edited by P K Chow (Princeton University) & G C Chow (Princeton University)

Over 250 Princeton alumni and friends from 17 countries and from classes spanning a 66-year period attended the Conference. The presentations were of high quality, as can be seen from the proceedings. The speakers and other participants came from different national and cultural backgrounds and represented different points of view. For example, in discussing US–Asia relations James Baker represented an American viewpoint, while in the same session Yoshio Hatano represented a Japanese point of view, as did Toyoo Gyohten in a different session on economic issues.

This valuable volume is a collection of frank and insightful essays on Asia-Pacific by notable Princetonians who are influential in the region.

• Economic Issues:
  • Japan's Growing Partnership Role in Asia (T Gyohten)
  • Changing Tides in Global Economic Development (N A-P Chang)
  • Economic Change in Asia (B Metzger)
  • Economic Transformation of Penang, Malaysia (T-K Koh)
  • China's Economic Growth: Challenges and Opportunities for Europe (G C Chow)
• Social-Political Issues:
  • Human Rights in China and the Future of Hong Kong (J Kamm)
  • Singapore's Economic and Social Development (R Eu)
  • Social and Political Changes in Shanghai (X-D Xie)
  • The Recent Socio-Political Change in South Korea (B H Hahn)
• U.S.–Asia Relations:
  • Challenges to U.S.–East Asian Relations (J A Baker, III)
  • Asia–U.S. Relations: Politics, Economics and Culture (G-C Lim)
  • Vietnam in the Context of U.S.-East Asian Policy (D Anderson)
  • U.S. Policy Toward China and Indonesia (S Roy)
  • Japan's Foreign Policy (Y Hatano)
• Princeton Perspectives:
  • Princeton and Asia in the Twenty-First Century (H Shapiro)
  • Alumni Gather in Hong Kong to Discuss Asia's Future (L T Munford)