Foreword : the big unknown : political communication in Asia / Lars Willnat and Annette J. Aw -- Making sense of political transition : political communication in Hong Kong / Francis Lee and Joseph M. Chan -- Political communication in dual discourse universes : the Chinese experience / Zhou He -- Political communication in Taiwan / Chingching Chan -- Media management and political communication in Singapore / Terence Lee and Lars Willnat -- Political communication in Indonesia : media performance in three eras / Effendi Gazali, Dedy Nur Hidayat and Victor Menayang -- Political communication in Malaysia : an overview / Ezhar Tamam and Manimaran Govindasamy -- Political communication in Japan / Toshio Takeshita and Masamichi Ida -- Political communication in Korea : looking back for the future / -- Sung Tae Kkim and Hyok Nam Kwon -- Political communication in India / Kavita Karan -- Conclusions : about political communication in Asia / Lars Willnat and Annette J. Aw.