A pioneering examination of history, current affairs, and daily life along the Russia–China
border, one of the world's least understood and most politically charged frontiers. The border …

Faced with crimes such as genocide there is an understandable plea for actors to name and
shame the perpetrators involved. The problem is that studies show that while there are …

The boom in South-South relations since the early 2000s has seen a flurry of investment in
African infrastructure from emerging markets across the Global South. While the extent to …

Our paper examines the relationship between Chinese gambling capital, workplace
exploitation, and labour migration. Focusing on Philippine online gambling and Zambian …

Chinese expatriate workers in Africa remain an under-researched and poorly understood
group despite their large numbers. Based on data collected through interviews and …

This dissertation examines the controversial presence of Chinese migrants and investors in
Zambia today. It brings together the study of racialized conflict and labor migration …

“Shortcut English” is a pidgin spoken between Zambians and Chinese migrants at a
Chinese-operated mine in southern Zambia. Contrary to most historical contact languages …

The island of New Guinea is the locus of extreme linguistic and cultural diversity: about a
thousand languages spoken there belong to at least sixty families, in addition to quite a few …

Although there has been an increasing focus on actor agency in the context of China's
growing global presence, encounters between Chinese and local people in Central Asia are …

Ethiopia, emulating the developmental state model of East Asian states, attracted labor-
intensive manufacturing industries to create job opportunities for its young people by …