Globalizaiton and increased migration have brought both new opportunities and tensions to traditional East Asian societies. This book draws together a wide range of local scholars to discuss multicultural challenges and the changing nature of social identity in East Asia. The contributors look at the uneven multicultural development across 10 defferent countries and how to bridge the gap between locality and universality. They review specific events and situation and provide a focus on life as it is lived at the local level whilst tracing macro discourses on the national issues affected by multicultural challenges and identity crisis.