Professor J. Bruce Jacobs
Professor of Asian Languages and Studies
J. Bruce Jacobs, Professor of Asian Languages and Studies, received his AB., MA and PhD degrees from Columbia University in the United States. He also studied as a postgraduate student in the History Research Institute of National Taiwan University and has been an Exchange Scholar and a Concurrent Professor at Nanjing University.
A specialist in Chinese and Taiwan politics and society, his publications include many books, journal articles and book chapters in Chinese and English.
On this page:Qualifications
- Ph.D. Columbia University
1975
- Thesis: 'Local Politics in Rural Taiwan: A Field Study of Kuan-hsi, Face and Faction in Matsu Township'
- Major Areas: Political Science (Comparative Politics) Chinese Area Studies (Anthropology, History)
- Certificate of East Asian Institute, Columbia University 1970
- MA
Columbia University 1970
- Thesis: 'Recent Leadership and Political Trends in Taiwan'
- [No degree] National Taiwan University (Graduate
Faculty of Arts) 1965-66
- Major Area: Early Chinese History
- A.B. Columbia
University 1965
- Major Areas: Government; Chinese Language and Culture
Contact details
| Room: | S520 Menzies Building (Building 11), Clayton Campus |
| Phone: | (03) 9905 2233 (international: +61 3 9905 2233) |
| Mobile: | 0409 500 413 (international +61 3 409 500 413) |
| Email: | bruce.jacobs@arts.monash.edu.au |
| Fax: | (03) 9905 5437 (international: +61 3 9905 5437) |
| Mailing Address: | Professor
J. B. Jacobs School of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics Building 11 Monash University Australia 3800 |
Subjects Taught
Introduction to Asian Civilisations, Honours Seminar in Asian Studies.
Supervision
PhD Theses Completed under Supervision
Mark Harrison, Legitimizing "Taiwan": the formation of a Taiwanese identity, 2005 (co-supervised with Dr Gloria Davies)
Christine Yunn-Yu Sun, The Construction of "Chinese" Cultural Identity: English-Language Writing by Australian and Other Authors with Chinese Ancestry, 2004 (co-supervised with Dr Gloria Davies)
Hyung-Min Kim, Technology Cooperation in the ICT sector betweenAustralia and Korea: with special reference to the Ecotech agenda in APEC, 2003 (co-supervised with Professor John McKay)
Justin Richard Tighe, Constructing Suiyuan: The Politics of Northwestern Territory and Development in Early Twentieth CenturyChina, 2003.
Li Ke, A General Equilibrium Analysis of the Division of Labour: Violation and Enforcement of Property Rights, Impersonal Networking Decisions and Bundling Sale, 2001 (co-supervised with Professor Xiaokai Yang)
Adrian Buzo, The Guerrilla Dynasty: Politics and Leadership in the DPRK 1954-1994, 1997.
PhD Theses currently being supervised
Australia-Taiwan Relations with special reference to the South Pacific (co-supervised with Dr Dennis Woodward)
Narrating New China: Chen Dengke, Liu Qing and the Politics of Literary Production (co-supervised with Dr Gloria Davies)
Huang Naishang (co-supervised with Dr Gloria Davies)
Comfort Women (co-supervised with A/Prof Alison Tokita and Dr Young-a Cho)
Chinese Political Experiments (co-supervised with Dr Dennis Woodward)
Real Riches or Fools Gold? Doing Business in China (co-supervised with Dr Dennis Woodward)
Taiwan-Japan Relations (co-supervised with Dr Dennis Woodward)
Sino-Pakistani Relations (co-supervised with Dr Dennis Woodward)
Research interests
Taiwan's democratic transition; Taiwan nationalism; Cross-Straits (China-Taiwan) relations; provincial China.
Publications
Books, Monographs
Local Politics in Rural Taiwan under Dictatorship and Democracy. Norwalk, CT: EastBridge, 2008. xx, 351 pp. ISBN 978-1-59988-013-6.
Democratisation in Taiwan . Melbourne: Monash Asia Institute, 1998. iv, 16 pp. (Occasional Paper 1, Centre of East Asian Studies, ISBN 0 7326 1176 8; ISSN 1441-4430)
Bitter Peaches and Plums: Two Chinese Novellas on the Recent Chinese Student Experience in Australia; translated with an Introduction by J. Bruce Jacobs and Ouyang Yu. Melbourne: Monash Asia Institute, 1995. x, 249 pp. (Second Printing, 1997, x, 256 pp.) (JBJ=75%)
Taiwan. Sydney: Asia-Australia Institute, University of New South Wales, 1993. xiv, 50 pp. (Asia-Australia Briefing Papers, Vol. 2, No. 2, 1993)
Taiwan xiangcun difang zhengzhi [Local Politics in Rural Taiwan]; trans. by Yan Anlin. Nanjing: Nanjing University Press, 1992. vii, 331 pp. Chinese translation of Local Politics in a Rural Chinese Cultural Setting: A Field Study of Mazu Township, Taiwan (Canberra: Contemporary China Centre, Australian National University, 1980). (In addition to writing a Chinese preface, 'Zhongyiben xuyan' [Preface to the Chinese translation edition], ibid., pp. 1-2, I also made extensive comments on the first draft of the translation.)
(with David S. G Goodman, Sonny Lo, Cisca Spencer, On Kit Tam, John Zerby). Southern China in Transition: The New Regionalism and Australia. Canberra: Australian Government Publishing Service, 1992. xi, 155 pp. (Report published by East Asia Analytical Unit, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade) (JBJ=10%)
Taiwan: a comprehensive bibliography of English-language publications; compiled by J. Bruce Jacobs, Jean Hagger, Anne Sedgley, with an introduction by J. Bruce Jacobs. Bundoora, Vic.: The Borchardt Library, La Trobe University and New York: East Asian Institute, Columbia University, 1984. viii, 214 pp. (Research Aids of the East Asian Institute, Columbia University).(JBJ=50%). Includes 'Introduction: The Study of Taiwan', ibid., pp. 1-15 (JBJ=100%) This introduction has been translated into Chinese and published in a Chinese journal (see Refereed below, 1985).
