Asian Education and Development Studies: Volume 10 Issue 4

Popular music in the youth culture of Hong Kong: the social functions of indie music

Stella Sai-Chun Lau

The key concepts to be explored in this article include the blurring boundary between “indie” and “pop”; the significance of digital media in contemporary music industry and the…

Recent developments in Hong Kong's New Music Theater scene: interviews with three local artists

Priscila H.F. Chu

Collaborative arts incorporate theatrical elements including sound, movement, text, design, technology and visual elements into a synthetic original form of art. This paper…

The political implications of Beethoven's music in China, 1949–1959: an examination of the publication and performance of Beethoven's music

Edmond Tsang

One of the standard practices of Communist Parties around the world is to employ art, including music, as a channel to spread political ideologies. This study aims to scrutinize…

Perceptions of censorship on Taiwan's popular music in the post-martial law era

Chen-Yu Lin, Yun-Siou Chen, Yan-Shouh Chen

The purpose of this paper is to explore censorship on popular music in Taiwan and how the practices have influenced the consumption and production of music in the post-martial law…

Popular music censorship under Chinese societies: selected Canto-pop case studies in China, Hong Kong and Singapore

Ivy Man

While Hong Kong has exercised laissez-faire policy with regard to popular cultural industries, such broadcasting freedom may not fully accepted in countries where state control of…

Formation of higher education (HE) learner identity among community college transfer students in Hong Kong

Beatrice Yan-yan Dang

This study aims to explore the opportunities and constraints for learner identity formation among community college transfer students.

From martial law to Sunflower: the evolution of Taiwan's student movement

Jenshuo Hsu

This paper explores how the student movement in Taiwan transformed after the abolition of martial law. After democratization, there were three large-scale student protests, in…

Quarantined effects and strategies of college students – COVID-19

Ginu George, Mary Rani Thomas

The world is battling with one of the biggest health crisis caused by novel COVID-19. This paper aims to understand the effect of quarantine on the psychological health of college…

Psychological impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on local and international students in Malaysian universities

Amr Abdullatif Yassin, Norizan Abdul Razak, Murad Abdu Saeed, Mohammed Ali Abbod Al-Maliki, Feras Ali Al-Habies

This paper aims to investigate the psychological impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on university students in Malaysian universities as well as its effect on their learning.

Sino-Western rivalry in the COVID-19 “vaccine wars”–A race to the bottom?

Wilson Kia Onn Wong

This paper analyses the escalating Sino-Western race to develop a safe, efficacious and durable vaccine (i.e. “Goldilocks COVID-19 vaccine”). It argues that such efforts would be…

Explaining Asian growth paradox through interaction between informal and formal institutions

Kee Hoon Chung, DaEun Kim

Much of existing research has attempted to explain Asian Growth Paradox through formal institution – role of the government or rule of law. Therefore, this paper attempts to…

Book review

Tamara Elaine Blesh