Constructing the Neighbourly Other

Trade Relations and Mutual Perceptions across the Vietnam–China Border

Datos Bibliográficos

ID6086879
AutoresKirsten W Endres (0000-0003-3026-4106, Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology, autor de correspondencia)
Año2015
Volumen30
Número3
Páginas710-741
Fecha de publicación2015-11-30
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of Social Issues in Southeast Asia (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0217-9520 • E-ISSN: 1793-2858
EditorialISEAS - Yusof Ishak Institute (PUBLISHER • SG)
DOI10.1355/sj30-3d
OpenAlexW2287100197
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas6
Referencias citadas40

The normalization of post-war relations in the late 1980s has transformed the Vietnam-China border from a line of demarcation between two hostile neighbours into a zone of profitable economic opportunities.At the Lào Cai central market, Vietnamese small-scale traders and Chinese citizens interact with one another on a daily basis.Their narratives reveal that processes of constructing self-identity and otherness at the Vietnam-China border are ambiguous and multivocal.They attest to historically rooted stereotypes linked to China's claim of civilizational and economic superiority as much as they are conditioned by face-to-face commercial transactions that challenge essentialized assumptions about the cross-border Other

Business · China · International trade · Perception · Political science · Hong Kong and Taiwan Politics · Law · Psychology · Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies · Vietnamese History and Culture Studies