Book Review: Orchestration: China’s Economic Statecraft Across Asia and Europe by James Reilly

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China Information Pub Date : 2022-03-01 DOI:10.1177/0920203X221081349d

Czeslaw Tubilewicz

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sible city and that ‘besides the prevalent stereotypes that caught the international media spotlight, little is known about what is happening there’ (p. 5). Ieong explains that the key objective of this book is to cover a wide range of topics which are absent in existing literature, which may disappoint those looking for an academic inquiry backed by quantitative evidence. Nevertheless, the strength of this book is its examination of some underexplored areas in Macao studies which ‘go beyond the stereotypes’ (p. 5), thus offering pioneering insights for theoretical discussion. Some remarkable examples include the spatial battlefield between casino enterprises and Macao people (Chapter 2), the role of Macao in China’s foreign affairs (Chapter 3), playful protests versus resentful protests (Chapter 4), mobilization versus counter-mobilization in protests (Chapter 5), and recurring mechanisms of political participation in Macao compared to Hong Kong (Chapter 8). These research areas are underexplored which make the book unique for those looking to comprehend Macao in different dimensions. It is however important to highlight the pioneering nature of this book and that more in-depth analysis is necessary in the future. Although the editor emphasizes that ‘most of the authors have studied Macau either [by] using a comparative method or applying the related theories in their realms’ (p. 5), some chapters do not contribute much in terms of theoretical insights. Since the book focuses on Macao, some discussions covering other cases make little or no theoretical and empirical contribution to Macao studies. Also, the book is not organized in a logical way. While the editor has highlighted a key theme in each of the three parts of the book, some chapters discuss themes that are beyond the scope of the book. On the whole, this book offers pioneering and potential research topics in Macao studies. It is relevant not only to scholars and students interested in Macao studies but also to researchers in search of a better understanding of this casino city.

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书评:《协调:中国在亚洲和欧洲的经济治国方略》，作者:詹姆斯·赖利

“除了引起国际媒体关注的普遍刻板印象之外，人们对那里发生的事情知之甚少”（第5页）。杨解释说，这本书的主要目的是涵盖现有文献中没有的广泛主题，这可能会让那些寻求有定量证据支持的学术调查的人失望。尽管如此，本书的优势在于它对澳门研究中一些未被充分探索的领域的考察，这些领域“超越了刻板印象”（第5页），从而为理论讨论提供了开拓性的见解。一些引人注目的例子包括赌场企业与澳门人之间的空间战场（第2章）、澳门在中国外交事务中的作用（第3章）、嬉戏抗议与怨恨抗议（第4章）、抗议中的动员与反动员（第5章），以及澳门与香港相比的政治参与机制（第8章）。这些研究领域未被充分挖掘，这使得这本书对于那些希望从不同维度理解澳门的人来说是独一无二的。然而，重要的是要强调这本书的开拓性，未来有必要进行更深入的分析。尽管编辑强调，“大多数作者都是通过使用比较方法或将相关理论应用于他们的领域来研究澳门的”（第5页），但有些章节在理论见解方面贡献不大。由于这本书关注的是澳门，一些涉及其他案例的讨论对澳门研究几乎没有或根本没有理论和实证贡献。此外，这本书的组织方式也不符合逻辑。虽然编辑在本书的三个部分中都强调了一个关键主题，但有些章节讨论的主题超出了本书的范围。总的来说，本书为澳门研究提供了具有开拓性和潜在性的研究课题。它不仅与对澳门研究感兴趣的学者和学生有关，也与寻求更好地了解这座赌场城市的研究人员有关。

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