The yellow man's burden: Chinese migrants on a civilizing mission

Pal Nyiri

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    Abstract

    The article interrogates the connection between the Chinese discourse of overseas development and the domestic stress on constructing civilization. It discusses entrepreneurial migration from China to other countries. It argues that the view of China as having taken up the torch of the global modernizing mission unites otherwise disparate groups. It discusses the role of international mobility in Chinese understandings of modernization.
    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)83-106
    Number of pages24
    JournalChina Journal
    Volume56
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2006

    Keywords

    • anthropology, China
    • migration, China

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