Section on Asia and Asian America / Social and Political Movements in Asia and Asian America

Jennifer Jihye Chun, University of Toronto

Sharmila Rudrappa, University of Texas-Austin

Civic Localism, Anti-Mainland Localism, and Independence: The Changing Pattern of Identity Politics in post-1997 Hong Kong - Alvin Y. So, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology; Ping Lam Ip, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

Emergence of the "Comfort Women" Issue and Breaking Silence of Comfort Women Victims - Pyong Gap Min, City University of New York-Queens College

Social Capital as a Double-edged Sword: Negotiating Conflicting Visions in Post-Morakot Reconstruction in Taiwan - Ming-Cheng M. Lo, University of California-Davis; Yun Fan, National Taiwan University

South Asian Americans and Post-9/11 Experiences of Racialization: Divergently Impacted, Divergently Mobilized - Sheena Sood, Temple University