Vietnamese-Chinese Relationships at the Borderlands: Trade, Tourism and Cultural Politics

ISBN-13: 9781138578692 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 148 str.

Chan, Yuk Wah (City University of Hong Kong)

Opis

Ever since China and Vietnam resumed diplomatic contacts and reopened the border in 1991, the borderland region has become part of the vibrant growing economies of both countries and drawn many from the interior provinces to the borderland for new economic adventures. This book examines Chinese-Vietnamese relationships at the borderland through every day cross-border interaction in trade and tourism activities.

Spis treści

1. Introduction 2. The Intriguing Vietnam-China Relationship and Border Encounters 3. Trade, Business and Borderland Cultural Economy 4. Chinese Tourists, Borderland Tourism and Joking Relationships 5. Smuggling, Gambling and Borderland Regulation 6. Sex Tourism, Gender Politics and Cross-border Marriage 7. Conclusion: Surfaces of Interaction and Inter-state Relations

O autorze

Chan Yuk Wah is Assistant Professor in the Department of Asian and International Studies at City University of Hong Kong. She is the editor of The Chinese/Vietnamese Diaspora, also published by Routledge.