Rokuro Hidaka, Democracy and the 'Control State' in Japan; edited with an introduction by J. Bruce Jacobs. Melbourne: Japanese Studies Centre, 1984. v, 38 pp. (Papers of the Japanese Studies Centre). (I edited the rough translations of the lectures and wrote the introduction: 'Introduction: Professor Rokuro Hidaka and Australia's "Hidaka Affair"', ibid., pp. 1-8. The entire volume was about 20,000 words.)
Local Politics in a Rural Chinese Cultural Setting: A Field Study of Mazu Township, Taiwan. Canberra: Contemporary China Centre, Australian National University, 1980. iii, 247 pp. (Contemporary China Papers)
Culture Change and Persistence Among the Chinese; edited by John T. Omohundro and J. Bruce Jacobs. Buffalo: State University of New York, 1979. 61 pp. Published as Journal of Asian Affairs, Vol. 3 [4], No. 2 (Fall 1979) (JBJ=10%) (with John Thomas Omohundro), 'Culture Change and Persistence Among the Chinese: An Introduction', ibid., pp. 1-5 (JBJ=60%).
Book Chapters
‘Taiwan’s Colonial History and Post-Colonial Nationalism’. In The ‘One China’ Dilemma; edited by Peter C.Y. Chow (New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2008), pp. 37-56.
‘Jiangsu’ and ‘Nanjing’. In Das Grosse China Lexikon [The Great China Encylopedia]; edited by Brunhild Staiger, Stefan Friedrich, Hans-Wilm Schütte (Darmstadt: Primus, 2008), pp. 357-359, 521-522.
‘Conceptual Underpinnings for New Policies toward China and Taiwan’. In John J. Tkacik (ed.), Reshaping the Taiwan Strait (Washington: D.C.: Heritage, 2007), pp. 161-180.
'One China, Diplomatic Isolation and a Separate Taiwan'. In China's Rise,Taiwan's Dilemmas and International Peace; edited by Edward Friedman (London: Routledge, 2006), pp. 85-109.
‘Jiangsu’ and ‘Nanjing’. In China: Lexikon zu Geographie und Wirtschaft; edited by Brunhild Staiger, Stefan Friedrich and Hans-Wilm Schütte (Darmstadt: WBG [Wissenshaftliche Buchgessellschaft], 2006), pp. 221-223, 228-229.
'"Taiwanization" in Taiwan 's Politics'. In Cultural, Ethnic, and Political Nationalism in Contemporary Taiwan : Bentuhua; edited by John Makeham and A-chin Hsiau ( New York : Palgrave, 2005), pp. 17-54.
'One China, Diplomatic Isolation and a Separate Taiwan'. In China's Rise,Taiwan's Dilemmas and International Peace; edited by Edward Friedman (London: Routledge, 2005), pp. 85-109.
'Jia Bo (Bruce Jacobs) xiansheng fangwen jilu' [Record of Visit with Mr Bruce Jacobs], in Koushu lishi: meilidao shijian zhuanji [Oral History: Special Collection on the Formosa Incident], No. 12 (Taipei: Institute of Modern History, Academia Sinica, April 2004), pp. 294-316.
'Australia's Relationship with the Republic of China on Taiwan'. In Re-orienting Australia-China Relations: 1972 to the Present; edited by Nicholas Thomas (Aldershot, England and Burlington, VT, USA: Ashgate, 2004), pp. 35-50.
(with Li Ke), ' Shanghai's Re-emergence as China's Economic, Finance and Trade Centre under Deng Xiaoping'. In Sherman Cochran [Cornell University], Tim Wright and Chi-kong Lai (eds.), The Gateway: Shanghai in the Foreign Relations of China's Economy (London and New York: Routledge, 1998), 13,600 words, in press.
'Jiangsu' and 'Nanjing', in Brunhild Staiger, Stefan Friedrich and Hans-Wilm Schtte (eds.), Das grosse China-Lexikon (Darmstadt: Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft and Darmstadt: Primus Verlag, 2003), pp. 357-359 (Jiangsu), 521-522 (Nanjing).
'Mao Jiaqi jiaoshou: xuezhe, liangshi, tongshi he pengyou [Professor Mao Jiaqi: Scholar, Excellent Teacher, Colleague and Friend]', in Fengao buzhuolishi xuejia Mao Jiaqi [Burning the Midnight Oil to Overcome IneptnessThe Historian Mao Jiaqi]; edited by Cui Zhiqing and Dong Guoqiang (Nanjing: Nanjing daxue chubanshe, [Nanjing University Press] 2001, pp. 163-169.
'Elections in China'. In Lin Chun (ed), China Volume II: The Transformation of Chinese Socialism (Aldershot, Burlington USA, Singapore, Sydney: Ashgate/Dartmouth, 2000), pp. 107-135. The International Library of Politics and Comparative Government. (Reprinted from 'Elections in China. The Australian Journal of Chinese Affairs, No. 25 (January 1991), pp. 171-199.)
'China's Policies Toward Taiwan'. In C.L. Chiou and Leong H. Liew (eds), Uncertain Future: Taiwan-Hong Kong-China Relations after Hong Kong's return to Chinese Sovereignty (Aldershot, Brookfield USA, Singapore, Sydney: Ashgate, 2000), pp. 87-110.
'President Clinton's Visit to China and the Future of Cross-Straits Relations'. In In Search of Peaceful Coexistence between Taiwan and China: Strategies and Approaches, [edited by Annette Hsiu-lien L] (Taipei: Institute for National Development, (1999), pp. 109-115.
'Uneven Development: Prosperity and Poverty in Jiangsu'. In Hans Hendrischke and Feng Chongyi (eds), The Political Economy of China's Provinces: Comparative and Competitive Advantage (London and New York: Routledge, 1999), pp. 113-150.
'Local government/administration', 'Shanghai', 'Taiwan policy' and 'Wu Bangguo', in Dictionary of the Politics of the People's Republic of China; edited by Colin Mackerras with Donald H. McMillen and Andrew Watson (London and New York: Routledge, 1998), pp. 144-145, 192-194, 208-209, 234-235.
'Chinese Administrative Tradition'. In International Encyclopedia of Public Policy and Administration; edited by Jay M Shafritz (Boulder, CO: Westview, 1998), vol. 1, pp. 381-86. (This is the only contribution on China in this major, four volume international reference work.)
'Shanghai: An Alternative Centre?' In China's Provinces in Reform: Class, Community and Political Culture; edited by David S.G. Goodman (London and New York: Routledge, 1997), pp. 163-193.
