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As East Timor emerges from a long Indonesian nightmare, it is seeking to balance the agendas of justice and reconciliation. The verdict on justice for East Timor is one of disappointment. The main obstacle to accountability is Indonesia, abetted by an international community that seeks its assistance in the "war on terror". East Timor's leaders have emphasized reconciliation while promoting a healing process and good governance. Recent violence reveals just how difficult this task remains. The hybrid tribunal established in East Timor by the UN was once heralded as an important innovation in transitional justice, avoiding the high cost and lengthy proceedings of other international tribunals. However, the tribunal has been unable to hold accountable those who bear the greatest responsibility for outrages committed against Timorese and defendants did not get fair trials or competent defense. A truth commission report released in December 2005, Chega! (Enough), emphasizes justice and reparations. The political leadership soft peddles justice because they believe this makes more sense and will better serve the people. Indonesians are now being given a chance to testify in front of the Commission of Truth and Friendship (CTF), but concern is widespread concern that the CTF emphasizes reaching closure, has no judicial mandate, and only ensures impunity for ranking perpetrators. Indonesia and East Timorese can regain dignity and move beyond their shared tragedy through a process of reconciliation that is based on justice and atonement. Germany shows this is possible; Japan, that it is difficult and problematic if neglected. (Crit Asian Stud/GIGA)

1 Introduction, Jeff Kingston; 2 Theorising Media Freedom in Asia, Tina Burrett; Part 1 -- East Asia; 3 Social Media with Chinese Characteristics: Implications for Press Freedom, Anonymous; 4 Borrowing, Buying and Building Boats: How China Exerts its Influence Over the Press in Asia, Louisa Lim; 5 Press Freedom in China Under Xi Jinping, David Moser; 6 Japan's Activist News Media: How and Why Reporters and News Organizations Became a Positive Force in Confronting a Negative Past, Andrew Horvat; 7 Fortress Okinawa: Japan's Media and the US Military Footprint, Justin McCurry; 8 Press Freedom in South Korea, Hyunjin Seo; 9 External Threat and Internal Defense: Freedom of the Press in Taiwan 2008-2018, Jaw-Nian Huang; Part 2 -- South East Asia; 10 The Indonesian Press: Between the State, Market, Politics and Society, Kevin Evans; 11 Press Freedom in Malaysia: An Awakening for the Media?, Gayathry Venkiteswaran; 12 Media Freedom in Myanmar: One Step Forward, Two Steps Back, Tina Burrett; 13 Press Repression in Myanmar: Aung San Suu Kyi, the Reuters Reporters and the Rohingya, Jeff Kingston; 14 Press Freedom in the Philippines, Shelia S. Coronel; 15 Press Freedom Chained in Thailand, Pavin Chachavalpongpun; 16 Vietnamese Media Going Social: Connectivism, Collectivism, and Conservatism, Giang Nguyen-Thu; Part 3 -- South Asia; 17 Press freedom in Bangladesh: How to Kill the Fourth Estate in 48 Years or Less, Ikhtisad Ahmed; 18 Killing Press Freedom in India, Siddhartha Deb; 19 Muzzling the Press: Military Control and Journalism in Jammu and Kashmir, Farrukh Faheem; 20 Challenges of Press Freedom in Nepal, Dharmendra Jha and Narayan Ghimire; 21 Pakistan's Media under Siege, Syed Javed Nazir; 22 Free and Fair Media: A Distant Dream for Sri Lanka, Rajan Hoole and Elijah Hoole; Part 4 -- Internet Freedom; 23 The Polemics of Internet Freedom in Asia: Reality, Perception and Attitudes, Chuanli Xia and Fei Shen

Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- CONTENTS -- List of illustrations -- List of contributors -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Theorizing media freedom in Asia -- PART 1 East Asia -- 3 Social media with Chinese characteristics: implications for press freedom -- 4 Borrowing, buying and building boats: how China exerts its influence over the press in Asia -- 5 Press freedom in China under Xi Jinping -- 6 Japan's activist news media: how and why reporters and news organizations became a positive force in confronting a negative past -- 7 Fortress Okinawa: Japan's media and the US military footprint -- 8 Press freedom in South Korea -- 9 External threat and internal defence: freedom of the press in Taiwan, 2008-2018 -- PART 2 Southeast Asia -- 10 The Indonesian press: between the state, market, politics and society -- 11 Press freedom in Malaysia: an awakening for the media? -- 12 Media freedom in Myanmar: one step forward, two steps back -- 13 Press repression in Myanmar: Aung San Suu Kyi, the Reuters reporters and the Rohingya -- 14 Press freedom in the Philippines -- 15 Press freedom chained in Thailand -- 16 Vietnamese media going social: connectivism, collectivism and conservatism -- PART 3 South Asia -- 17 Press freedom in Bangladesh: how to kill the Fourth Estate in 48 years or less -- 18 Killing press freedom in India -- 19 Muzzling the press: military control and journalism in Jammu and Kashmir -- 20 Challenges of press freedom in Nepal -- 21 Pakistani media under siege -- 22 Free and fair media: a distant dream for Sri Lanka -- PART 4 Internet freedom -- 23 The polemics of internet freedom in Asia: Reality, perception and attitudes -- Index.

This book analyzes the constraints on press freedom and the ways in which independent reporting and reporters are at risk in contemporary Asia to provide a barometer of democratic development in the region. Based on in-depth country case studies written by academics and journalists, and some who straddle both professions, from across the region, this book explores the roles of mainstream and online media, and how they are subject to abuse by the state and vested interests. Specific country chapters provide up-to-date information on Bangladesh, Kashmir, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam, as well as on growing populist and nationalist challenges to media freedom in the Philippines, India, Indonesia and Japan. The book includes a theoretical chapter pulling together trends and common constraints facing newsrooms across Asia and a regional overview on the impact of social media. Three chapters on China provide insights into the country's tightening information environment under President Xi Jinping. Moreover, the legal environment of the media, political and external pressures, economic considerations, audience support and journalists' standards and ethics are explored. As an international and interdisciplinary study, this book will appeal to undergraduates, graduates and scholars engaged in human rights, media studies, democratization, authoritarianism and Asian Studies, as well as Asia specialists, journalists, legal scholars, historians and political scientists.

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of figures and tables -- List of contributors (listed alphabetically) and short bios -- Foreword: Where is Heisei? -- Introduction -- PART 1: Symbol emperor -- 1. The people's imperial couple -- 2. Contemporary goshin'ei: The Emperor, art, and the anus -- PART 2: Government and politics -- 3. The rightward shift of Japanese politics: Interest, reform, and identity -- 4. Prime ministers, power and leadership in Heisei Japan -- 5. Heisei Okinawa: What changed? -- 6. The fight for open government in the Heisei era -- PART 3: Civil society -- 7. Civil society and neoliberalism: Heisei's historic convergence -- 8. Still half free: The Japanese media in the Heisei era -- PART 4: Economy and work -- 9. The Heisei economy: Explaining the lost decades -- 10. Precaritization of work in Japan -- 11. Japan's immigration in the Heisei era: Population, policy, and the ethno-nationalist dilemma -- PART 5: Diversity -- 12. Women's leadership and gender equality -- 13. Preserving the status quo: Japan's laws and policies on ethnic and sexual minorities -- 14. From tiramisù to #MeToo: Triangulations of sex, gender, and sexuality in Heisei Japan -- PART 6: Religion -- 15. Shinto during the Heisei era -- 16. The life and death of a Heisei religious movement: What the Aum Shinrikyō affair revealed about Japanese society -- PART 7: Cool Japan? -- 17. Heisei high architecture as soft power -- 18. The Evangelion boom: On the explosion of fan markets and lifestyles in Heisei Japan -- 19. The genealogy of kawaii -- PART 8: Multivoiced narratives -- 20. A false peace: Literature in the age of Heisei -- 21. Cinema's uneasy social critique: The Heisei era onscreen -- PART 9: History and memory -- 22. Heisei historiography: Academic history and public commemoration in Japan, 1990-2020.