Preface / Roman Tomasic -- Insolvency law in Japan / Stacey Steele -- Insolvency law of Korea / Su-Gun Oh -- The long march towards China's new bankruptcy law / Roman Tomasic and Margaret Wang -- Insolvency law in Taiwan : the interplay between official and unofficial law / Angus Francis and Neil Andrews -- Insolvency law in Hong Kong / ELG Taylor -- Insolvency law in Vietnam / John Gillespie -- Insolvency law in Laos / Terry Reid -- Thai insolvency law : one step towards the development of the legal infrastructure for a revitalized economy / Eugene Clark and Sutee Supanit -- Insolvency law in Malaysia / Bahrin (Kam) Kamarul -- Insolvency law and institutions in Indonesia / David K. Linnan -- Insolvency law in Singapore / Victor Yeo and Pauline Gan -- Philippine corporate insolvency system : experience and reforms / Cesar L. Villanueva -- Insolvency law in New Zealand / Paul Heath -- Insolvency law in Australia / Rosalind Mason -- Culture, insolvency, and legal orientalism in Asia : reaching for Goering's revolver / Tim Lindsay -- Cross-border insolvency in the Asia Pacific / Angus Francis. À