Full Description
Borders, Asia, China, Anthropology
Contents
Introduction, Neighbouring in the Borderworlds along China's Frontiers Juan Zhang and Martin Saxer, Chapter 1 Bright Lights Across the River: Competing Modernities at China's Edge Franck Billé Chapter 2 Realms of Free Trade, Enclaves of Order: Chinese-Built 'Instant Cities' in Northern Laos Pál Nyíri Chapter 3 New Roads, Old Trades: Neighbouring China in Northwestern Nepal Martin Saxer Chapter 4 Trading on Change: Bazaars and Social Transformation in the Borderlands of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Xinjiang Henryk Alff Chapter 5 A World Community of Neighbours in the Making: Resource Cosmopolitics and Mongolia's 'Third Neighbour' Diplomacy Uradyn E. Bulag Chapter 6 The Mobile and the Material in the Himalayan Borderlands Tina Harris Chapter 7 Odd Neighbours: Trans-Himalayan Tibetan Itineraries and Chinese Economic Development Chris Vasantkumar Chapter 8 'China Is Paradise': Fortune and Refuge, Brokers and Partners, or the Migration Trajectories of Burmese Muslims toward the Yunnan Borderlands Renaud Egreteau Chapter 9 Neighbouring in Anxiety along the China-Vietnam Border Juan Zhang Chapter 10 China's Animal Neighbours Magnus Fiskesjö, Bibliography.