(with Lijian Hong). 'China's Relationship with Taiwan'. In China as a Great Power: Myths, Realities and Challenges in the Asia-Pacific Region; edited by Stuart Harris and Gary Klintworth (Melbourne: Longman, 1995 and New York: St Martins, 1995), pp. 214-230 (JBJ=70%).
(with Lijian Hong). 'Shanghai and the Lower Yangzi Valley'. In China Deconstructs: Politics, Trade and Regionalism; edited by David S.G. Goodman and Gerald Segal (London and New York: Routledge, 1994), pp. 224-252. (JBJ=75%)
(with Lijian Hong). 'The PLA and Regionalism: Explorations on the Roles of the Nanjing Military Region'. In Chinese Regionalism: The Security Dimension; edited by Richard H. Yang, Jason C. Hu, Peter K. H. Yu and Andrew N.D. Yang (Boulder, San Francisco and Oxford: Westview Press, 1994), pp. 157-190. (JBJ=40%)
'Taiwan ren yu Zhongguo Guomindang 1937-1945: Taiwan "Banshan ren" de qiyuan' [Taiwanese and the Chinese Nationalist Party 1937-1945: The Origins of Taiwan "Half-Mountain People"]. In Taiwan, Zhongguo, Er er ba[Taiwan, China, and the February 28, 1947 Uprising]; trans. by Chen Lifu, Xia Ronghe and Li Weisheng (Taibei: Daoxiang chubanshe, 1992), pp. 3-52. Chinese translation by Chen Lifu and Xia Ronghe of 'Taiwanese and the Chinese Nationalists, 1937-1945: The Origins of Taiwan's "Half-Mountain People"(Banshan ren)'. Modern China, Vol. 16, No. 1 (January 1990), pp. 84-118.
'Chinese Nationalist Politics in Taiwan under the Two Chiangs'. In Modern Taiwan in the 1990s; edited by Gary Klintworth (Canberra: Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, Australian National University, 1991), pp. 10-22. (Canberra Papers on Strategy and Defence, No. 75).
'Zhongguo zhengzhi lianmeng teshu guanxi de chubu moshi: Taiwan xiangzhen zhong de renqing he guanxi [A Preliminary Model of Special Relationships in Chinese Political Alliances: Renqing and Guanxi in a Rural Taiwanese Township]'. In Zhongguo ren de quanli youxi [Power Plays of the Chinese]; edited by Huang Guangguo (Taibei: Juliu tushu gongsi, 1988), pp. 85-140. Chinese translation of 'A Preliminary Model of Particularistic Ties in Chinese Political Alliances: Kan-ch'ing and Kuan-hsi in a Rural Taiwanese Township'. The China Quarterly, No. 78 (June 1979), pp. 237-273.
'The Concept of Guanxi and Local Politics in a Rural Chinese Cultural Setting'. In Social Interaction in Chinese Society; edited by Sidney L. Greenblatt, Richard W. Wilson, and Amy Auerbacher Wilson (New York: Praeger Publishers, 1982), pp. 209-236. Reprinted from Chapter III of Local Politics in a Rural Chinese Cultural Setting: A Field Study of Mazu Township, Taiwan (1980).
Refereed Journal Articles
‘Taiwan and South Korea: Comparing East Asian’s Two “Third-Wave” Democracies,’ Issues and Studies: A Social Science Quarterly on China, Taiwan and East Asian Affairs, Vol. 43, No. 4 (December 2007), pp. 227-260.
(with I-hao Ben Liu), ‘Lee Teng-hui and the Idea of “Taiwan”’, The China Quarterly, No. 190 (June 2007), pp. 375-393.
‘Taiwan Studies in Australia: An Overview,” Issues and Studies: A Social Science Quarterly on China, Taiwan and East Asian Affairs, Vol. 43, No. 1 (March 2007), in press.
‘Voting for Change’ (on Taiwan’s local elections of December 3, 2005), Taiwan Review, Vol. 56, No. 3 (March 2006), pp. 22-27.
'Researching Taiwan in the 1970s', Issues and Studies, Vol. 40, Nos 3-4 (September/December 2004), pp. 403-418.
'A Tale of Two Cities', Taiwan Review, Vol. 53, No. 3 (March 2003), pp. 24-29.
'Cementing Democracy', Taipei Review, Vol 52, No. 2 (February 2002), pp. 34-39.
'Xuezhe renwu (5) Mao Jiaqi jiaoshou: xuezhe, liangshi, tongshi he pengyou [Scholar-Personages (5)Professor Mao Jiaqi: Scholar, Excellent Teacher, Colleague and Friend]', published on CSDN (China Social Development Network) website on 10 November 2000.
'Democratisation in Taiwan Revisited'. Asian Studies Review, Vol. 21, Nos. 2-3 (November 1997), pp. 149-157.
'A Delicate Balance: The future of China-Taiwan Relations',Harvard Asia Pacific Review, Vol. 2, No. 1 (Winter 1997/98), pp. 46-49.(Technically, this is not a refereed journal, but an invited contribution to a new journal with internationally renowned contributors from North America and the Asia-Pacific region.)
'Political and Economic Reform in Taiwan' (Review Article).Asian Studies Review, Vol. 18, No. 1 (July 1994), pp. 147-164.
(with Lijian Hong). 'Political, Economic and Security Roles of the Local Chinese Military: The Case of the Nanjing Military Region'. New Zealand Journal of East Asian Studies, Vol. II, No. 1 (June 1994), pp. 3-38. (JBJ=40%)
'Democratisation in Taiwan'. Asian Studies Review, Vol. 17, No. 1 (July 1993), pp. 116-126.
'Taiwan's Rapid Political Transformation' (Review Article).The Pacific Review, Vol. 6, No. 3 (1993), pp. 291-292.
'Chinese Nationalist Politics in Taiwan under the Two Jiangs'.Far Eastern Affairs (Moscow), No. 2, 1992, pp. 165-175.
