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Women’s Political Participation and Representation in Asia: Obstacles and Challenges Biography and private Chinese trade andEdited by Kazuki Iwanaga 2008. 320 pp., illus. Prominence has often been given to the lives and activities of such top female leaders in Asia as Indira Gandhi and Gloria Macapagal Arroyo. Indeed, the ability of a small elite of highly educated, upper class Asian women to obtain the highest political positions in their country is unmatched elsewhere in the world and deserves study. But, for those interested in a more detailed understanding of how women