LEGACIES OF HISTORY

· THE ATTRACTION OF TRADE AND RESOURCES

· ADJUSTING TO A STATE-CENTRIC SYSTEM

· “CATCHING UP WITH THE WEST”: EARLY AND LATE MODERNIZATION

· STATUS CONSCIOUSNESS

· ANTI-FOREIGNISM IN ASIA AND RACISM IN THE WEST

· AMERICA’S UNEASY RELATIONSHIP WITH ASIA: MISSIONARY, COLONIALIST, AND TRADER

· CORROSIVE EFFECTS OF THE COLD WAR: DIVIDED COUNTRIES, MIXED LOYALTIES, AND DEPENDENT DEVELOPMENT

· LACK OF A PACIFIC COMMUNITY

· EAST-WEST FUSION: MATERIAL AND TRADITIONAL CULTURES

· STRONG-STATE, WEAK-SOCIETY TRADITION

· NATIONALISM I: FROM ANTI-COLONIAL AND ANTI-IMPERIALIST REVOLUTIONS TO INDEPENDENCE AND PROTECTION OF SOVEREIGNTY

· NATIONALISM II: RAPID DEVELOPMENT, RIVALRY, AND PRIDE

· ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT: STATE CAPITALISM (DEVELOPMENTAL STATE)—“OPEN REGIONALISM” AND DIVERSE EMBRACING OF GLOBALIZATION

· MYTHS: THE “SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP” OF THE U.S. WITH ASIA; CHINA’S “CENTURY OF HUMILIATION”; “ASIAN VALUES”