(with Lurong Wang), 'China's Foreign Affairs Establishment and the National People's Congress'. Australian Journal of International Affairs, Vol. 46, No. 2 (September 1992), pp. 267-279. (JBJ=40%)
Jia Bo (J. Bruce Jacobs), 'Liangdai Jiang zongtong lingdao xia de Taiwan zhengzhi jianshu' [A Brief Explication of Taiwan Politics under the Leadership of the two President Jiangs]. Trans. by Hong Lijian. Zhongguo luntan [China Tribune] (Taibei), No. 382 (July 1992), pp. 4-10. Chinese translation of 'Chinese Nationalist Politics in Taiwan under the Two Chiangs',Modern Taiwan in the 1990s; edited by Gary Klintworth (Canberra: Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, Australian National University, 1991), pp. 10-22. (I carefully checked the translation.)
Jia Bo (J. Bruce Jacobs), 'Aodaliya lianbang xuanju zhidu he 1990 nian puxuan' [The Australian Federal Electoral System and the 1990 Election].Lishi jiaoxue wenti [Problems of Historical Education] (Shanghai), 1991, No. 6 (December 15, 1991), pp. 7-9.
Jia Bo (J. Bruce Jacobs), 'Minzhu yu Zhongguo zhishi fenzi'[Democracy and China's Intellectuals]. Zhongguo luntan [China Tribune](Taibei), No. 373 (October 1991), pp. 10-13.
'Elections in China. The Australian Journal of Chinese Affairs, No. 25 (January 1991), pp. 171-199.
'Soviet Sinology: a report'. Asian Studies Review, No. 14, No. 2 (November 1990), pp. 127-132.
'Taiwan ren yu Zhongguo Guomindang 1937-1945: Taiwan "Banshan ren" de qiyuan' [Taiwanese and the Chinese Nationalist Party 1937-1945: The Origins of Taiwan "Half-Mountain People"]. Trans. by Chen Lifu and Xia Ronghe.Taiwan fengwu [The Taiwan Folkways], Vol. 40, No. 2 (June 1990), pp. 17-54. Chinese translation of 'Taiwanese and the Chinese Nationalists, 1937-1945: The Origins of Taiwan's "Half-Mountain People" (Banshan ren)'.Modern China, Vol. 16, No. 1 (January 1990), pp. 84-118.
'The Political Background to the Beijing Massacre'. Thesis Eleven, No. 25 (1990), pp. 5-21.
'Taiwanese and the Chinese Nationalists, 1937-1945: The Origins of Taiwan's "Half-Mountain People" (Banshan ren)'. Modern China, Vol. 16, No. 1 (January 1990), pp. 84-118.
Jia Bo (J. Bruce Jacobs). 'Guanyu Taiwan de yanjiu' [On Research about Taiwan]. Trans. by Cheng Shang. Taiwan yanjiu jikan [Taiwan Research Quarterly], No. 3 (September 1985), pp. 80-90. Chinese translation of 'Introduction: The Study of Taiwan', Taiwan: a comprehensive bibliography of English-language publications; compiled by J. Bruce Jacobs, Jean Hagger, Anne Sedgley, with an introduction by J. Bruce Jacobs (Bundoora, Vic.: The Borchardt Library, La Trobe University and New York: East Asian Institute, Columbia University, 1984), pp. 1-15.
'Political and Economic Organisational Changes and Continuities in Six Rural Chinese Localities'. The Australian Journal of Chinese Affairs, No. 14 (July 1985), pp. 105-130.
'Chinese Studies, Cross-Cultural Studies and Taiwan: Review Article'. Pacific Affairs, Vol. 54, No. 4 (Winter 1981-1982), pp. 688-698.
'Political Opposition and Taiwan's Political Future'. The Australian Journal of Chinese Affairs, No. 6 (July 1981), pp. 21-44.
'Taiwan 1979: "Normalcy" after "Normalization"'. Asian Survey, Vol. 20, No. 1 (January 1980), pp. 84-93.
'A Preliminary Model of Particularistic Ties in Chinese Political Alliances: Kan-ch'ing and Kuan-hsi in a Rural Taiwanese Township'. The China Quarterly , No. 78 (June 1979), pp. 237-273
'Taiwan: Background and Prospects'. World Review, Vol. 18, No. 2 (June 1979), pp. 61-74.
'Taiwan 1978: Economic Successes, International Uncertainties'.Asian Survey, Vol. 19, No. 1 (January 1979), pp. 20-29.
'Paradoxes in the Politics of Taiwan: Lessons for Comparative Politics'. Politics, Vol. 13, No. 2 (November 1978), pp. 239-247.
'Taiwan's Press: Political Communications Link and Research Resource'. The China Quarterly, No. 68 (December 1976), pp. 778-788.
'The Cultural Bases of Factional Alignment and Division in a Rural Taiwanese Township'. The Journal of Asian Studies, Vol. 36, No. 1 (November 1976), pp. 79-97.
'Continuity and Change in the Contemporary Chinese Family'.Asian Survey, Vol. 15, No. 10 (October 1975), pp. 882-891.
'Taiwan no kinkyo' [Recent Events in Taiwan]. Ajia Jiho[Asia Review], No. 50 (June 1974), pp. 58-63. Japanese translation of 'Taiwan 1973: Consolidation of the Succession', Asian Survey, Vol. 14, No. 1 (January 1974), pp. 22-29.
'Taiwan 1973: Consolidation of the Succession'. Asian Survey, Vol. 14, No. 1 (January 1974), pp. 22-29.
'Taiwan 1972: Political Season'. Asian Survey, Vol. 13, No. 1 (January 1973), pp. 102-112.
'Recent Leadership and Political Trends in Taiwan'. The China Quarterly, No. 45 (January-March 1971), pp. 129-154.
Non-Refereed Journal Articles and Journalistic Contributions
‘Inauguration of the new president, Taiwan Communiqué, No. 119 (June/July 2008), pp. 5-8.
‘Spending money where it matters,’ Taipei Times, 14 May 2008, p. 8.
‘Taiwan waijiao yao fen qingzhong huanji 台灣外交要分輕重緩急 [We must decide what is important in Taiwan’s foreign relations],’ Pingguo ribao 蘋果日報 (Apple Daily), 12 May 2008, p. A16.
‘Perspectives on S Korean elections,’ Taipei Times, 12 April 2008, p. 8.
‘Ma gaige ying yi Taiwan wei zhuti馬改革應以台灣為主體 [In order to reform, Ma must take Taiwan as the subject]’ Pingguo ribao 蘋果日報 [Apple Daily], 24 March 2008, p. A25.
