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"Small is beautiful": lessons from Laos for the study of Chinese overseas

'Small is beautiful': Lektionen aus Laos für das Studium der Überseechinesen
[journal article]

Tan, Danielle

Abstract

During the colonial period, Laos welcomed the smallest overseas Chinese communities in Southeast Asia, communities that almost disappeared after the communist forces seized power in Laos in 1975. Yet, this landlocked country shares a long history with China and even experienced a Golden Age thanks t... view more

During the colonial period, Laos welcomed the smallest overseas Chinese communities in Southeast Asia, communities that almost disappeared after the communist forces seized power in Laos in 1975. Yet, this landlocked country shares a long history with China and even experienced a Golden Age thanks to the thriving caravan trade between Yunnan and mainland Southeast Asia. The Greater Mekong Subregion initiative, a development programme launched by the Asian Development Bank, has revitalized these historical trade routes, causing thousands of Chinese migrants to pour onto the new roads of Laos, channelled through the North–South Economic Corridor linking Kunming to Bangkok. Depicted as "an army of ants" that plunders the natural resources of this poor country, these Chinese migrants are also the main drivers of development. The paper seeks to examine the specificity of China's engagement in Laos. I suggest that this small and forgotten country can provide insightful lessons to better understand the current changes taking place in Chinese migration worldwide.... view less

Keywords
international relations; economic development (on national level); Laos; colonialism; social network; investment; economy; migration; Southeast Asia; China; Far East

Classification
Migration, Sociology of Migration
International Relations, International Politics, Foreign Affairs, Development Policy

Method
empirical; historical; quantitative empirical

Free Keywords
Mekong countries; Contemporary

Document language
English

Publication Year
2012

Page/Pages
p. 61-94

Journal
Journal of Current Chinese Affairs, 41 (2012) 2

ISSN
1868-4874

Status
Published Version; peer reviewed

Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works


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