β Scribed by Grant Evans, Christopher Hutton, Kuah Khun Eng (eds.)
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This book provides readers with the first survey of social conditions since the opening of the borders between China and mainland Southeast Asia in the early 1990s, which saw radical changes in the economic policies of the various states involved, in particular, China, Vietnam, and Laos. Each chapter provides a close-up survey of a particular area and problem, but cumulatively they provide an invaluable general picture of social and cultural change in the border regions where China meets Southeast Asia.
Front Matter....Pages i-ix
Introduction: The Disappearing Frontier?....Pages 1-6
Where Nothing Is as It Seems: Between Southeast China and Mainland Southeast Asia in the βPost-Socialistβ Era....Pages 7-27
The Southern Chinese Borders in History....Pages 28-50
Ecology Without Borders....Pages 51-71
Negotiating Central, Provincial, and County Policies: Border Trading in South China....Pages 72-97
The Hmong of the Southeast Asia Massif: Their Recent History of Migration....Pages 98-121
Regional Trade in Northwestern Laos: An Initial Assessment of the Economic Quadrangle....Pages 122-144
Lue across Borders: Pilgrimage and the Muang Sing Reliquary in Northern Laos....Pages 145-161
Transformation of Jinghong, Xishuangbanna, PRC....Pages 162-182
The Hell of Good Intentions: Some Preliminary Thoughts on Opium in the Political Ecology of the Trade in Girls and Women....Pages 183-203
Cross-Border Mobility and Social Networks: Akha Caravan Traders....Pages 204-221
Cross-Border Links between Muslims in Yunnan and Northern Thailand: Identity and Economic Networks....Pages 222-235
Trade Activities of the Hoa along the Sino-Vietnamese Border....Pages 236-253
Cross-Border Categories: Ethnic Chinese and the Sino-Vietnamese Border at Mong Cai....Pages 254-276
Regional Development and Cross-Border Cultural Linkage: The Case of a Vietnamese Community in Guangxi, China....Pages 277-311
Women and Social Change along the Vietnam-Guangxi Border....Pages 312-327
Back Matter....Pages 328-346
Asian Culture; Ethnicity Studies; International Relations
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