‘Some suggestions for Ma Ying-jeou,’ Taipei Times, 24 March 2008, p. 8. Reprinted in Taiwan Communique, No. 118 (March/April 2008), pp. 6-8.
‘Taiwan’s poll shows a true democracy,’ The Australian, 24 March 2008, p. 8
‘Gei Xie Ma yifeng gongkai xin 給謝馬一封公開信 [An Open Letter to Hsieh and Ma], Pingguo ribao 蘋果日報 (Apple Daily), 23 January 2008, p. A17.
‘Minjindang canbai ji zongtong xuanju 民進黨慘敗及總統選舉 [The Democratic Progressive Party’s Landslide Loss and the Presidential Election],’ Pingguo ribao 蘋果日報 (Apple Daily), 14 January 2008, p. A18.
‘Can the DPP overcome a drubbing?,’ Taipei Times, 14 January 2008, p. 8. Reprinted in Taiwan Communiqué, No. 117 (January/February 2008), pp. 6-9.
‘Referenda and Taiwan’s Democratization,’ Peace Forum of Taiwan Thinktank, 9 January 2008.
http://www.peaceforum.org.tw/onweb.jsp?webno=333333371;&webitem_no=826.
‘Describing Taiwan’s Real History,’ Taipei Times, 9 February 2007, p. 8.
‘Chengxian Taiwan zhenzheng de lishi 呈現台灣真正的歷史 [Let Taiwan’s True History Emerge]’, Pingguo ribao 蘋果日報 (Apple Daily), 8 February 2007, p. A20.
‘Now improve the political system’, Taipei Times, 14 December 2006, p. 8.
‘Chaoye lixing gaige, ci qishi yi 朝野勵行改革，此其時矣 ( )’, Pingguo ribao 蘋果日報 (Apple Daily)，13 December 2006, p. 19.
‘Taiwan's history - and destiny - of freedom from China’, The Christian Science Monitor, 13 December 2006, p. 9.
‘Beihan wenti yu jiejue zhi dao’ [The North Korean Problem and a Road to Resolution], Pingguo ribao [Apple Daily], 23 October 2006, p. 16.
‘North Korea: The problem and a solution,’ Taipei Times, 22 October 2006, p. 9.
‘Taiwan: A New Nation?’, Asian Currents: The Asian Studies Association of Australia’s e-bulletin, No. 26 (June 2006), http://iceaps.anu.edu.au/ac/asian-currents-06-06.html
‘DPP’s loss highlights urgent need for reform’, Taipei Times, 6 December 2005, p. 8.
Jia Bo (Bruce Jacobs), ‘Minjindang wenti chu zai nali [Where have the Democratic Progressive Party’s Problems Appeared?], Pingguo ribao [Apple Daily] (Taiwan), 6 December 2005, p. A16.
‘Chiang lost the ROC its UN seat’, Taipei Times, 23 October 2005, p. 8.
‘Australian values must inform China ties’, Taiwan Journal, 2 September 2005, p. 7.
'Appeasing China 's leaders not the way'. The Age, 30 June 2005, p. 17. http://www.theage.com.au/news/opinion/appeasing-chinas-leaders-not-the-way/2005/06/29/1119724692487.html Reprinted in Taiwan Perspective, No. 81, (4 July 2005), Web-based electronic publication edited by Institute for National Policy Research (INPR), Taiwan, http://www.tp.org.tw/eletter/story.htm?id=20008876
'Bullying Beijing sets back the cause of Taiwan 's reunification', The Age, 15 March 2005, p. 13. Reprinted as ' Beijing hinders cause of Taiwan 's reunification', Taiwan Perspective, No. 68, (22 March 2005), Web-based electronic publication edited by Institute for National Policy Research (INPR), Taiwan, http://www.tp.org.tw/eletter/story.htm?id=20007246
'China lives down to expectation', Taipei Times, 1 February 2005, p. 8.
'Interpretation an[d] i mplication[s] of Taiwan 's Legislative Elections',Taiwan Perspective, Issue 55 (10 January 2005), Web-based electronic publication edited by Institute for National Policy Research (INPR), Taiwan,http://www.tp.org.tw/eletter/story.htm?id=20006122
'Australia must not shun democratic Taiwan ', The Age, 14 December 2004, p. 11. (Reprinted by Taiwan Perspective, Issue 51 (16 December 2004), Web-based electronic publication edited by Institute for National Policy Research (INPR), Taiwan, http://www.tp.org.tw/eletter/story.htm?id=20005632
'Taoyuan's overcrowded but key race', Taipei Times, 6 December 2004, p. 4.
'Faction, blood and party' [The 2004 legislative election in Chiayi County],Taipei Times, 5 December 2004, p. 4.
'We must stand up for Taiwan ', The Age, 28 August 2004, p. 11 (Opinion).
'What it Means to be Taiwanese: Some Thoughts', in Taiwanese Association of Australia Melbourne Chapter Inc Bi-Monthly Magazine, August 2004, pp. 26-31.
'A Victory for Taiwanese sovereignty', reprint and translation of article in The Age, 23 March 2004, in Taiwanese Association of Australia Melbourne Chapter Inc Bi-Monthly Magazine, June 2004, pp. 18-21.
'A victory for Taiwanese sovereignty', The Age, 23 March 2004, p. 11
'Chen victorious is Taiwan 's gain', Taipei Times, 23 March 2004, p. 8.
Chen constructs win on gains in south Taiwan ', Taiwan News, 21 March 2004 .
'Can Lien and Soong solve Taiwan 's problems?', Taiwan News, 19 March 2004, p. 9.
'Threads unwinding in final week', Taiwan News, 18 March 2004, p. 9.
'Taiwan 's push for democracy moves forward', Monash News, March 2004, p. 5.
'Hu Jintao's very offensive speech', Taipei Times, 29 October 2003, p. 8.
'Jiang Jingguo yu Gaoxiong shijian' [Chiang Ching-kuo and the Kaohsiung Incident], trans. by Gao Yuling, Taiwan ribao [Taiwan Daily], 16 January 2003, p. 4.
'Personalities played pivotal part in election results', Taipei Times, 8 December 2002, p. 9.
'Ma foresees electoral difficulties with the PFP', Taipei Times, 4 December 2002, p. 3.
