Competing Capitalisms and Neoliberalism :

This paper explores the impact of neoliberalism on the ‘Asia-Pacific’ region generally and on Japan and China in particular. It argues that while the impact of neoliberal ideas is having an important long-term impact on the countries of East Asia, there remain important difference in patterns of political practice and economic organisation which continue to distinguish the region. Indeed, there is evidence that the region as a whole may be developing arrangements intended ti militate the impact of