After the Asian Crises : Perspectives on Global Politics and Economics

## List of Tables 1.1 China's economic indicators 2.1 Classification of loans of Japan's 17 major banks 2.2 Comparative data of the two nationalized banks 3.1 SEA countries: real GDP growth 3.2 Indonesia: economic indicators 3.3 Thailand: economic indicators 3.4 Malaysia: economic indicators 4.1 Central Asia Republics' GDP 4.2 Russia's share of Central Asian trade 4.3 Central Asia Republics' net FDI as a percentage of GDP 4.4 China's share of trade with Katakhstan and Kyrgyzstan 5.1 The three big countries of South Asia 5.2 The largest Indian states: the main social and economic indicators 9.1 Exports patterns pre-and post-Asian crisis 9.2 Gross private long-term debt flows to developing Asia 9.3 Post-Asian crisis institutional trends in trade and finance vii List of Figures 1.1 Scenarios for China 2020 9.1 The institutional bargaining problem 9.2 Country exports by region 9.3 The old trading order 9.4 Which trading order? viii Front Matter....Pages i-xxii Front Matter....Pages 1-1 Great China: Towards the Year 2000....Pages 3-27 The Crisis in Northeast Asia: the Cases of Japan and South Korea....Pages 28-49 Southeast Asia Facing Economic, Political and Social Crisis....Pages 50-69 Central Asia: The Illusion of a World Order....Pages 70-95 At the Foot of the Himalayas: India from the ‘Hindu Equilibrium’ to an Asian Regional Power?....Pages 96-116 Front Matter....Pages 117-117 Facing the Environmental Problems in Changing Asia....Pages 119-138 Security Implications of the Asian Crises....Pages 139-157 Coping with the Dragon: Western Relations with China....Pages 158-172 The Wobbly Triangle: Europe, Asia and the US after the Asian Crisis....Pages 173-198 Conclusions....Pages 199-209 Back Matter....Pages 211-214 This book provides a comprehensive knowledge of the Asian crisis from an economic, political and social point of view, and suggests possible scenarios which could take place in the future. The analysis is divided into two parts. The first includes area studies of the main Asian countries during the crisis, beginning with China, Japan and Southeast Asia, followed by South Asia and Central Asia. The second focuses on international variables, including environmental, political, and regional issues.