Heritage Politics in China: The Power of the Past studies the impact of heritage policies and
discourses on the Chinese state and Chinese society. It sheds light on the way Chinese …

The recent development of heritage industries and national heritage promotions in non-
Western countries opens a new space for international cooperation and competition in ways …

Purpose: Being culturally rich and historically significant, China is seeing a growth in
heritage and cultural tourism. From being seen as a country with a singular national identity …

If the twenty-first century will be a Chinese one, what will its anthropology bring? The new
realities of life in China have fundamentally reshaped the anthropology of modern China …

The mission of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
(UNESCO), as defined just after the end of World War II, is to construct intellectual and moral …

The drums beat, an old man in a grand robe mutters incantations and three brides on
horseback led by their grooms on foot proceed to the Naxi Wedding Courtyard …

The chapter introduces the reader to the edited volume. It explores cultural heritage policy
and practice in China by making use of concepts and theories from both heritage studies …

Government plays a key role in addressing the tension between the protection and the use
of heritage in tourism. However, the diverse perspectives of heritage officials have not been …

Contemporary China appears both deceptively familiar and inexplicably different. China is a
cauldron of forms of entrepreneurship, social organization, ways of life and governance that …

Ethnic tourism has emerged as a means that is employed by many countries to facilitate
economic and cultural development and to assist in the preservation of ethnic heritage …