Xiaobo Hua
Biographic Data
| ID | 3707321 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Xiaobo Hua |
| GIVEN NAMES | Xiaobo |
| FAMILY NAME | Hua |
| SIGNATURE | HUA X |
| AFFILIATIONS | China Agricultural University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0159-1776 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 30 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 12 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Beyond the Binary of Formal and Informal
As transnational land investments continue to expand across the Global South, land governance in many settings is shifting from largely informal arrangements towards greater formalization. However, we know less about how entrepreneurs sustain and rework land control as host states tighten regulation and introduce new formal requirements and how these requirements are implemented in practice. To address this gap, drawing on Chinese banana investme…
Transcending banana investments
Unravelling uneven livelihood transformations in China's multi‐ethnic Southeast Asian borderland
For the past two decades, China's multi‐ethnic Southeast Asian borderland has been experiencing transitions, characterised by the confluence of capital, people, items and technologies. This borderland has effectively been repositioned, with opportunities for investment and employment, regional integration and transnational linkages featuring multiple spatial interactions. Based on eight months of fieldwork in three ethnic villages in China's Sout…
Migrant (farm)workers and farmers in China and Myanmar
In this paper we argue that the most critical factor that shapes the character and trajectory of the sugarcane sector in China is neither land nor labour, individually, but rather the interactions of social dynamics around land and labour, and specifically migrant labour. We argue that not only that the political economy of land and labour together drive agrarian transformation in the sugarcane sector, but more precisely that it is the process of…
Marriage squeeze in the Loess Plateau Region, Northwestern China
Excavating agrarian transformation under 'secure' crop booms
This paper examines the transformation of agrarian livelihoods due to crop booms at the China-Myanmar borderland. A key finding is that local villagers have rented out their land to outside investors looking to make fruit boom investments. However, the villagers neither cultivated the same crops themselves, nor were they hired as wage laborers. Overall, this study finds that crop booms provide local villagers with opportunities to reallocate natu…
Fruit booms and investor mobility along the China-Myanmar and China-Laos borders
Investment in fruit cultivation is currently transforming agricultural production and rural landscapes in the mountainous region of mainland Southeast Asia, especially in the borderlands and lowlands of this region. Unlike large-scale land acquisitions and investment in previously reported boom crops, e.g., rubber trees and oil palms, investment in fruit cultivation is generally short-term, small-scale, and often informal. Additionally, different…
Jonathan Rigg. Rural Development in Southeast Asia
sions, this volume provides fascinating insights into both the history of ethnography on East Timor and the transformation of Timorese ritual and cosmology.It provides rich opportunities to reflect upon the conditions of representation, the power of colonialism, and the power of animism to tap into this power
Smallholder rice farming practices across livelihood strategies
Land rental in a multi-ethnic society
How transnational labor migration affects upland land use practices in the receiving country
Determinants of Engagement in Off-Farm Employment in the Sanjiangyuan Region of the Tibetan Plateau
The Sanjiangyuan region is a typical ecologically vulnerable region. Although environmental initiatives in the region have had positive results, criticism has arisen that one of these, the ecological migration policy, did not achieve the desired results regarding the transition to off-farm employment and livelihoods. This study examined key factors influencing the engagement of pastoralists in the Sanjiangyuan region in off-farm employment. Binar…
Excavating agrarian transformation under 'secure' crop booms
This paper examines the transformation of agrarian livelihoods due to crop booms at the China-Myanmar borderland. A key finding is that local villagers have rented out their land to outside investors looking to make fruit boom investments. However, the villagers neither cultivated the same crops themselves, nor were they hired as wage laborers. Overall, this study finds that crop booms provide local villagers with opportunities to reallocate natu…
Smallholder rice farming practices across livelihood strategies
How transnational labor migration affects upland land use practices in the receiving country
Migrant (farm)workers and farmers in China and Myanmar
