The Columbia Journal of Asia

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Columbia's undergraduate journal for scholarly and creative works on Asia and the Asian diaspora.

Articles in this Journal

The Columbia Journal of Asia: Volume 3, Issue 1

The Catkillers

A short story about a friend and the memories he had, the world they lived in and the cats that were killed.

They're Lovin' It: How China and Japan Turned American Fast Food Into Global Phenomena

Kentucky Fried Chicken arrived in Japan in the 1970s. McDonald’s launched in China in the late 1980s. Both arrived during periods of massive social upheaval, sending shockwaves through the countries and corporations, creating an international and cul...

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Order and Disorder: the Governance of the Kowloon Walled City in Hong Kong during the late 20th Century

Due to the high crime activity resulting from the historical legal disputes over the sovereignty between China and Britain, the Kowloon Walled City in Hong Kong was often regarded as a place without law and governance. This paper seeks to discover th...

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Comparing Medical and Mass Media Discourse on Male Prostitutes in Occupied Japan, 1945-1952

What can media representations of male prostitutes in Japan during the Allied Occupation (1945-1952) tell historians about the postwar period? This paper explores male sex workers in the wake of Japan’s World War II defeat to revise male-female cente...