I hope EAA readers have time for creative and interesting projects this sum­mer and find our second non-thematic issue in over two decades to be lively, thought-provoking, substantive, and useful. A special thank you goes to Krisna Uk, AAS Director of Special Initiatives for introducing us to “Anonymous,” who authored “The Problem That Has No Name,” a real-life account of denial of basic freedoms. This is only the second anonymous author published in EAA in the journal’s history but expect more anonymous authors in future issues because of our unusual but appreciated ac­cess the journal has gained to scholars, journalists, and policy experts in some of the most conflict plagued areas of Asia. Greg Wilkinson’s “Teaching Confucian Practice: Kit Kats as Confucian Ritual for Education Success” focuses on contemporary Japan and melds for­mal requests to the Sage and popular candy quite nicely in a student-friendly essay. David Gordon’s “The ‘Child Prodigy’ and the ‘Wandering Mare’ Pairing Chōmin’s A Discourse By Three Drunkards On Government (1887) and Abramo­vitch’s The Mare (1873) in the World History Classroom” is a well-crafted ex­position on how teachers can utilize two late-nineteenth-century satires by a Japanese author and a Ukranian Jewish author in assisting students to under­stand non-Westerners’ attempts to cope with extensive Western political and technological developments that were impacting much of the rest of the globe. Zhuqing Li’s book, Daughters of the Flower Fragrant Garden: Two Sisters Sepa­rated by China’s Civil War, has been favorably reviewed in a substantial number of publications including The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times, and is already being utilized in university undergraduate, community college, and high school classrooms. Three contributors: Margot Landman, Mark Dodge, and Maura Elizabeth Cunningham, all with expertise in Chinese history, but different backgrounds, discuss both the content of the book, and teaching appli­cations in a special EAA symposium. Despite a global readership, most EAA readers reside in the US and many American high school and even community college educators are responsible for teaching both American and world history. Edward O’Mahony’s “‘Goodbye My Darling, Hello Vietnam’: Country Music and the Vietnam War,” is a superb cultural history that will dispel many stereotypes of generation Z, and most like­ly millennials, about the Vietnam War and offers the distinct possibility (see the interview with the author of our latest Key Issues in Asian Studies volume on page 60) that American and Canadian students might become more interested in Asia through learning and thinking about the Vietnam War. Mahak Mahajan’s “Islam and the Mughal Empire in South Asia: 1526–1857” promises to be an excellent instructor and student introductory reading on an empire that was effective, much more pluralistic for generations than many read­ers assume, and whose architectural accomplishments remain global treasures. Nancy Sowers and Jianfen Wang’s “The Belt and Road Initiative: An Integra­tive Subject for Interdisciplinary Studies about China” is a specific class-tested guide that introduces students to current, important, and contrasting perspec­tives about the PRC’s global initiative. The authors do a nifty job including spe­cific pedagogical tools in the article that should be helpful for both high school and undergraduate instructors. The Resources section of this issue includes “Teaching About Asia through Think Tanks”; an interview with Lauren McKee, author of the most recently published Key Issues in Asia Studies volume Japanese Government and Politics; a teaching resource essay on North Korean defectors that includes excerpts from EAA, a high school text on integrating economics in civics and government courses, and an undergraduate student publication, as well as other sources. The Resources section concludes with highlights of a few the 2022 Freeman and South Asia Book Award Winners. The next three EAA issues will also be non-thematic. The deadlines for initial receipt of manuscripts are as follows: fall 2023, July 21, 2023; winter 2023, September 15, 2023; spring 2024, January 8, 2024. Please subscribe to our monthly e-newsletter, the EAA Digest, for regular updates on EAA and exclusive content on using EAA articles and additional rec­ommended Asia-related resources at https://tinyurl.com/y38pxf3z. Please also like us on Facebook and encourage your colleagues to do the same! Cordially, Lucien Ellington Editor: Education About Asia Lucien-Ellington@utc.edu Send formal EAA submissions to: Jeffrey Melnik Managing Editor, Education About Asia 307 Hunter Hall, Dept. 2222 University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Chattanooga, TN 37403 Phone: (423) 425-2118 Fax: (423) 425-5441 Email: edast@utc.edu (Please also copy the editor, Lucien Ellington, at Lucien-Ellington@utc.edu) Website: https://www.asianstudies.org/publications/eaa