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VOLUME XXIX (2007)

The Southeast Review of Asian Studies (SERAS) is an annual, peer-reviewed publication of the Southeast Conference of the Association for Asian Studies (SEC/AAS). Beginning with Volume 16 (1994), the SERAS (ISSN 1083-074X) replaces the Annals (ISSN 0883-8909), published by the SEC/AAS since 1979.

EDITORIAL STAFF

Editor:		Steven E. Gump, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Associate Editors:		Daniel A. Metraux, Mary Baldwin College Ronnie Littlejohn, Belmont University
Editorial Board:		Hal French, University of South Carolina William Head, Robins Air Force Base Li-Ling Hsiao, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Dorothea Martin, Appalachian State University Michael Rich, Georgetown College Paul A. Rodell, Georgia Southern University Allison Truitt, Tulane University Paul Winther, Eastern Kentucky University Assistant Editors for Manuscripts:
Editorial Advisory Board:		Cai Rong, Emory University Kevin M. Doak, Georgetown University Gerald Figal, Vanderbilt University Hal French, University of South Carolina John Israel, University of Virginia David Jones, Kennesaw State University Ruby Lal, Emory University Timothy May, North Georgia College & State University Sucheta Mazumdar, Duke University Simon Partner, Duke University Laurie Patton, Emory University Richard Rice, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Brantly Womack, University of Virginia Brian Woodall, Georgia Institute of Technology
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CONTENTS

Editor's Note

Welcome from the SEC/AAS President

Contributors

ARTICLES

Interpretation & Representation in Architecture & History

Monumentality in Nanjing’s Sun Yat-sen Memorial Park
CHARLES D. MUSGROVE

Southeast Asian Nationalism and the Russo-Japanese War: Reexamining Assumptions
PAUL A. RODELL

Identity & Representation in Literature & Film

Assimilation through Resistance: Language and Ethnicity in Kim Saryang’s “Hikari no naka ni”
JONATHAN GLADE

An Early Voice of the Vietnamese Diaspora in Vietnamese-American Literature
QUAN MANH HA

Realism, Hybridity, and the Construction of Identity in Wang Xiaoshuai’s Beijing Bicycle
RICHARD LETTERI

Security Issues in Contemporary Asia

Vietnam’s Security Challenges: Dilemmas of Reform Communism
LAWRENCE E. GRINTER

Sea Power with Asian Characteristics: China, India, and the Proliferation Security Initiative
JAMES R. HOLMES

The Chinese Military and the “Taiwan Issue”: How China Assesses Its Security Environment
VINCENT WEI-CHENG WANG

Religion, Politics, Economics & Leisure in Contemporary Asia