'Neck-and-neck Kaohsiung race precursor to 2004 presidential elections',Taiwan News, 2 December 2002, p. 2.
'An open letter to President Chen', Taipei Times, 30 November 2002, p. 8.
'Foreword' in Chen Jie, Foreign Policy of the New Taiwan: Pragmatic Diplomacy in Southeast Asia (Cheltenham, UK and Northamption, MA, USA: Edward Elgar, 2002), pp. vii-ix.
'Election analysis is off the mark', Taipei Times, 28 January 2002, p. 3.
'Taiwan's new democracy stands up for itself', The Age (Melbourne), 4 December 2001, p. 15.
'Election results indicate intelligent vote patterns', Taipei Times, 2 December 2001, p. 22.
'End to corruption a step in nation's democratization', Taipei Times , 1 December 2001, p. 3.
'Post-election situation clarifies', Taipei Times, 30 November 2001, p. 3.
'KMT leadership largely to blame for drop in votes', Taipei Times, 29 November 2001, p. 3.
'Factions determine election dealing', Taipei Times, 28 November 2001, p. 9.
'Howard's election shows that the mood in Australia is changing', Taipei Times, 17 November 2001, p. 9.
'From exhilaration to pessimism', Taipei Times, 15 September 2001, p. 8.
'Completing the circle', Taipei Times, 23 March 2000, p. 9.
'Taiwan makes a little history of its own', The Age, 20 March 2000, p. 15
'The good, the bad and the ugly', Taipei Times, 20 March 2000, p. 6.
'Southern strength saved Chen, elsewhere Soong had the edge', Taipei Times, 19 March 2000, pp. 17, 19.
'The Chinese politics of Beijing's white paper in perspective',Taipei Times, 16 March 2000, p. 10.
'The view from the countryside', Taipei Times, 15 March 2000, p. 8.
'2.28 and Taiwan's future'. The China News (Taipei), 27 February 1997, p. 11.
Jia Bo (J. Bruce Jacobs), 'Rang shangkou de hua zaori zhanfang'[Let the flowers of the wounds bloom soon]. Zhongguo shibao [China Times] (Taipei), 25 February 1997, p. 11.
'Banking in China immune to reform'. The Australian, 8 May 1996, p. 67.
'Did China's missiles backfire?'. Montage: News and View from Monash University, Vol. 7, No. 2 (April 1996), pp. 16, 15.
'Taiwan's brave voice will echo'. The Age (Melbourne), 5 April 1996, p. A13.
'Taiwan's presidential election important for the region as'.The China News (Taipei), 27 March 1996, p. 11.
'Key Symbol of Democracy'. The China News (Taipei), 21 March 1996, p. 11.
'Why China's Taiwan Policies will fail in the long run'. The China News (Taipei), 20 March 1996, p. 11.
'Military threat outdated ploy'. The West Australian, 12 March 1996, p. 15.
'Aborigines [in Taiwan] forge world links as new laws boost pride and power'. The Australian, 10 October 1995, p. 19.
Jia Bo (J. Bruce Jacobs). 'Zhongguo heyizweiju Taiwan de Li Zongtong?'. Ziyou shibao [Liberty Times] (Taipei), 21 August 1995, p. 7. Chinese translation of 'Why China fears Taiwan's President Lee', The Australian, 9 June 1995, p. 13.
'Why China fears Taiwan's President Lee'. The Australian, 9 June 1995, p. 13.
'Lessons for Australia on Malaysian road to China'. The Age (Melbourne), 13 February 1995, p. 11.
'Sino-Russian border wide open for trade'. The Australian, October 1, 1993, p. 12.
'Rip Van Winkle Returns to Taiwan'. Far Eastern Economic Review, Vol. 156, No. 19 (May 13, 1993), p. 36.
Jia Bo [J. Bruce Jacobs], 'Baohu, genjian, "yingzi" suixing de guxiang zhi xing' [Travels to a Homeland under Protection and Surveillance, Accompanied by "Shadow"]. Zili zaobao [Independence Morning Post](Taipei), December 25, 1992, p. 15; December 26, 1992, p. 11; December 27, 1992, p. 11; December 28, 1992, p. 11; December 29, 1992, p. 15; December 30, 1992, p. 15.
Jia Bo [J. Bruce Jacobs], 'Minzhu daolu de kualan' [Hurdles on the road to democracy]. Zili zaobao [Independence Morning Post](Taipei), September 19, 1992, p. 5. Chinese translation of 'Hurdles on the road to democracy', The Australian, August 14, 1992, p. 9.
'Hurdles on the road to democracy'. The Australian, August 14, 1992, p. 9.
'Australia inexorably linked with Asia'. Business Victoria, Vol 2, No. 3 (May 1992), p. 7.
'Democracy and China'. Economic and Political Weekly(Bombay), Vol. XXVI, No. 33 (August 17, 1991), pp. 1905-1906.
'Other sides to the China delegation'. The Age(Melbourne), June 18, 1991, p. 13.
Jia Bo (J. Bruce Jacobs), 'Minzhu yu Zhongguo zhishi fenzi'[Democracy and China's Intellectuals]. Huashengbao [Chinese Herald](Sydney), June 7, 1991, p. 11.
'Official Visitors to China walk on eggs'. The Sunday Herald (Melbourne), July 29, 1990, p. 12.
'Overpopulate and Perish? Population and the Environment in China'. In Environment and Development: Towards a Sustainable Future, Tape Ten (Series Produced by Radio Australia, 1990).
'Why the police need policing'. The Herald (Melbourne), April 20, 1990, p. 12.
Chinese-language commentary providing a preliminary analysis of the Australian general election of 24 March 1990, written and recorded for the Chinese-language service of Radio Australia. Broadcast on Monday, 26 March 1990, Chinese Service, Radio Australia. Published in a slightly revised as 'Lianbang puxuan fenxi' [An Analysis of the Commonwealth Election],Huashengbao [Chinese Herald] (Sydney), March 30, 1990, p. 1.
Chinese-language commentary analysing Australia's electoral system and the forthcoming election of 24 March 1990, written and recorded for the Chinese-language service of Radio Australia. Broadcast on the Jiaodian [Newsfocus] program, Chinese Service, Radio Australia, Wednesday, 21 March 1990, and Friday, 23 March 1990. Published as Jia Bo (J. Bruce Jacobs), 'Aodaliya puxuan de jieshao' [An Introduction to the Australian General Election], Huashengbao [Chinese Herald] (Sydney), March 23, 1990, p. 5.
