Eubios Journal of Asian and International Bioethics EJAIB Vol 14 (6) November 2004 ISSN 1173-2571 Copyright ©2004 Eubios Ethics Institute (All rights reserved, for commercial reproductions). 31 Colwyn Street, Christchurch 8005, New Zealand P.O. Box 125, Tsukuba Science City, Ibaraki 305-8691, Japan Eubios Ethics Institute World Wide Web: http://www.biol.tsukuba.ac.jp/~macer/index.html Official Journal of the Asian Bioethics Association (ABA) and the IUBS Bioethics Program Contents page Editorial: Asian-Europe Dialogue 193 Introduction: the ASEAN-EU LEMLIFE Project 193 - Soraj Hongladarom Asian Bioethics Revisited: What is it?, and is there such a Thing? 194 - Soraj Hongladarom Human Cloning & Embryonic Stem Cell Research: A View from Theravada Buddhist Morality 197 - Somparn Promta Access & benefit sharing in population based research: Indirect benefit sharing as a model of regulation 199 - Jürgen Simon & Cristina Blohm-Seewald IPR and the Controversy between Developed and Developing Countries: Is It Ethical to Take Care for Animals’ Suffering but to Forget the Needs of Humans for Survival? 203 - Carlos María Romeo-Casabona Global Institutionalization of Governance of Biotechnology and Universality of Ethical Principles 208 - Minakshi Bhardwaj Organ donation as an ethical imperative 211 - Nikolaus Knoepffler The German Stem Cell Law: Contents and Criticism 213 - Brigitte Jansen / Jürgen Simon Religion and opinion about reproductive human cloning 214 - Joakim Hagelin Ethical Issues of Clinical Teaching in Chinese Hospitals: Informed consent is of great significance to clinical teaching 216 - Xiaoyang Chen and Tongwei Yang Challenge of Technocracy: Lessons from AUM 218 - Stefano Fait News in Bioethics and Biotechnology (in Sept. issue) ABA Membership, IAB Genetics Network, Conference 222 Ordering Information 223 Send papers to the editor in electronic form if possible. Please use reference style used in News section, do not use automatic footnotes or endnotes. Papers are peer reviewed. Deadline for January 2005 issue is 30 October, 2004. Editorial: Asian-Europe Dialogue - Darryl Macer, Ph.D. Director, Eubios Ethics Institute Affiliated Professor, United Nations University This issue of EJAIB includes only papers, with the news review being printed in the September 2004 issue which was printed at the same time. As introduced by Soraj Hongladarom, the first 7 papers are from a conference to promote Asian- European dialogue and develop bioethics education. The following papers from Hagelin, Chen and Yang and Fait are regular EJAIB papers that may also relate to the theme. The lessons from the AUM cult in Japan as a response to technology in society are also explored, revealing the social dangers of extreme and violent elitist views. Inter-cultural dialogue is one way to prevent such arrogance on the part of any cult or group. The volume of about 500 pages that I am editing, Challenges for Bioethics from Asia, is under final preparation and will include many papers on the behaviourome project, bioethics education, and other papers from the ABC5/TRT9 conference held in February 2004 in Tsukuba. This issue is printed earlier than normal to allow the editor to focus on finishing that volume. I encourage readers to renew their subscriptions to EJAIB and membership of ABA. This support is essential to continue EJAIB, which continues to have an open access online policy of distribution for all. Editorial address: Prof. Darryl Macer Eubios Ethics Institute P.O. Box 125, Tsukuba Science City 305-8691, JAPAN Fax: Int+81-29-832-5402 Email: asianbioethics@yahoo.com.nz Introduction: Papers from the ASEAN-EU LEMLIFE Project - Soraj Hongladarom ASEAN Co-ordinator, ASEAN-EU LEMLIFE Project The ASEAN-EU LEMLIFE (AEL) Project is a collaborative project consisting of eight participating universities who share the common objectives of promoting bioethical understanding, producing original research works and teaching material on bioethics. ‘LEMLIFE’ is an acronym for ‘legal, ethical and management aspects of the life sciences’. The