This volume surveys transnational entanglements between Germany and East Asia, which have become increasingly bi-directional since 1945. Its twelve chapters by scholars from the fields of history, sinology, sociology, literature, music, and film reveal these unprecedented global connections.

1 Historical Survey, Historiography, and Organization 1 JOANNE MIYANG CHOPART IPolitical and Social Connections since 1945 232 A Bridge from Beijing to Berlin: Diplomatic and Trade Cooperation in Sino–East German Relations, 1949–1955 25CHRISTINA T ILL3 The Contribution of West German Christian Churches tothe Democratization of Korea in the 1970s and 1980s 50SOO-HYUN MUN4 Commemorative Culture in Korea and Germany: State Commemoration of Fallen Soldiers and Civilian Victims 68HO-KEUN CHOIPART IIEast Asian Transnational Communities since 1945 895 Two Generations of Korean–Germans: From Silent Integration to Glass Ceiling 91SUIN ROBERTS6 The Heterogeneous Japanese Community in Dusseldorf and the Question of Social Integration: More Segregate than Integrated? 112VANESSA TKOTZYKPART IIILiterary Connections since 1945 1337 Reframing Footage from Deshima: Swiss Writer Adolf Muschg’s Exploration of Japan and Japanese Sexuality 135MIN ZHOU8 Parable of the Delusionist? Hans Magnus Enzensberger’s Adaptation of Lu Xun’s “Resurrecting the Dead” 157WENYAN GU9 Film-Noir Features in German and Japanese Comics: Isabel Kreitz’s Die Sache mit Sorge (2008) and OsamuTezuka’s Adolf (1983–1985) 176LEE M. ROBERTS10 Yoko Tawada’s Travelers and Tourists as Outsiders 200SUSAN C. ANDERSONPART IVFilmic and Musical Connections since 1945 22311 What Beethoven Means in the People’s Republic of China: Hero or Demon? 225HAO HUANG12 Gender and Non-conformity in German and Japanese Metal Music and Subculture 247AARON D. HORTON13 The Road to Japan: The Tokyo Diary Films of Wim Wenders 269BRUCE WILLIAMS