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Contested administrative capacity in border management: China and the Greater Mekong Subregion 边境管理中有争议的行政能力:中国与大湄公河次区域

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China Information Pub Date : 2022-06-03 DOI: 10.1177/0920203X221103053

Franziska Plümmer

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Guest workers and development–security conflict: Managing labour migration at the Sino-Vietnamese border 外来工与发展安全冲突:中越边境劳动力迁移管理

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China Information Pub Date : 2022-05-17 DOI: 10.1177/0920203X221098546

Tabitha Speelman

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Carbon emission rush in response to the carbon reduction policy in China 应对中国碳减排政策的碳排放热潮

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China Information Pub Date : 2022-05-11 DOI: 10.1177/0920203X221093188

Ruixiong Qi, Chenchen Shi, M. Wang

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Ethnonationalism and the changing pattern of ethnic Kazakhs’ emigration from China to Kazakhstan 民族民族主义与哈萨克族从中国移民到哈萨克斯坦的变化模式

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China Information Pub Date : 2022-05-11 DOI: 10.1177/0920203X221092686

Zhe Zhang, Sansar Tsakhirmaa

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Social media, fear, and support for state surveillance: The case of China’s social credit system 社交媒体、恐惧和对国家监控的支持:以中国社会信用体系为例

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China Information Pub Date : 2022-04-20 DOI: 10.1177/0920203X221088141

Yun Zeng, S. Wong

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Book Review: Workers and Change in China: Resistance, Repression, Responsiveness by Manfred Elfstrom 书评:《中国的工人与变革:抵抗、压抑与回应》，作者:曼弗雷德·埃尔斯特罗姆

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China Information Pub Date : 2022-03-01 DOI: 10.1177/0920203X221081349g

Christina Maags

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Book Review: Invisible China: How the Urban–Rural Divide Threatens China’s Rise by Scott Rozelle and Natalie Hell 书评:《看不见的中国:城乡差距如何威胁中国崛起》，作者:斯科特·罗泽尔和娜塔莉·海尔

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China Information Pub Date : 2022-03-01 DOI: 10.1177/0920203X221081349b

S. Wilson

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

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

Czeslaw Tubilewicz

{"title":"Book Review: Orchestration: China’s Economic Statecraft Across Asia and Europe by James Reilly","authors":"Czeslaw Tubilewicz","doi":"10.1177/0920203X221081349d","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/0920203X221081349d","url":null,"abstract":"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.","PeriodicalId":45809,"journal":{"name":"China Information","volume":"36 1","pages":"140 - 142"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2022-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44167122","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Book Review: Rural–Urban Migration and Agro-Technological Change in Post-Reform China by Lena Kaufmann 书评:改革开放后中国的城乡人口迁移与农业技术变革

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China Information Pub Date : 2022-03-01 DOI: 10.1177/0920203X221081349e

R. Murphy

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Book Review: Macau 20 Years After the Handover: Changes and Challenges Under ‘One Country, Two Systems’ by Meng U Ieong 书评:《澳门回归20年:“一国两制”下的变迁与挑战》，作者:梁耀文

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China Information Pub Date : 2022-03-01 DOI: 10.1177/0920203X221081349c

Ying-ho Kwong

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