Chinese encounters in Southeast Asia [electronic resource] : how people, money, and ideas from China are changing a region / edited by Pál Nyíri and Danielle Tan ; foreword by Wang Gungwu.
"This is the first book to focus explicitly on how China's rise as a major economic and political actor has affected societies in Southeast Asia. It examines how Chinese investors, workers, tourists, bureaucrats, longtime residents, and adventurers interact throughout Southeast Asia. The contributor...
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Language: | English |
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Seattle :
University of Washington Press,
[2017]
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Chinese Encounters in Southeast Asia: How People, Money, and Ideas From China Are Changing a Region |
Format: | Electronic eBook |
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"This is the first book to focus explicitly on how China's rise as a major economic and political actor has affected societies in Southeast Asia. It examines how Chinese investors, workers, tourists, bureaucrats, longtime residents, and adventurers interact throughout Southeast Asia. The contributors use case studies to show the scale of Chinese influence in the region and the ways in which various countries mitigate their unequal relationship with China by negotiating asymmetry, circumventing hegemony, and embracing, resisting, or manipulating the terms dictated by Chinese capital"-- Provided by publisher. |
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Bibliography Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-269) and index. |
ISBN: | 9780295999319 (online) |