Understanding social media requires us to engage with the individual and collective
meanings that diverse stakeholders and participants give to platforms. It also requires us to …

Africa is said to be rising, turning a definitive page in its history, heralding new and exciting
possibilities for the continent. This discourse maintains that with upsurge in economic growth …

Suicides, excessive overtime, and hostility and violence on the factory floor in China.
Drawing on vivid testimonies from rural migrant workers, student interns, managers and …

ABSTRACT The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) aims to integrate Africa into an ambitious
Chinese-constructed infrastructure network. The terms of this integration however deepen …

This major new study examines the nature of Chinese power and its impact on the
international order. Drawing on an extensive range of Chinese-language debates and …

The Confucian doctrine of tianxia (all under heaven) outlines a unitary worldview that
cherishes global justice and transcends social, geographic, and political divides. For …

In this innovative collaborative ethnography of Italian-Chinese ventures in the fashion
industry, Lisa Rofel and Sylvia J. Yanagisako offer a new methodology for studying …

It offers a comprehensive, multi-disciplinary and authoritative contribution to Africa–China
studies. Its diverse chapters explore key current research themes and debates, such as …

Six of the world's 20 most accessed WWW platforms are based in China: Baidu, QQ,
Taobao, Sina, Hao123, and Weibo. Thirteen are US companies. 1 This circumstance is …

1. Between January 8 and February 21, 1992, China's then-paramount leader, Deng
Xiaoping, embarked on a tour of cities in southern and southeastern China, where he gave …