former four successful "tiger economies" in East Asia. In the political and inte…
The Indigenization and Hybridization of Food Cultures in Singapore
Exportation of Manpower: A Case Study of Chinese Seasonal Laborers in an Agricultural District in Hokkaido
Chiebun District in Hokkaido, one of Japan’s largest vegetable- producing districts, has a long history of accepting agricultural laborers from China. Previously, farms in Chiebun District recruited seasonal laborers from the northeastern part of China, where per-capita income is much lower than China’s national average. At that time, the main reason Chinese laborers came to work in Chiebun District was to earn money. However, because of wage inc…
Political science (23 works) · Law (18 works) · China (16 works) · Sociology (14 works) · Politics (12 works) · Economics (11 works) · History (11 works) · Law (10 works) · Geography (8 works) · Development economics (7 works)