'Why the students failed in China'. The Sunday Herald(Melbourne), January 14, 1990, p. 7.
'No way to hide the massacre'. The Herald (Melbourne), September 20, 1989, p. 14.
'News Commentary [On the contradiction between Deng Xiaoping's policies of "Opening to the Outside World" and Ideological Orthodoxy]'. Radio National, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Thursday, 31 August 1989, 6.55 p.m.
'Let's advance Australia, but make it fair for all'. The Sunday Herald (Melbourne), August 27, 1989, p. 19.
'China: Political Background and Prospects'. Economic and Political Weekly (Bombay), Vol. XXIV, No. 30 (July 29, 1989), pp. 1696-1697.
'News Commentary [On Response to China after Beijing Massacre]'. Radio National, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Wednesday, 14 June 1989, 6.55 p.m. Reprinted as 'Response to China', Bulletin (La Trobe University), Vol. 20, No. 13 (3 July 1989), pp. 1,3.
'News Commentary [On Beijing Massacre of 4 June 1989]'. Radio National, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Monday, 5 June 1989, 6.55 p.m.
'Negotiating Exchange Agreements with China'. Action China, No. 11 (October 1988), p. 22.
Robert Mont (pseud). 'Tibet in September-October 1987: A Western Scholar's Observations'. Tibetan Review, Vol. XXIII, No. 8 (August 1988), pp. 8-14.
(with Frederick C. Teiwes). 'In Memoriam: Professor Hu Hua'.Asian Studies Association of Australia Review, Vol. 11, No. 3 (April 1988), pp. 85-86. (JBJ=50%)
'Uncurbed security forces threaten Taiwan's future'. The Age (Melbourne), January 22, 1985, p. 13.
'The Chinese ties that bind and divide'. Far Eastern Economic Review, Vol. 118, No. 42 (October 15, 1982), pp. 40-41.
Jia Bo (J. Bruce Jacobs). 'Taiwan de zhengzhi fandui shili' [The power of Taiwan's political opposition]. Qishi niandai [The Seventies](Hong Kong), No. 144 (January 1982), pp. 56-61. Chinese translation of 'Political Opposition and Taiwan's Political Future', The Australian Journal of Chinese Affairs, No. 6 (July 1981), pp. 21-44.
Jia Bo (J. Bruce Jacobs). 'Zhengzhi fandui yu Taiwan zhengzhi de qiantu' [Political Opposition and Taiwan's Political Future]. Trans. by Lin Xini. Yazhou ren [The Asian Monthly] (Taipei), No. 7 (December 1981), pp. 68-75. Chinese translation of 'Political Opposition and Taiwan's Political Future', The Australian Journal of Chinese Affairs, No. 6 (July 1981), pp. 21-44.
Jia Bo (J. Bruce Jacobs). 'Zhengzhi fanduizhe yu Taiwan zhengzhi qiantu'. [Political Opposition and Taiwan's Political Future]. Trans. by Lin Meihui. Meilidao [Formosa Weekly] (Los Angeles), No. 57 (October 3, 1981), pp. 8-9, No. 58 (October 10, 1981), pp. 8-9, No. 59 (October 17, 1981), p. 7. Chinese translation of 'Political Opposition and Taiwan's Political Future', The Australian Journal of Chinese Affairs, No. 6 (July 1981), pp. 21-44.
Jia Bo (J. Bruce Jacobs). 'Yijiuqijiu nian de Taiwan' [Taiwan in 1979]. Trans. by Lin Weikai. Meilidao [Formosa Weekly] (Los Angeles), No. 23 (April 11, 1981), pp. 10-11. Chinese translation of 'Taiwan 1979:"Normalcy" after "Normalization"', Asian Survey, Vol. 20, No. 1 (January 1980), pp. 84-93.
Jia Bo (J. Bruce Jacobs). 'Taiwan de baozhi meijie: zhengzhi de goutong huan ji yanjiu de ziliao laiyuan' [Taiwan's Newspaper Media: Political Communications Link and Research Resource]. Trans. by Xu Yuan. Da Shidai[The Great Epoch] (Taipei), Vol. 2, No. 4 (April 1980), pp. 18-22. Chinese translation of 'Taiwan's Press: Political Communications Link and Research Resource', The China Quarterly, No. 68 (December 1976), pp. 778-788.
Jia Bo (J. Bruce Jacobs). 'Taiwan xiangcun difang zhengzhi de liang ge wenti' [Two problems about local politics in rural Taiwan]. Trans. by Wang Shun. Daxue zazhi [The Intellectual] (Taipei), No. 100 (September 1976), pp. 53-54.
Jia Bo (J. Bruce Jacobs). 'Yige Meiguo ren duiyu Taiwan xuanju de guan'gan' [An American's impressions of Taiwan's election]. Daxue zazhi[The Intellectual] (Taipei), No. 62 (February 1973), pp. 37-38.
Jia Bo (J. Bruce Jacobs). 'Lun dianshi yuyan yu nongmin xinsheng'[On the language of television and the farmers' heart-felt cry]. Daxue zazhi [The Intellectual] (Taipei), No. 62 (February 1973), pp. 48, 53. A reprint of the January 19, 1973 article from Zhongyang ribao [Central Daily News]; published as an appendix to a commentary on the original article.
Jia Bo (J. Bruce Jacobs). 'Lun dianshi yuyan yu nongmin xinsheng'[On the language of television and the farmers' heart-felt cry]. Zhongyang ribao [Central Daily News], January 19, 1973, p. 9.
'Spring-clean shadows'. Far Eastern Economic Review, Vol. 76, No.25 (June 17, 1972), p. 12. [The new Taiwan Provincial Government leadership]
'Tongue-tied tube'. Far Eastern Economic Review, Vol. 76, No. 20 (May 13, 1972), p. 31. [Dialect and television in Taiwan]
'Age of Consent'. Far Eastern Economic Review, Vol. 76, No. 14 (April 1, 1972), p. 7. [The new Nationalist Party Central Standing Committee]
'Optimism in Taiwan's Port Centre'. Far Eastern Economic Review, Vol. 75, No. 6 (February 5, 1972), pp. 28-29. [The political, economic, and social situation of Kaohsiung City]
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Review of God and Caesar in China: Policy Implications of Church-State Relations; edited by Jason Kindopp and Carol Lee Hamrin (Washington, D.C.: Brookings Institution Press, 2004). In Democratization (London), Vol. 12, No. 2 (April 2005), pp. 277-279.