In this paper we argue that the most critical factor that shapes the character and trajectory of the sugarcane sector in China is neither land nor labour, individually, but rather the interactions of social dynamics around land and labour, and specifically migrant labour. We argue that not only that the political economy of land and labour together drive agrarian transformation in the sugarcane sector, but more precisely that it is the process of…
Fruit booms and investor mobility along the China-Myanmar and China-Laos borders
Investment in fruit cultivation is currently transforming agricultural production and rural landscapes in the mountainous region of mainland Southeast Asia, especially in the borderlands and lowlands of this region. Unlike large-scale land acquisitions and investment in previously reported boom crops, e.g., rubber trees and oil palms, investment in fruit cultivation is generally short-term, small-scale, and often informal. Additionally, different…
Land rental in a multi-ethnic society
Determinants of Engagement in Off-Farm Employment in the Sanjiangyuan Region of the Tibetan Plateau
The Sanjiangyuan region is a typical ecologically vulnerable region. Although environmental initiatives in the region have had positive results, criticism has arisen that one of these, the ecological migration policy, did not achieve the desired results regarding the transition to off-farm employment and livelihoods. This study examined key factors influencing the engagement of pastoralists in the Sanjiangyuan region in off-farm employment. Binar…
How transnational labor migration affects upland land use practices in the receiving country
Land rental in a multi-ethnic society
Jonathan Rigg. Rural Development in Southeast Asia
sions, this volume provides fascinating insights into both the history of ethnography on East Timor and the transformation of Timorese ritual and cosmology.It provides rich opportunities to reflect upon the conditions of representation, the power of colonialism, and the power of animism to tap into this power
Smallholder rice farming practices across livelihood strategies
Fruit booms and investor mobility along the China-Myanmar and China-Laos borders
Investment in fruit cultivation is currently transforming agricultural production and rural landscapes in the mountainous region of mainland Southeast Asia, especially in the borderlands and lowlands of this region. Unlike large-scale land acquisitions and investment in previously reported boom crops, e.g., rubber trees and oil palms, investment in fruit cultivation is generally short-term, small-scale, and often informal. Additionally, different…
Excavating agrarian transformation under 'secure' crop booms
This paper examines the transformation of agrarian livelihoods due to crop booms at the China-Myanmar borderland. A key finding is that local villagers have rented out their land to outside investors looking to make fruit boom investments. However, the villagers neither cultivated the same crops themselves, nor were they hired as wage laborers. Overall, this study finds that crop booms provide local villagers with opportunities to reallocate natu…
Marriage squeeze in the Loess Plateau Region, Northwestern China
Transcending banana investments
Unravelling uneven livelihood transformations in China's multi‐ethnic Southeast Asian borderland
For the past two decades, China's multi‐ethnic Southeast Asian borderland has been experiencing transitions, characterised by the confluence of capital, people, items and technologies. This borderland has effectively been repositioned, with opportunities for investment and employment, regional integration and transnational linkages featuring multiple spatial interactions. Based on eight months of fieldwork in three ethnic villages in China's Sout…
Migrant (farm)workers and farmers in China and Myanmar
In this paper we argue that the most critical factor that shapes the character and trajectory of the sugarcane sector in China is neither land nor labour, individually, but rather the interactions of social dynamics around land and labour, and specifically migrant labour. We argue that not only that the political economy of land and labour together drive agrarian transformation in the sugarcane sector, but more precisely that it is the process of…
Beyond the Binary of Formal and Informal
As transnational land investments continue to expand across the Global South, land governance in many settings is shifting from largely informal arrangements towards greater formalization. However, we know less about how entrepreneurs sustain and rework land control as host states tighten regulation and introduce new formal requirements and how these requirements are implemented in practice. To address this gap, drawing on Chinese banana investme…
Geography (10 works) · China (9 works) · Economics (9 works) · Business (7 works) · Agriculture (6 works) · Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development (6 works) · Political science (6 works) · China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance (4 works) · Economic growth (4 works) · Land Rights and Reforms (4 works)