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Review of Understanding Modern Taiwan: Essays in Economics, Politics and Social Policy; edited by Christian Aspalter (Aldershot: Ashgate, 2001). In The China Journal, No. 49 (January 2003), pp. 218-219.
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Review of Taiwan's Expanding Role in the International Arena, edited by Maysing H. Yang, (Armonk, N.Y.: M.E. Sharpe, 1997). In The China Journal, No. 39 (January 1998), pp. 185-187.
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Review of Political Change in Taiwan; edited by Tun-jen Cheng and Stephan Haggard (Boulder & London: Lynne Rienner Publishers, 1992). In The Australian Journal of Chinese Affairs, No. 29 (January 1993), pp. 215-217.
Review of Michael Dutton, Policing and Punishment in China: From Patriarchy to 'the people' (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1992). In The Age (Saturday Extra), December 5, 1992, p. 11.
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Review of Colin Mackerras, Kevin Bucknall and Russell Trood,The Beijing Tragedy: Implications for China and Australia (Brisbane: Centre for the Study of Australia-Asia Relations, Griffith University, 1989. In Asian Studies Review, Vol. 14, No. 1 (July 1990), pp. 162-163.
Review of Contending Approaches to the Political Economy of Taiwan; edited by Edwin A. Winckler and Susan Greenhalgh (Armonk, N.Y. and London: M.E. Sharpe, Inc., 1988) and John F. Copper, A Quiet Revolution: Political Development in the Republic of China (Washington, D.C.: Ethics and Public Policy Center, 1988). In The Journal of Asian Studies, Vol. 49, No. 2 (May 1990), pp. 387-389.
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Review of Lucian W. Pye, The Mandarin and the Cadre: China's Political Cultures (Ann Arbor: Center for Chinese Studies, The University of Michigan, 1988). In Pacific Affairs, Vol. 63, No. 1 (Spring 1990), pp. 93-94.
Review of Alan P. Liu, Phoenix and the Lame Lion: Modernization in Taiwan and Mainland China, 1950-1980 (Stanford: Hoover Institution Press, 1987). In Pacific Affairs, Vol. 62, No. 2 (Summer 1989), pp. 255-257.
Review of Karen Turner-Gottschang with Linda A. Reed, China Bound: A Guide to Academic Life and Work in the PRC (Washington D.C.: National Academy Press, 1987) and David M. Lampton with Joyce A. Madancy and Kristen M. Williams, A Relationship Restored: Trends in U.S.-China Educational Exchanges, 1978-1984 (Washington D.C.: National Academy Press, 1986). In Australian Journal of Chinese Affairs, No. 22 (July 1989), pp. 195-197.
Review of Thomas E. Stolper, China, Taiwan and the Offshore Islands: Together with an Implication for Outer Mongolia and Sino-Soviet Relations (Armonk, N.Y. and London: M.E. Sharpe, Inc., 1985). In The China Quarterly, No. 112 (December 1987), pp. 679-680.
Review of E.M. Andrews, Australia and China: The Ambiguous Relationship (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1985). In Journal of the Royal United Services Institute of Australia, Vol. 9, No. 1 (September 1987), pp. 60-61.
Review of Tang Tsou, The Cultural Revolution and Post-Mao Reforms: A Historical Perspective (Chicago and London: University of Chicago Press, 1986). In Asian Studies Association of Australia Review, Vol. 11, No. 1 (July 1987), pp. 136-137.
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Review of Caroline Blunden and Mark Elvin, Cultural Atlas of China (Oxford: Phaidon, 1983). In The Australian Journal of Chinese Affairs, No. 14 (July 1985), pp. 160-161.
Review of Stephen Rosskamm Shalom, Deaths in China Due to Communism: Propaganda Versus Reality (Tempe: Centre for Asian Studies, Arizona State University, 1984). In The Australian Journal of Chinese Affairs, No. 14 (July 1985), pp. 169-170.
Review of Frederick C. Teiwes, Leadership, Legitimacy, and Conflict in China: From a Charismatic Mao to the Politics of Succession(London: Macmillan, 1984). In The China Quarterly, No. 101 (March 1985), pp. 150-151.
Review of Ralph Thaxton, China Turned Rightside Up: Revolutionary Legitimacy in the Peasant World (New Haven, Yale University Press,1983). In The American Political Science Review, Vol. 78, No. 3 (September 1984), pp. 843-844.
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Review of Tony Saich, China: Politics and Government(London: Macmillan, 1981). In Asian Studies Association of Australia Review, Vol. 7, No. 1 (July 1983), pp. 109-110.
Review of Shanghai: Revolution and Development in an Asian Metropolis; edited by Christopher Howe (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1981). In The American Political Science Review, Vol. 77, No. 2 (June 1983), pp. 500-501.
Review of The Future of Taiwan: A Difference of Opinion; edited by Victor H. Li (White Plains, N.Y.: M.E. Sharpe, Inc., 1980). In Pacific Affairs, Vol. 54, No. 1 (Spring 1981), pp. 148-149.
Review of The People's Republic of China: A Handbook; edited by Harold C. Hinton (Boulder, Colorado: Westview Press, 1979). In Pacific Affairs , Vol. 53, No. 2 (Summer 1980), pp. 322-324.
Review of Ralph N. Clough, Island China (Cambridge, MA.: Harvard University Press, 1978). In Pacific Affairs , Vol. 52, No. 4 (Winter 1979-80), pp. 720-721.
Review of China: The Impact of the Cultural Revolution; edited by Bill Brugger (Canberra: Australian National University Press, 1978). In Asian Studies Association of Australia Review, Vol. 3, No. 2 (November 1979), pp. 138-141.
Review of George Williams Carrington, Foreigners in Formosa 1841-1874 (San Francisco: Chinese Materials Center, Inc., 1977). In Asian Studies Association of Australia Review, Vol. 3, No. 1 (July 1979), pp. 81-83.
